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20-691: The roots of this network go back to 1942, when WRAL (1240 AM; now WPJL ) in Raleigh, North Carolina began producing agricultural reports for farmers in the Eastern part of the state. Shortly after returning from service in World War II, Ray Wilkinson began delivering agricultural reports in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on radio station WCEC 810 AM (now dark), where he was Program Director. Shortly thereafter, WRAL expressed interest in broadcasting Wilkinson's reports, and

40-404: A change in its call sign , becoming WRNC, which stood for Raleigh, North Carolina. As WRNC, the station played Top 40 hits and then country music . In the 1960s the station was sold to Smiles Associates and in 1974 the format was changed to Christian radio . In 1978, the call sign was changed from WRNC to WPJL ("We Proclaim Jesus Lord"). The call sign was chosen to reflect the new orientation of

60-521: A regular salary and the amount and type of work is typically at their discretion. However, stringers often have an ongoing relationship with one or more news organizations, to which they provide content on particular topics or locations when the opportunities arise. In a journalistic context, the etymology of the word is uncertain. It is said that newspapers once paid such freelancer journalists per inch of printed text they generated, and that they used string to measure and bill their work. The theory given in

80-564: A television station, WRAL-TV . In 1941, the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) was implemented, which moved most stations on 1210 kHz, including WRAL, to 1240 kHz. During those early days, the station was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System . Capitol Broadcasting sold WRAL in 1965, but kept the sister stations WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV. That required

100-468: The Oxford English Dictionary is that a stringer is a person who strings words together. The term is typically confined to news industry jargon . In print or in broadcast terms, stringers are sometimes referred to as correspondents or contributors. At other times, they may not receive any public recognition for the work they have contributed. A reporter or photographer can "string" for

120-621: The Research Triangle . The station, owned by Divine Mercy Radio, simulcasts the Catholic radio format broadcast by WETC . WPJL is authorized for 1,000 watts non-directional .. The station signed on the air on March 29, 1939, as WRAL in Raleigh. Its power was 250 watts by day and 100 watts at night, broadcasting on 1210 kHz. The studios were on Salisbury Street in downtown Raleigh. In 1946, it added an FM station, WRAL-FM , and in 1956 added

140-582: The WETC transmitter site. This article about a radio station in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stringer (journalism) In journalism , a stringer is a freelance journalist , photographer , or videographer who contributes reports, photos, or videos to a news organization on an ongoing basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work. As freelancers , stringers do not receive

160-509: The current "North Carolina News Network" for news, weather and sports reports, while agricultural reports continued as "T-N Farm News." By 1978, the network had discontinued the FM feeder station distribution, and was carried by telephone lines as a conventional network. That change would only be temporary, as Capitol Broadcasting began satellite distribution of NCNN in 1983. The satellite bandwidth provided to NCNN by Capitol Satellite Services allowed

180-478: The entire state of North Carolina, prepared by a team of in-house meteorologists (which they share with WRAL-TV and WRAL (FM)). Some of the current offerings of the North Carolina News Network include: Five minutes of North Carolina news at :55 past each hour News of sporting events with a North Carolina angle air at :25 past the hour in mornings and afternoons. A recap of the day's activities at

200-604: The groundwork was laid for the foundation of the Tobacco Radio Network , the predecessor to NCNN. The network was so-named because tobacco was the leading agricultural crop in Eastern North Carolina, where the oldest stations of the network were based. With the establishment of WRAL-FM in 1946, the network took advantage of its static-free reception and wide coverage area to begin relaying programming to other stations that desired agricultural news . Eventually,

220-529: The network has expanded coverage of high school sports in North Carolina, becoming the major source for scores from football games across the state on Saturday mornings each fall. Coverage of the North Carolina Legislature has become more in-depth, with programs devoted to legislative coverage each year when the Legislature is in session. NCNN is known for giving extensive, regionalized forecasts for

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240-622: The network to Curtis Media Group , also of Raleigh. Curtis owns stations in the Raleigh Market, as well as station groups in Wilmington , Goldsboro , Burlington , Winston-Salem and Boone . As T-N, the network developed some programming distinctive to North Carolina interests. Being based in Raleigh, the state capital, much of the network's programming dealt with legislative and other governmental activities. A group of stringer reporters informed T-N Network listeners of news from other areas of

260-467: The network to re-enter sports broadcasting in a big way in the 1990s, offering distribution services for North Carolina State University and Duke University games, and those of the NBA Charlotte Hornets . In recent years, NCNN has become available to listeners worldwide by streaming audio on the internet. On August 10, 2009 NCNN owners Capitol Broadcasting Company announced the sale of

280-500: The network was available to nearly all of North Carolina through a system of FM repeater stations. Feeder stations for the network included: A companion network, the Tobacco Sports Network , was formed in the mid-1950s to broadcast College Football and College Basketball for the four major universities centered in and around Raleigh. Broadcast commentators for events on this network included Bill Currie and Ray Reeve . It

300-444: The state legislature, updated daily Monday through Friday when the North Carolina legislature is in session. A rundown of the latest news from stock car racing across North Carolina and throughout the U.S. Here are some of the recent awards won by NCNN and its reporters: 2011 2009 2008 2007 WPJL WPJL (1240 kHz ) is a non-commercial AM radio station , licensed to Knightdale, North Carolina , and serving

320-471: The state. Statewide and regional weather reports were a fixture on the T-N Network, and daily sports reports dealt almost exclusively with North Carolina high school and college teams. Daily editorials by WRAL-TV commentator Jesse Helms were broadcast on the T-N Network, and are generally credited as a major contributing factor to his winning election to the U.S. Senate in 1972. Since becoming NCNN,

340-519: The station. The station aired a Christian talk and teaching radio format before going silent . Religious leaders heard on WPJL included Adrian Rogers , J. Vernon McGee , Joyce Meyer , Jim Daly , Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth and Chuck Swindoll . WPJL went off the air July 31, 2023, and on August 16, 2023, it was authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to remain silent for up to 180 days. On February 12, 2024, WPJL

360-468: The two networks were consolidated by Capitol Broadcasting and renamed the T-N Radio Network . A news staff was hired, and hourly newscasts were begun. During the 1960s, the distinctive three-note news sounder could regularly be heard at 55 minutes past the hour on radio stations across North Carolina. In 1973, concurrent with programming changes at parent station WRAL-FM, the network was re-imaged to

380-626: Was sold to Divine Mercy Radio, in order to become a sister station to WETC in Wendell . At this time it changed from a commercial to a non-commercial station. In June 2024, the station was given permission to temporarily operate with 250 watts, using a longwire antenna constructed at the WETC transmitter site. In August, the Constuction Permit was modified to change the Community of license from Raleigh to Knightdale, and specify diplex operation from

400-519: Was this network that broadcast the North Carolina Tar Heels ’ winning game in the 1957 NCAA basketball championship to a statewide audience. In 1963, Wilkinson became Farm News Director for WRAL, and the programming he was producing for the network went to Raleigh with him. He became Vice-President of Capitol Broadcasting Company , in charge of both networks, a position he held for 31 years. With Wilkinson's move to WRAL, operations for

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