fm and wray am . wray tv wilson raleigh durham north carolina united states channels digital 42 uhf virtual 30 psip subchannels 30.1 .2 tct 30.3 tct family 30.4 abn affiliations tct 2010 present owner tri state christian television radiant life ministries first air date august 7 1995 ; 21 years ago 1995 08 07 call letters meaning the ra in wray stands for raleigh sister station s wlxi former channel number s analog 30 uhf 1995 2009 former affiliations independent 1995 1997 2006 2010 global shopping network 1997 1998 shop at home 1998 2006 transmitter power 873 kw height 539 m facility id 10133 transmitter coordinates 35 49 53 n 78 8 50 w 35.83139 n 78.14722 w 35.83139 ; 78.14722 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website tct.tv wray tv channel 42 virtual channel 30 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 tri state christian television and runs religious programming 24 hours a day on three broadcast channels . programming includes local interview music programs the ask the pastor program and local public affairs programs from its studios in wilson nc . wray tv also airs christian ministry programs from the raleigh durham dma . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 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 ; 1 ramcast quickly merged with the global shopping network to become global broadcasting systems inc. 2 however global broadcasting systems soon ran into financial trouble and filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on june 26 1997 . 3 its assets including wray were sold to the rival shop at home network in 1998 . 4 on may 16 2006 parent company the e.w. scripps company announced that shop at home would be suspending operations effective june 22 2006 . 5 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 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 . 6 the sale of wray and the san francisco and cleveland stations was finalized 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 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 . 7 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 8 30.1 480i 4 3 wray dt main wray tv programming tct 30.2 1080i 16 9 30.3 480i 4 3 tct family 30.4 abn aramaic broadcasting network analog to digital conversion edit wray tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 30 on february 17 2009 the original target date in 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 remained on its pre transition uhf channel 42 . 9 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 30 . references edit application search details . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved february 20 2010 . global broadcasting systems inc. sec form s 1 filing . edgar online . march 12 1997 . retrieved february 20 2010 . cable network s chapter 11 filing . the new york times . june 27 1997 . retrieved february 20 2010 . wray tv acquired by home shopping company . triangle business journal . american city business journals . march 27 1998 . retrieved february 20 2010 . scripps ceasing shop at home operations press release . the e.w. scripps company . may 16 2006 . retrieved february 20 2010 . scripps sells shop at home tv stations press release . the e.w. scripps company . september 26 2006 . retrieved february 20 2010 . new owner for wray tv raleigh . television business report . october 30 2009 . retrieved october 30 2009 . rabbitears tv query for wray dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit query the fcc s tv station database for wray biafn s media web database information on wray tv v t e other television stations in the state of north carolina independent stations wsky 4 manteo whky 14 hickory charlotte wgsr ld 47 reidsville waxn 64 kannapolis charlotte other stations warz cd 34 wht smithfield wray 30 tct wilson wtnc ld 40 unim s durham wuvc 40 uni fayetteville whfl cd 43 worship goldsboro wlxi 43 tct greensboro see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in north carolina v t e television stations in the research triangle region including raleigh durham and fayetteville north carolina reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television digital television wunc wunp 4 36 .1 .2 pbs .2 .3 kids .3 .1 explorer .4 .4 north carolina wral tv 5 .1 nbc .2 heroes & icons wtvd 11 .1 abc .2 lwn .3 laff wncn 17 .1 cbs .2 antenna .3 justice network wlfl 22 .1 cw .2 asn wrdc 28 .1 mntv .2 grit .3 comet wray tv 30 .1 tct wuvc 40 .1 uv .2 unim s .3 bounce .4 gettv wrpx tv wfpx tv 47 62 .1 ion .2 qubo .3 life .4 ion shop .5 qvc wraz 50 .1 fox .2 metv low power digital waug ld 8 .1 ind. amgtv wncb ld 16 .1 estrella .2 dr.tv .3 sbn wtnc ld 26 .1 uv .2 unim s whig ld 31 .1 ind. warz cd 34 .1 rel . .2 lesea wncr ld 41 .1 a1 whfl cd 43 .1 rel . wzgs cd 44 .1 ind. w46eu d 46 .1 hsn wwiw ld 66 .1 daystar analog television wbxu ca wubx cd 13 mtv2 w24cp 24 3abn wacn lp 34 daystar w45cn 45 silent cable television spectrum news stv unc atsc 3.0 digital television wral tv 39 .1 nbc in 1080p 2 . uhd 2160p demo loop north carolina broadcast television areas by city asheville charlotte greensboro greenville nc myrtle beach sc norfolk va raleigh wilmington see also richmond tv roanoke tv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wray tv & oldid 707068880 categories wilson north carolinatelevision channels and stations established in 1995television stations in raleigh durham navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 february 2016 at 20 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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