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"but here is the evolution of WRAL, today arguably too liberal and pushing diversity a little too much, as shown through their news opens dating back to the the early 80's."
You should have watched WRAL's evening news in the early 70's when Jesse Helms was a VP at the station. His nightly editorials made Jerry Falwell look like a pinko commie. And his cohort Chub Seawell, who appeared occasionally as a guest editorialist, was even more conservative.
WRAL has been a leader in technical innovation. They were the first USA station to begin digital HDTV broadcast testing back around 1996. Although WBTV in Charlotte was the first to transmit the FCC approved digital standard signal. And WBTV was the first TV station in the Carolinas, originally owned by Jefferson -Pilot and later Raycom. Now Gray. But WRAL has always been a leader in broadcast journalism and new technology. They are now the first NC station broadcasting a ATSC3 4K signal, the Next Generation HDTV standard.
Also did popular anchor Beverly Burke work at WRAL or WTVD? She later moved on to Baltimore and DC.
WRAL has been a leader in technical innovation. They were the first USA station to begin digital HDTV broadcast testing back around 1996. Although WBTV in Charlotte was the first to transmit the FCC approved digital standard signal. And WBTV was the first TV station in the Carolinas, originally owned by Jefferson -Pilot and later Raycom. Now Gray. But WRAL has always been a leader in broadcast journalism and new technology. They are now the first NC station broadcasting a ATSC3 4K signal, the Next Generation HDTV standard.
Also did popular anchor Beverly Burke work at WRAL or WTVD? She later moved on to Baltimore and DC.
wral has been a leader in technical innovation. They were the first usa station to begin digital hdtv broadcast testing back around 1996. Although wbtv in charlotte was the first to transmit the fcc approved digital standard signal. And wbtv was the first tv station in the carolinas, originally owned by jefferson -pilot and later raycom. Now gray. But wral has always been a leader in broadcast journalism and new technology. They are now the first nc station broadcasting a atsc3 4k signal, the next generation hdtv standard.
also did popular anchor beverly burke work at wral or wtvd? She later moved on to baltimore and dc.
It was WTVD, now she's with XM Radio [Errr... correction, was]
Watching those did bring back some mid 80s memories watching on the family woodgrain console tv.
One of my good friends was a big part of the TV engineering crew for 40+ years and passed away in November....Mike Upchurch was a big part of helping with all of the advancements WRAL made over the years...he was also Sysop for a local dial up Ham Radio/scanner BBS called "Freqs R Us" back in the 90s....
Great guy and I miss talking to him about geek stuff....for those that might want to learn a little bit more about Mike here is a WRAL article on him:
I'm not native to the area (though I have been here for 15 years), so perhaps that explains why I've never understood the "cult following" of WRAL. People around here have VERY strong feelings about their local news provider. It seems to me that natives cling very tightly to WRAL. Transplants seem more open to ABC11. Does anyone watch WNCN? LOL
I'm not native to the area (though I have been here for 15 years), so perhaps that explains why I've never understood the "cult following" of WRAL. People around here have VERY strong feelings about their local news provider. It seems to me that natives cling very tightly to WRAL. Transplants seem more open to ABC11. Does anyone watch WNCN? LOL
At my house in Garner I use a mix of OTA reception and a ROKU player for my tv viewing.
That being said I watch more Sky-TV & NHK on Roku than any of the local stations and I can't tell you
the last time I watched a local newscast from start to end.
I guess there are those of us who grew up in the 70s/80s who have changed their viewing habits
dramatically over the years as more options became available.
I can't understand why anyone would be even remotely interested in watching old intros from a local newscast.
Well, there is that, if you're into that sort thing. Not that there's anything wrong with that of course.
I did hit play, but it's 14 minutes so I stopped. maybe last night while my satellite was down.
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