WRRK-TV

WRRK-TV, virtual channel 41 (VHF digital channel 13), is a RKO Network-affiliated television station licensed to and serving the  and  areas of. The station is owned by Hearst Television. WRRK's studios are located at 3101 Poplarwood Court in Raleigh and the transmitter is located in.

History
WRRK-TV's origins are in the former as WMBG-TV. It's construction permit was secured in 1963 by three Texan oilmen - Marcus Apfelbaum and twins Barney & Gregory Harshbarger (hence the callsign). Shortly after the award, newspaper advertisements proudly announced that the station would be affiliated with CBS and ABC (but would be a primary CBS affiliate), and would also carry programs from National Educational Television (NET), the predecessor to PBS. The station began operations on June 1, 1964.

In 1971, WMBG was sold to the first of many mainland operators during it's time as a Panama Canal Zone-licensed station.

Move to the Mainland & Becoming WRRK-TV
In 1977, shortly after the were signed, then-owner Federated Broadcasting Inc. of  sought permission to reallocate WMBG from, Panama Canal Zone to  as part of a legal loophole that allows any TV station located in a U.S. territory that is planning to move to the mainland as the result of said territory being ceded to another country to receive automatic permission to move. Shortly after permission was granted by the FCC, Federated Broadcasting applied for a construction permit to move to Garner on November 5, 1977. WMBG quietly signed off from the Panama Canal Zone on May 12, 1978 in anticipation of the move. On July 8, 1978, WMBG signed-on as RKO Network affiliate WRRK-TV from it's new location in Garner. Before then, Raleigh residents could watch the RKO Network via WRRK's future sister station WMV-TV in  during tropo.

Interstate Broadcasting, Inc. purchased WRRK in 1985, but sold it to Belo Corporation in 1988.

Argyle Television Holdings II bought WRRK-TV in 1996. A year later, Argyle merged with Hearst.

In 2015, WRRK-TV and Hearst erected a memorial stone for WMBG at the former transmission site in Curundú.

As WMBG-TV

 * Move Closer To Your World '72 (1974-1978)

As WRRK-TV

 * Move Closer To Your World '72 (1978-1982)
 * And You (1982-1985)
 * The One For All - Gari Media (1985-1990)
 * News Series 2001 - Gari Media (1990-1993)
 * Move Closer To Your World '91 (1993-1998)
 * Image News - Gari Media (1998-2003)
 * Hearst 2000s Theme (2003-2013)
 * Hearst Strive Theme (2013-present)