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{{short description|TCT station in Wake Forest, North Carolina}}
{{Short description|TV station in Wake Forest, North Carolina}}
{{For|the station in Indiana|WRAY-TV (Indiana)}}
{{For|the station in Indiana|WRAY-TV (Indiana)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WRAY-TV
| callsign = WRAY-TV
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| logo =
| logo =
| branding =
| branding =
| digital = 20 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])<br>''(shared with [[WUNC-TV]] and [[WLXI]]<ref name="wraywlxiwunccsa">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915fd11ef0015fe5e3f8ed41ab WRAY-WLXI-WUNC Channel Sharing Agreement (Redacted)]</ref>)''
| digital = 20 ([[UHF]]), shared with [[WUNC-TV]]<ref name="wraywlxiwunccsa">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915fd11ef0015fe5e3f8ed41ab WRAY-WLXI-WUNC Channel Sharing Agreement (Redacted)]</ref>
| virtual = 30
| virtual = 30
| affiliations = [[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT]] (2010–present)
| affiliations = [[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| founded =
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1995|8|7|p=y}}<br>''(in [[Wilson, North Carolina]]; license moved to Wake Forest in 2018<ref name="wraywakeforest">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915fd11ef0015fe5f2200241ce WRAY Community of License Change Exhibit]</ref>)''
| airdate = {{start date and age|1995|8|7}} (in [[Wilson, North Carolina]]; license moved to Wake Forest in 2018<ref name="wraywakeforest">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915fd11ef0015fe5f2200241ce WRAY Community of License Change Exhibit]</ref>)''
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Wake Forest, North Carolina|Wake Forest]]/[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]/<br>[[Durham, North Carolina]]
| location = {{ubl|[[Wake Forest, North Carolina|Wake Forest]]–[[Raleigh]]–|[[Durham, North Carolina]]}}
| callsign_meaning = The "RA" in WRAY stands for "Raleigh"; the "Y" does not stand for anything
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>30 (UHF, 1995–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>42 (UHF, until 2018)<br>25 (UHF, 2018–2019)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 30 (UHF, 1995–2009)|'''Digital:''' 42 (UHF, until 2018), 25 (UHF, 2018–2019)}}
| owner = [[Tri-State Christian Television]]
| owner = [[Tri-State Christian Television]]
| licensee = Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.
| licensee = Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.
| sister_stations = WLXI
| sister_stations = WLXI
| former_affiliations = [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1995–1997, 2006–2010)<br>Global Shopping Network (1997–1998)<br>[[Shop at Home Network|Shop at Home]] (1998–2006)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1995–1997, 2006–2010)|Global Shopping Network (1997–1998)|[[Shop at Home]] (1998–2006)}}
| erp = 1000 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 1000 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|461.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|461.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[digital terrestrial television|DT]]
| class =
| facility_id = 10133
| facility_id = 10133
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|35|51|59|N|79|10|0.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|51|59|N|79|10|0.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.tct.tv/}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.tct.tv/}}
}}
}}
'''WRAY-TV''' (channel 20) is a [[religious broadcasting|religious]] [[television station]] licensed to [[Wake Forest, North Carolina]], United States, serving the [[Research Triangle]] region as an [[owned-and-operated station]] of [[Tri-State Christian Television]] (TCT). The station's transmitter is located on [[Terrells Mountain]] near [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]]. WRAY-TV maintained studios on Expressway Drive in [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]] until TCT ended local operations in June 2018.
'''WRAY-TV''' (channel 30) is a [[religious television station]] licensed to [[Wake Forest, North Carolina]], United States, serving the [[Research Triangle]] region as an [[owned-and-operated station]] of [[Tri-State Christian Television]] (TCT). The station's transmitter is located on [[Terrells Mountain]] near [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]]. WRAY-TV maintained studios on Expressway Drive in [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]] until TCT ended local operations in June 2018.


==History==
==History==
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 August 7 as '''WRAY-TV''', originally licensed to [[Wilson, North Carolina]], and was initially a [[Broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of WFAY (channel 62; now [[WFPX-TV]]), at that time Fayetteville's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate; however, the station operated as an [[independent station (North America)|independent station]], as its signal overlapped with [[WLFL]], at that time [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]'s Fox affiliate. WRAY's programming changed more towards home shopping upon its sale to Ramcast Corporation in 1997;<ref name="fcc-saletoramcast">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=231017|title=Application Search Details|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref> Ramcast quickly merged with the Global Shopping Network to become Global Broadcasting Systems, Inc.<ref name="GLOBAL-BROADCASTING-SYSTEMS-INC-Mar-1997-S-1/A">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/822/94018097000217/filing-main.htm |title=GLOBAL BROADCASTING SYSTEMS INC, Form S-1/A, Filing Date Mar 12, 1997 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 15, 2018}}</ref> However, Global Broadcasting Systems soon ran into financial trouble, and filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] [[Bankruptcy in the United States|bankruptcy]] on June 26, 1997.<ref name="nyt-gsnbankrupt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/business/cable-network-s-chapter-11-filing.html?pagewanted=1|title=Cable Network's Chapter 11 Filing|date=June 27, 1997|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref> Its assets, including WRAY, were sold to the rival [[Shop at Home Network]] in 1998.<ref name="tbj-saletosah">{{cite news|url=http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/1998/03/23/daily11.html?q=%20Global%20Broadcasting%20Systems%20%20WRAY|title=WRAY-TV acquired by 'home shopping' company|date=March 27, 1998|work=Triangle Business Journal|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref>
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 August 7 as WRAY-TV, originally licensed to [[Wilson, North Carolina]], and was initially a [[semi-satellite]] of WFAY (channel 62; now [[WFPX-TV]]), at that time [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]]'s [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate; however, the station operated as an [[independent station]], as its signal overlapped with [[WLFL]], at that time [[Raleigh]]'s Fox affiliate. WRAY's programming changed more towards home shopping upon its sale to Ramcast Corporation in 1997;<ref name="fcc-saletoramcast">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=231017|title=Application Search Details|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref> Ramcast quickly merged with the Global Shopping Network to become Global Broadcasting Systems, Inc.<ref name="GLOBAL-BROADCASTING-SYSTEMS-INC-Mar-1997-S-1/A">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/822/94018097000217/filing-main.htm |title=GLOBAL BROADCASTING SYSTEMS INC, Form S-1/A, Filing Date Mar 12, 1997 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 15, 2018}}</ref> However, Global Broadcasting Systems soon ran into financial trouble, and filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] on June 26, 1997.<ref name="nyt-gsnbankrupt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/business/cable-network-s-chapter-11-filing.html?pagewanted=1|title=Cable Network's Chapter 11 Filing|date=June 27, 1997|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref> Its assets, including WRAY, were sold to the rival [[Shop at Home Network]] in 1998.<ref name="tbj-saletosah">{{cite news|url=http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/1998/03/23/daily11.html?q=%20Global%20Broadcasting%20Systems%20%20WRAY|title=WRAY-TV acquired by 'home shopping' company|date=March 27, 1998|work=Triangle Business Journal|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|access-date=February 20, 2010}}</ref>


On May 16, 2006, Shop at Home parent The [[E. W. Scripps Company]] announced that the network would be suspending operations, effective June 22, 2006.<ref name="scripps-sahclosure">{{cite press release|title=Scripps ceasing Shop At Home operations|publisher=[[The E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=May 16, 2006|url=http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/854|access-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184747/http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/854|archive-date=November 17, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> However, it temporarily ceased operations on June 21, and WRAY switched to [[Jewelry Television]] (and, on June 23, a mixture of both networks), which remained until Scripps found a buyer for its stations.
On May 16, 2006, Shop at Home parent the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] announced that the network would be suspending operations, effective June 22, 2006.<ref name="scripps-sahclosure">{{cite press release|title=Scripps ceasing Shop At Home operations|publisher=[[The E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=May 16, 2006|url=http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/854|access-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184747/http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/854|archive-date=November 17, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, it temporarily ceased operations on June 21, and WRAY switched to [[Jewelry Television]] (and, on June 23, a mixture of both networks), which remained until Scripps found a buyer for its stations.


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.<ref name="scripps-saletomtb">{{cite press release|title=Scripps sells Shop At Home TV stations|publisher=The E. W. Scripps Company|date=September 26, 2006|url=http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/877|access-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035508/http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/877|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The sale of WRAY and sister stations [[KCNS]] in [[San Francisco]] and WOAC in [[Cleveland]] was completed on December 20, 2006. Soon after the sale, all Shop at Home programming ceased in favor of a schedule consisting primarily of [[infomercial]]s.
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.<ref name="scripps-saletomtb">{{cite press release|title=Scripps sells Shop At Home TV stations|publisher=The E. W. Scripps Company|date=September 26, 2006|url=http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/877|access-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927035508/http://pressreleases.scripps.com/release/877|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sale of WRAY and sister stations [[KCNS]] in [[San Francisco]] and WOAC in [[Cleveland]] was completed on December 20, 2006. Soon after the sale, all Shop at Home programming ceased in favor of a schedule consisting primarily of [[infomercial]]s.


After Multicultural ran into financial problems and defaulted on its loans, the station was placed into a trust; in October 2009, a sale of WRAY-TV to [[Marion, Illinois]]–based Tri-State Christian Television (via subsidiary Radiant Light Ministries, which had earlier acquired WOAC (now [[WRLM (TV)|WRLM]]) from the trust), a chain of Christian television stations, was announced.<ref name="tvbr-wraytct">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/18165.html|title=New owner for WRAY-TV Raleigh|date=October 30, 2009|work=Television Business Report|access-date=October 30, 2009}}</ref>
After Multicultural ran into financial problems and defaulted on its loans, the station was placed into a trust; in October 2009, a sale of WRAY-TV to [[Marion, Illinois]]–based Tri-State Christian Television (via subsidiary Radiant Light Ministries, which had earlier acquired WOAC (now [[WRLM (TV)|WRLM]]) from the trust), a chain of Christian television stations, was announced.<ref name="tvbr-wraytct">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/18165.html|title=New owner for WRAY-TV Raleigh|date=October 30, 2009|work=Television Business Report|access-date=October 30, 2009}}</ref>
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===Subchannel===
===Subchannel===
{{#section:PBS North Carolina|subs}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
|-
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| 30.1 || [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || WRAY || [[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT]]
|-
|}

=== Analog-to-digital conversion ===
=== Analog-to-digital conversion ===
WRAY-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 30, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to [[Digital television transition in the United States|transition from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24}}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 30.
WRAY-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 30, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to [[Digital television transition in the United States|transition from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 42,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 30.


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{BIA|WRAY|TV|TV}}


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Revision as of 18:19, 23 November 2024

For the station in Indiana, see WRAY-TV (Indiana).

WRAY-TV
CityWake Forest, North Carolina
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsTCT
Ownership
Owner
WLXI
History
First air date
August 7, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08-07) (in Wilson, North Carolina; license moved to Wake Forest in 2018[2])
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 30 (UHF, 1995–2009)
  • Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2018), 25 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10133
ERP1000 kW
HAAT461.9 m (1,515 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°51′59″N 79°10′0.5″W / 35.86639°N 79.166806°W / 35.86639; -79.166806
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tct.tv

WRAY-TV (channel 30) is a religious television station licensed to Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States, serving the Research Triangle region as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located on Terrells Mountain near Chapel Hill. WRAY-TV maintained studios on Expressway Drive in Wilson until TCT ended local operations in June 2018.

History

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 August 7 as WRAY-TV, originally licensed to Wilson, North Carolina, and was initially a semi-satellite of WFAY (channel 62; now WFPX-TV), at that time Fayetteville's Fox affiliate; however, the station operated as an independent station, as its signal overlapped with WLFL, at that time Raleigh's Fox affiliate. WRAY's programming changed more towards home shopping upon its sale to Ramcast Corporation in 1997;[4] Ramcast quickly merged with the Global Shopping Network to become Global Broadcasting Systems, Inc.[5] However, Global Broadcasting Systems soon ran into financial trouble, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 26, 1997.[6] Its assets, including WRAY, were sold to the rival Shop at Home Network in 1998.[7]

On May 16, 2006, Shop at Home parent the E. W. Scripps Company announced that the network would be suspending operations, effective June 22, 2006.[8] However, it temporarily ceased operations on June 21, and WRAY switched to Jewelry Television (and, on June 23, a mixture of both networks), which remained until Scripps found a buyer for its stations.

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.[9] The sale of WRAY and sister stations KCNS in San Francisco and WOAC in Cleveland was completed on December 20, 2006. Soon after the sale, all Shop at Home programming ceased in favor of a schedule consisting primarily of infomercials.

After Multicultural ran into financial problems and defaulted on its loans, the station was placed into a trust; in October 2009, a sale of WRAY-TV to Marion, Illinois–based Tri-State Christian Television (via subsidiary Radiant Light Ministries, which had earlier acquired WOAC (now WRLM) from the trust), a chain of Christian television stations, was announced.[10]

On April 4, 2017, WRAY was identified by the FCC as receiving $41 million for the spectrum reallocation auction.[11] WRAY changed its city of license to Wake Forest, North Carolina[2] and entered into a channel-sharing arrangement with WUNC-TV, along with sister station WLXI.[1] With the 2018 FCC repeal of the Main Studio Rule, WRAY-TV's studio in Wilson was closed as part of a nationwide restructuring of TCT's operations into one hub from its Illinois base.[12]

Technical information

Subchannel

Subchannels of WUNC-TV/WUNL-TV and WRAY-TV/WLXI[13]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
WUNC-TV/WUNL-TV 4.1/26.1 1080i 16:9 PBS NC PBS
4.2/26.2 480i ROOTLE PBS Kids Channel
4.3/26.3 UNC-EX The Explorer Channel
4.4/26.4 NCCHL The North Carolina Channel
WRAY-TV/WLXI 30.1/43.1 1080i WRAY/WLXI TCT

Analog-to-digital conversion

WRAY-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 42,[14] using virtual channel 30.

References

  1. ^ a b WRAY-WLXI-WUNC Channel Sharing Agreement (Redacted)
  2. ^ a b WRAY Community of License Change Exhibit
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRAY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "GLOBAL BROADCASTING SYSTEMS INC, Form S-1/A, Filing Date Mar 12, 1997". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "Cable Network's Chapter 11 Filing". The New York Times. June 27, 1997. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  7. ^ "WRAY-TV acquired by 'home shopping' company". Triangle Business Journal. American City Business Journals. March 27, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Scripps ceasing Shop At Home operations" (Press release). The E. W. Scripps Company. May 16, 2006. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  9. ^ "Scripps sells Shop At Home TV stations" (Press release). The E. W. Scripps Company. September 26, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
  10. ^ "New owner for WRAY-TV Raleigh". Television Business Report. October 30, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  11. ^ "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. April 13, 2017. p. 1. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  12. ^ WNYB-TV ends local productions, station site is for sale. The Buffalo News. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WUNC". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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