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WRAL is the First Station to Broadcast in HDTV in the United States

7/23/1996
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On July 23, 1996 the Raleigh, North Carolina television station WRAL-HD began broadcasting from the existing tower of WRAL-TV south-east of Raleigh, winning a race to be first television station to broadcast high-definition televison (HDTV) in the United States.

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