WRAL-TV is a broadcast television station based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Broadcasting on VHF channel 5 (DTV on UHF channel 53), WRAL has been an affiliate of the CBS television network since 1985 (before that it was ABC), and is locally owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company. Its transmitter is located in Garner, North Carolina.
During the 1960s, future North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms was a regular editorial commentator on WRAL's news broadcasts.
In 1996, WRAL-TV was granted the first experimental high-definition television license in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission. In 2000, WRAL-HD aired the world's first all-HDTV newscast on October 13th. In January 2001, WRAL converted all of its local news broadcasts to high-definition.
