WRAY-TV
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| WRAY-TV | |
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| Wilson / Raleigh / Durham / Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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| Channels | 30 (UHF) analog, 42 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Shop at Home Jewelry Television |
| Owner | The E.W. Scripps Company (WRAY, Inc.) (sale to Multicultural Television pending) |
| Founded | February 18, 1992 |
| Call letters meaning | The "RA" in WRAY stands for "Raleigh" |
| Transmitter Power | 1,800 kW Analog 873 kW Digital CP 95 kW Digital STA |
WRAY-TV is a full-power television station licensed to Wilson, North Carolina and serves the entire Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville, North Carolina metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company, and runs programming from the Shop at Home and Jewelry Television home shopping networks.
This station operates on UHF channel 30 at 1,800 kilowatts and its digital signal operates on channel 42, also on the UHF dial at 95 kilowatts under a Special Temporary Authority and has filed for a construction permit to increase its transmission power to 873 kilowatts as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.
The station was given the call letters WEOU on February 18, 1992. However, the station was granted a license on April 14, 1995. It signed on as WRAY-TV, and simulcasted the non-Fox network programming of Fayetteville's WFAY, Fox 62 (now i affiliate WFPX). When Scripps bought the station, its programming changed more towards home shopping.
On May 16, 2006, parent company E.W. Scripps announced that Shop at Home would be suspending operations, effective June 22, 2006. [1] However, the network temporarily ceased operations on June 21, and WRAY switched to Jewelry Television (and, on June 23, a mixture of both networks), which will remain on the station until a buyer for the station is found.
On September 26, 2006, Scripps announced that it was selling its Shop at Home stations, including WRAY, to Multicultural Television of New York City for $170 million. [2]
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| Broadcast television in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market (Nielsen DMA #29) | |||
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WUNC 4 / WUNU 31 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WRAL 5 (CBS) - WTVD 11 (ABC) - WNCN 17 (NBC) - WLFL 22 (The CW) - W24CP 24 (3ABN) - WTNC 26 (TFU) - WRDC 28 (MNTV) - WRAY 30 (S@H/JTV) - WACN-LP 34 (DS) - WUVC 40 (UNI) - WHFL-LP 43 (Worship) - WZGS 44 (Telemundo) - W45CN 45 / W45CO 45 / W63CW 63 / W64CN 64 (TBN) - WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (i) - WRAZ 50 (Fox) - WWIW-LP 66 (DS) - W67CD 67 (A1) - W68BK 68 (Educational) |
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WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington) |
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Independent Stations: WSKY 4 (Manteo) - WHKY 14 (Hickory) - WGSR 39 (Reidsville) - WAXN 64 (Kannapolis) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, NBC, and PBS stations in North Carolina | |
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Corporate Leadership: Kenneth W. Lowe (President & CEO) | Richard A. Boehne | A.B. Cruz III | Frank Gardner | Joseph G. NeCastro | Tim Peterman | William B. Peterson | Jennifer L. Weber | Mike G. Contreras | Mark Hale | Lori A. Hickok | M. Denise Kuprionis | Timothy E. Stautberg | E. John Wolfzorn | Judith G. Clabes | Sharon Hite |
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News Publications: Abilene Reporter-News | Albuquerue Tribune | Anderson Independent-Mail | Cincinnati Post | Colorado Daily | Commercial Appeal | Corpus Christi Caller-Times | Daily Camera | Evansville Courier & Press | Fort Pierce/PSL Tribune | Henderson Gleaner | Kitsap Sun | Knoxville News Sentinel | Naples Daily News | Port St. Lucie News | Record Searchlight | Rocky Mountain News | San Angelo Standard-Times | Scripps Howard News Service | Times Record News | Treasure Coast Newspapers | Ventura County Star | Vero Beach Press Journal |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KNXV | WCPO | WEWS | WFTS | WMAR | WXYZ |
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Independent Television Station: KMCI |
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Shop at Home / Jewelry Television Network Affiliates1: KCNS | WMFP | WOAC | WRAY | WSAH |
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Scripps Networks: Do It Yourself Network | Fine Living | Food Network | Great American Country | Home & Garden Television |
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Community Assets: Scripps Howard Foundation | Scripps National Spelling Bee |
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Scripps Interactive Media: Shopzilla | TCPalm.com | United Media | UpMyStreet | uSwitch |
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1These stations will be sold to Multicultural Television pending FCC approval. |
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Annual Revenue: $2.2 billion USD (2004) | Employees: 10,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: SSP | Website: www.scripps.com |
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