New antenna makes WRAL's TV signal stronger

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, WRAL and nearly 1,000 television stations across the country moved frequencies to make room for wireless internet broadband services.

Those who watch WRAL over-the-air, from an antenna, were required to rescan their television channels to allow their antenna adjust to the change and keep watching WRAL News, The Voice and all of our NBC favorites.

Select Scan or Autotune from your TV or converter box control menu to start the scanning process.

Your TV will do the rest. This process usually takes a few minutes to complete.

Once your rescan is complete you will still find your favorite stations on the same channel number as before.

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2) After that scan is complete, hook the antenna back up and re-scan one more time.

If you rescanned channels and lost WRAL and Fox 50, here's the good news: You should now be able to see those channels clearly!

When the federal government asked channels to change frequencies to make room on the airwaves for wireless internet services, they ordered local TV stations all over the country to move to new frequencies.

This requires broadcasters like WRAL to install all-new antennas and equipment!

Engineers have had to remove and replace all of the main antennas on top of the tower (WRAL, WRAZ, WNCN, WLFL, and WRDC). That work is now complete.

We apologize for the inconvenience. This was a government mandated change that affected over 1000 stations across the country. Because of that, there are shortages of parts and especially qualified tower crews.