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Wray (other)
Wray or WRAY may refer to: Places * Wray, Colorado, United States * Wray, Georgia, United States * Wray, Lancashire, a village of Lancashire, England, United Kingdom * Wray-with-Botton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom * Wray 17-96, a star in the Scorpius constellation * 19721 Wray, an asteroid Businesses * J. Wray and Nephew Ltd., a subsidiary of the Campari Group, Jamaica * Wray (lenses), a former British camera and lens manufacturer * WRAY (AM), an AM radio station licensed to Princeton, Indiana, United States * WRAY-FM, an FM radio station licensed to Princeton, Indiana, United States * WRAY-TV, a television station licensed to Wilson, North Carolina, United States * WRAY-TV (Indiana), a former television station licensed to Princeton, Indiana, United States People * Wray (surname) * Wray baronets, two baronetcies in the Baronetage of England, United Kingdom * Diane Wray Williams, American politician, businesswoman, and teacher * Fay Wray, Canadian-American actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray, Colorado
Wray () is the home rule municipality that is the county seat of Yuma County, Colorado, United States. Located in the Colorado Plains, the city is 170 miles east of Denver, 9 miles west of the Nebraska state line, and 25 miles northwest of the Kansas state line. The population was 2,358 at the 2020 United States census. History A post office called Wray has been in operation since 1882. The community was named after John Wray, a cattleman. Wray was named an "All-America City" in 1993 by the National Civic League. Geography Wray is located at (40.076721, -102.225873), near the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and U.S. Highway 385. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate Wray has a semi-arid continental climate. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,187 people, 888 households, and 547 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 968 housing units at an average density of . Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRAY-TV (Indiana)
WRAY-TV was a television station broadcasting on channel 52 in Princeton, Indiana, United States. The station was owned and operated alongside radio station WRAY (1250 AM). It broadcast regular programming for just seven months, from December 1953 to July 1954, but broadcast one day a year through 1960 to carry a March of Dimes telethon. History The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the application of the Princeton Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WRAY, to build a television station on Princeton's assigned channel 52 on March 12, 1953. WRAY announced that it would use as much of the existing facilities and personnel as it could, expanding its building on Broadway Street to house the new operation. The facility was designed with a north–south directional pattern, to beam a signal toward Vincennes and Evansville. Program features of the independent station, which began broadcasting December 11, included local news, wrestling, and the "Bar 52 Theatre" each afternoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrays
The Wrays, also known as The Wray Brothers Band, were an American country music group from Oregon composed of Bubba Wray, Scotty Wray, Jim Covert, Lynn Phillips and Joe Dale Cleghorn. Following several independent singles, The Wrays released three singles on Mercury Records in the 1980s. Their highest-charting single, "You Lay a Lotta Love on Me," reached the Top 50 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart in 1987. After The Wrays broke up, lead singer Bubba Wray launched a successful solo career as Collin Raye Floyd Elliot Wray (born August 22, 1960) is an American country music singer, known professionally as Collin Raye, and previously as Bubba Wray. Under the latter name, he recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made ....Huey, Steve. Singles *ACredited to The Wray Brothers Band. References External Links * as 'The Wrays' * as 'The Wray Brothers Band' American country music groups Musical groups from Oregon 1983 establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray (month)
Wray ( ps, وری) or Worai is the first month of the Solar Hijri calendar, Afghan calendar. It has 31 days and starts with the beginning of the spring season (Gregorian calendar, Gregorian March 21, but sometimes March 20). Wray corresponds with the tropical Zodiac sign Aries (astrology), Aries. ''Wray'' literally means "lamb" in Pashto language, Pashto. Events Observances * Nauruz in Afghanistan, Nauruz * Easter Triduum - the three days before the first Sunday on or after the first full moon of Wray (Christian observance) ** Maundy Thursday - Thursday on or after the full moon of Wray (Christian observance) ** Good Friday - Friday on or after the full moon of Wray(Christian observance) ** Holy Saturday - Saturday on or full moon of Wray (Christian observance) * Easter - the first Sunday on or after the first full moon of Wray (Christian observance) * Baháʼí Naw-Rúz - 1 Wray (Baháʼí holiday) * Opening Day - Thursday or Friday of the first or second week of Wray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray Castle
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in the English county of Cumbria. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929, and house has opened to the public on a regular basis since 2013. The grounds, which include part of the shoreline of Windermere, are open all year round and are renowned for their selection of specimen trees – Wellingtonia, redwood, ''Ginkgo biloba'', weeping lime and varieties of beech. Between March and October, Windermere Lake Cruises operate a passenger boat service on Windermere from Ambleside and the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre to Wray Castle. History The house was built in 1840 for a retired Liverpudlian surgeon, James Dawson, who built it along with the neighbouring Wray Church using his wife's fortune. After Dawson's death in 1875 the estate was inherited by his fifteen year old nephew, Edward Preston Rawnsley. In 1877 Edward's cousin, Hardwicke Rawnsley, took up the appointment of vicar of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Wray
Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian/American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film ''King Kong (1933 film), King Kong''. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens". After appearing in minor film roles, Wray gained media attention after being selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" in 1926. This led to her being contracted to Paramount Pictures as a teenager, where she made more than a dozen feature films. After leaving Paramount, she signed deals with various film companies, being cast in her first horror film roles, in addition to many other types of roles, including in ''The Bowery (1933 film), The Bowery'' (1933) and ''Viva Villa'' (1934), both of which starred Wallace Beery. For RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Wray starred in the film she is most identified with, ''King Kong'' (1933) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Wray Williams
Diane Wray Williams (born January 23, 1938) was an American businesswoman, educator, and politician. Williams was born in Fremont, Ohio. She graduated from Syracuse University, in 1959, with a bachelor's degree in English. Williams lived in Moorhead, Minnesota with her husband and family. She was a business owner and a teacher. Williams served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1989 and 1990 and was a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic .... She then served on the Moorhead City Council in 2004. References 1938 births Living people People from Fremont, Ohio People from Moorhead, Minnesota Syracuse University alumni Businesspeople from Minnesota Schoolteachers from Minnesota Women city councillors in Minnesota Women state legislators in Minnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray Baronets
There have been two Wray Baronetcies, both created in the Baronetage of England. The first was created on 25 November 1611 for William Wray of Glentworth, Lincolnshire, and became extinct upon the death of the 15th Baronet in 1809. The second was created on 27 June 1660 for William Wray of Ashby, Lincolnshire. He was the grandson of the 1st Baronet of Glentworth, and his son, Christopher Wray, inherited the 1660 baronetcy in 1669 and the 1611 baronetcy, as the 6th Baronet, in 1672. The 1660 creation became extinct upon the death of Sir William Wray, 7th Baronet of Glentworth and 2nd Baronet of Ashby, in about 1687. Wray of Glentworth, Lincolnshire (1611) * Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet ( – 13 August 1617) *Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet (27 November 1586 – 31 December 1655) *Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet (21 September 1619 – 29 October 1664) *Sir Christopher Wray, 4th Baronet (29 March 1621 – 25 November 1664) *Sir Bethell Wray, 5th Baronet (30 January 1633 – 19 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray (surname)
'Wray is a surname which may refer to: The surname Wray is most common in the United States, England, Canada and Australia. Titles * The Wray baronets, two extinct titles in the Baronetage of England, including lists of titleholders Persons * Albert A. Wray (1858–1924), New York politician and lawyer * Arthur Wray (1906-1993), Canadian politician * Bill Wray (born 1956), American cartoonist and landscape painter * Bill Wray (composer), American musician, composer and producer * Chester B. Wray (1923-2006), California politician * Christopher Wray (other) * Daniel Wray (1701–1783), English antiquary and Fellow of the Royal Society * Edward Wray (1589-1658), English courtier and politician * Emma Wray (born 1965), English actress * Fawcet Wray (1873-1932), British naval officer * Fay Wray (1907–2004), Canadian–American actress best known for her starring role in the film ''King Kong'' * Collin Raye (born Floyd Elliot Wray, born 1960), American country singer- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRAY-TV
WRAY-TV (channel 30) is a religious television station licensed to Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States, serving the Research Triangle region as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located on Terrells Mountain near Chapel Hill. WRAY-TV maintained studios on Expressway Drive in Wilson until TCT ended local operations in June 2018. History 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, originally licensed to Wilson, North Carolina, 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; Ramcast quickly merged with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wray, Georgia
Wray is an unincorporated community in Irwin County, Georgia, United States. The community is located near the county's eastern border, northwest of Ambrose. Wray has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 31798. References Unincorporated communities in Irwin County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{IrwinCountyGA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRAY-FM
WRAY-FM (98.1 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Princeton, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Princeton Broadcasting Co. AM and FM studios and transmitters are at 1900 West Broadway, in Princeton. References External linksIndiana Broadcasters Association - WRAY-FM* RAY-FM Country radio stations in the United States {{Indiana-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
