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The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of
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, home to three major research universities:
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
,
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, respectively. The nine-county region, officially named the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area (CSA), comprises the Raleigh–Cary and Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Areas and the Henderson Micropolitan Statistical Area. The "Triangle" name originated in the 1950s with the creation of
Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States, occupying in North Carolina and hosting more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. The facility is named for its location relative to the three surrounding cities ...
, located between the three anchor cities and home to numerous high tech companies. A 2019 Census estimate put the population at 2,079,687, making it the second largest combined statistical area in the state of North Carolina behind Charlotte CSA. The Raleigh–Durham television market includes a broader 24-county area which includes
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, and has a population of 2,726,000 persons. Most of the Triangle is part of North Carolina's
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congressional districts. The region is sometimes confused with The Triad, which is a North Carolina region adjacent to and directly west of the Triangle comprising Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, among other cities.


Counties

Depending on which definition of the Research Triangle region is used, as few as three or as many as 16 counties are included as part of the region. All of these counties when included hold a population of over 2,167,000 people. The three core counties of Wake, Durham and Orange are the homes of the three research universities for which the area is named. The 2020 members of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership are: *
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* Durham *
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* Granville * Johnston *
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* Person *
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* Vance


NC Regional Councils of Governments Definition

All counties in the State of North Carolina are in one of 16 regional councils which provide programs and services to local governments. The Triangle J Council of Governments includes Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, and Wake Counties. The northern Triangle counties of Person, Granville, Franklin, Vance and Warren are part of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.


Office of Management and Budget Definition

As of September 14, 2018, the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineated the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area as consisting of two metropolitan and one micropolitan statistical areas. Those three statistical areas in turn are defined as consisting of a total of nine counties. The MSAs and their constituent counties are: * Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan SA ** Chatham County ** Durham County ** Granville County ** Orange County ** Person County * Henderson Micropolitan SA ** Vance County * Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan SA ** Franklin County ** Johnston County ** Wake County Prior to September 2018, the OMB had used the name Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area and it included several additional counties. The Dunn Micropolitan Statistical Area (Harnett County) and Sanford Micropolitan Statistical Area (Lee County) were moved to the Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton Combined Statistical Area, while the Oxford Micropolitan Statistical Area (Granville County) was folded into the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Raleigh Metropolitan Statistical Area was also renamed the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area. The table below outlines the populations of the constituent counties of the Raleigh–Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area as of the 2020 Census.


Cities

The Triangle region, as defined for statistical purposes as the Raleigh–Durham–Cary CSA, comprises nine counties, although the
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divided the region into two metropolitan statistical areas and one micropolitan area in 2003. The Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area comprises Wake, Franklin, and Johnston Counties; the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area comprises Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granville, and Person Counties; and the Henderson micropolitan area comprises Vance County. Some area television stations define the region as Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville. Fayetteville is more than from Raleigh, but is part of the Triangle
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15 largest municipalities


Education

Public secondary education in the Triangle is similar to that of the majority of the state of North Carolina, in which there are county-wide school systems (the exception is
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) is a school district which educates over 12,000 students (pre-K through 12th grade) in the southeastern part of Orange County, North Carolina. Being near three major universities as well as the Research T ...
within Orange County but apart from Orange County Schools). Based in Cary, the Wake County Public School System, which includes the cities of Raleigh and Cary, is the largest school system in the state of North Carolina and the 15th-largest in the United States, with average daily enrollment of 159,949 as of the second month of the 2016–17 school year. Other larger systems in the region include Durham Public Schools (about 33,000 students) and rapidly growing Johnston County Schools (about 31,000 students).


Institutions of higher education

* Campbell University *
Central Carolina Community College Central Carolina Community College is a public community college with campuses in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It offered its first classes in 1961. Academics Central Carolina Commu ...
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Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
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Durham Technical Community College Durham Technical Community College (Durham Tech) is a public community college in Durham, North Carolina. The college serves Northern Durham County at its Northern Durham Center, and in Orange County at its Orange County Campus completed in 20 ...
*
Louisburg College Louisburg College is a private Methodist-affiliated two-year college in Louisburg, North Carolina. History Louisburg College has its roots in two schools: Franklin Male Academy, which was chartered in 1787, re-chartered in 1802 but held its fir ...
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Meredith College Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate pr ...
* North Carolina Central University *
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
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Piedmont Community College Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Roxboro, North Carolina. It is one of 58 colleges in the North Carolina Community College System. Its service area includes two North Carolina counties: Person County, where its main ...
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Shaw University Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...
* Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and
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* St. Augustine's College * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Vance-Granville Community College *
Wake Technical Community College Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) is a public community college in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its first location, Southern Wake Campus, opened in 1963. Wake Tech now operates multiple campuses throughout Wake County. The largest communit ...
* William Peace University


Sports


College sports

With the significant number of universities and colleges in the area and the relative absence of major league professional sports, NCAA sports are very popular, particularly those sports in which the
Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
participates, most notably basketball. The Duke Blue Devils (representing
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
in Durham),
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(representing
North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
in Raleigh), and
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(representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) are all members of the
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. Rivalries among these schools are very strong, fueled by proximity to each other, with annual competitions in every sport. Adding to the rivalries is the large number of graduates the high schools in the region send to each of the local universities. It is very common for students at one university to know many students attending the other local universities, which increases the opportunities for "bragging" among the schools. The four ACC schools in the state, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest University (the last of which was originally located in the town of Wake Forest before moving to Winston-Salem in 1956), are referred to as
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by sportscasters, particularly in basketball. All four teams consistently produce high-caliber teams . Each of the Triangle-based universities listed has won at least two NCAA Basketball national championships. Three
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, including recent Division I arrival North Carolina Central University and Division II members St. Augustine College and
Shaw University Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in ...
also boost the popularity of college sports in the region. Other colleges in the Triangle that field intercollegiate teams include Campbell University,
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, and William Peace University.


Professional sports

The region has only one professional team of the four major sports, the Carolina Hurricanes of the
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, based in Raleigh. Since moving to the Research Triangle region from
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, they have enjoyed great success, including winning a
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. With only one top-level professional sports option, minor league sports are quite popular in the region. The
Durham Bulls The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They are located in Durham, North Carolina, and play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which opened in ...
in downtown Durham are a AAA Minor League baseball affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Carolina Mudcats, based in Zebulon, 10 miles east of Raleigh, are the Advanced-A affiliate of the
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. In Cary, North Carolina FC plays in the second-level United Soccer League, and the North Carolina Courage began play in the
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in 2017 after the owner of North Carolina FC bought the NWSL franchise rights of the Western New York Flash and relocated the NWSL franchise to the Triangle. The area also had a team in the fledgling World League of American Football – however, the
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, coached by
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, did not exactly cover themselves in glory; they lost all 10 games of their inaugural (and only) season in 1991. The team folded after that, being replaced in the league by the
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, which fared little better at 1–9, ultimately suffering the same fate – along with the other six teams based in North America – when the league took a two-year hiatus, returning as a six-team all-European league in 1995.


Commerce

The region's growing high-technology community includes such companies as IBM,
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, SAS Institute, Cisco Systems, NetApp,
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, EMC Corporation, and Credit Suisse First Boston. In addition to high-tech, the region is consistently ranked in the top three in the U.S. with concentration in life science companies. Some of these companies include
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,
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, BASF, Merck & Co.,
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,
Novozymes Novozymes A/S is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Bagsværd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company's focus is the research, development and production of industrial enzymes, microorganisms, and biopharmaceutical ingredients. ...
, and Pfizer.
Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States, occupying in North Carolina and hosting more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. The facility is named for its location relative to the three surrounding cities ...
and North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus in Raleigh support innovation through R&D and technology transfer among the region's companies and research universities (including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The area fared relatively well during the
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, ranked as the strongest region in North Carolina by the Brookings Institution and among the top 40 in the country. The change in unemployment during 2008 to 2009 was 4.6% and home prices was 2%. The Greensboro metropolitan area was listed among the second-weakest and the Charlotte area among the middle in the country.


Major employers


Major hospitals, medical centers and medical schools

The Research Triangle region is served by these hospitals and medical centers: * Hospitals of the Duke University Health System ** Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center (Durham) ** Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center (Durham) ** Duke Raleigh Hospital (formerly Raleigh Community Hospital) ** Duke University Medical Center (Durham) ** Duke Regional Hospital (formerly Durham Regional Hospital) ** Person Memorial Hospital (Roxboro) * Hospitals of the UNC Health Care system ** Chatham Hospital (Siler City) ** North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Children's Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Memorial Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital (Chapel Hill) ** North Carolina Women's Hospital (Chapel Hill) **
Rex Hospital UNC Rex Hospital is a general hospital located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is the capital city's oldest hospital, founded by a bequest from John T. Rex (1771-1839), a local tanner. Originally located on what is now Dorothea Dix campus, and ...
(Raleigh) ** Johnston Medical Center (Smithfield) * Hospitals of the
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system ** WakeMed Raleigh Campus (formerly Wake Memorial Hospital and Wake Medical Center) ** WakeMed Cary Hospital (formerly Western Wake Medical Center) * Other hospitals and medical centers ** Central Regional Hospital,(Butner) ** Durham VA Medical Center (Durham) ** Franklin Regional Medical Center (Louisburg) * Harnett Health System (Dunn) ** Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital ** Angier Medical Services ** Good Hope Hospital ** Betsy Johnson Cancer Research Clinic ** Central Harnett Hospital * Medical Schools **
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**
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is a professional school within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It offers a Doctor of Medicine degree along with combined Doctor of Medicine / Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of M ...
** Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine


Transportation


Freeways and primary designated routes

The Triangle proper is served by three major
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s: I-40,
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, and I-87 along with their spurs: I-440 and I-540, and seven
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: 1, 15, 64, 70,
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,
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, and
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. US Highways 15 and 501 are multiplexed through much of the region as
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. I-95 passes 30 miles east of Raleigh through Johnston County, with I-87 connecting I-95 at
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to Raleigh via the US 64–264 Bypass. The two interstates diverge from one another in Orange County, with I-85 heading northeast through northern Durham County toward Virginia, while I-40 travels southeast through southern Durham, through the center of the region, and serves as the primary freeway through Raleigh. The related loop freeways I-440 and I-540 are primarily located in Wake County around Raleigh. I-440 begins at the interchange of US 1 and I-40 southwest of downtown Raleigh and arcs as a multiplex with US 1 northward around downtown with the formal designation as the Cliff Benson/Raleigh Beltline (cosigned with US 1 on three-fourths of its northern route) and ends at its junction with I-40 in southeast Raleigh. I-540, sometimes known as the Raleigh Outer Loop, extends from the US 64–264 Bypass to I-40 just inside Durham County, where it continues across the interstate as a state route (NC 540), prior to its becoming a toll road from the NC 54 interchange to the current terminus at NC Highway 55 near Holly Springs. I-95 serves the extreme eastern edge of the region, crossing north–south through suburban Johnston County. U.S. Routes 1, 15, and 64 primarily serve the region as limited-access freeways or multilane highways with access roads. US 1 enters the region from the southwest as the Claude E. Pope Memorial Highway and travels through suburban Apex where it merges with US 64 and continues northeast through Cary. The two highways are codesignated for about until US 1 joins I-440 and US 64 with I-40 along the Raleigh–Cary border. Capital Boulevard, which is designated US 1 for half of its route and US 401 the other is not a limited-access freeway, although it is a major thoroughfare through northeast Raleigh and into the northern downtown area.
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is a limited-access freeway that connects I-85 with Toll Route NC 540 in northwestern Wake County. The older, toll-free portion of the four-lane route—known as the Durham Freeway or the I.L. "Buck" Dean Expressway—traverses downtown Durham and extends through Research Triangle Park to I-40. The Durham Freeway is often used as a detour or alternate route for I-40 through southwestern Durham the Chapel Hill area in cases of traffic accident, congestion or road construction delays. The tolled portion of NC 147, called the Triangle Expressway—North Carolina's first modern toll road when it opened to traffic in late 2011—continues past I-40 to Toll NC 540. Both Toll NC 147 and Toll NC 540 are modern facilities which collect tolls using transponders and license plate photo-capture technology.


Public transit

A partnering system of multiple public transportation agencies currently serves the Triangle region under the joint GoTransit branding. Raleigh is served by
GoRaleigh (formerly Capital Area Transit) GoRaleigh is the transit system responsible for operating most of the public transportation services in Raleigh, North Carolina. The system operates 27 fixed routes throughout the city's municipal area and also operates five regional/express rout ...
municipal transit system, while Durham has GoDurham (formerly the Durham Area Transit Authority). Chapel Hill is served by
Chapel Hill Transit Chapel Hill Transit operates public bus and van transportation services within the contiguous municipalities of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the southeast corner of Orange County in ...
, and Cary is served by GoCary (formerly C-Tran) public transit systems. However,
GoTriangle The Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority, known as GoTriangle (previously Triangle Transit and Triangle Transit Authority or TTA), provides regional bus service to the Research Triangle region of North Carolina in Wake, Durha ...
, formerly called Triangle Transit, works in cooperation with all area transit systems by offering transfers between its own routes and those of the other systems. Triangle Transit also coordinates an extensive vanpool and rideshare program that serves the region's larger employers and commute destinations. Plans have been made to merge all of the area's municipal systems into Triangle Transit, and Triangle Transit also has proposed a regional rail system to connect downtown Durham, downtown Cary and downtown Raleigh with multiple suburban stops, as well as stops in the Research Triangle Park area. The agency's initial proposal was effectively cancelled in 2006, however, when the agency could not procure adequate federal funding. A committee of local business, transportation and government leaders currently are working with Triangle Transit to develop a new transit blueprint for the region, with various modes of rail transit, as well as
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, open as options for consideration.


Air


Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU)

Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) has nonstop passenger service to 68 destinations with over 450 average daily departures, including nonstop international service to Canada, Europe, and Mexico. It is located near the geographic center of The Triangle, northeast of the town of Morrisville in Wake County. The airport covers 5,000 acres (2,023 ha) and has three runways., effective February 1, 2018. In 1939 the General Assembly of North Carolina chartered the Raleigh–Durham Aeronautical Authority, which was changed in 1945 to the Raleigh–Durham Airport Authority. The first new terminal opened in 1955. Terminal A (now Terminal 1) opened in 1981. American Airlines began service to RDU in 1985. RDU opened the runway, 5L-23R, in 1986. American Airlines opened its north–south hub operation at RDU in the new Terminal C in June 1987, greatly increasing the size of RDU's operations with a new terminal including a new apron and runway. American brought RDU its first international flights to Bermuda, Cancun, Paris and London. In 1996, American Airlines ceased its hub operations at RDU due to Pan Am and Eastern Airlines. Pan Am and Eastern were Miami's main tenants until 1991, when both carriers went bankrupt. Their hubs at MIA were taken over by United Airlines and American Airlines. This created a difficulty in competing with US Airways' hub in Charlotte and Delta Air Lines' hub in Atlanta, Georgia for passengers traveling between smaller cities in the North and South. Midway Airlines entered the market, starting service in 1995 with the then somewhat novel concept of 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets providing service from its RDU hub primarily along the East Coast. Midway, originally incorporated in Chicago, had some success after moving its operations to the midpoint of the eastern United States at RDU and its headquarters to Morrisville, NC. The carrier ultimately could not overcome three weighty challenges: the arrival of
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, the refusal of American Airlines to renew the frequent flyer affiliation it had with Midway (thus dispatching numerous higher fare-paying businesspeople to airlines with better reward destinations), and the significant blow of September 11, 2001. Midway Airlines filed
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on August 13, 2001, and ceased operations entirely on October 30, 2003. In February 2000, RDU was ranked as the nation's second fastest-growing major airport in the United States, by Airports Council International, based on 1999 statistics. Passenger growth hit 24% over the previous year, ranking RDU second only to Washington Dulles International Airport. RDU opened Terminal A south concourse for use by
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and
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in 2001. The addition added and five aircraft gates to the terminal. Terminal A became designated as Terminal 1 on October 26, 2008. In 2003, RDU also dedicated a new general aviation terminal. RDU continues to keep pace with its growth by redeveloping Terminal C into a new state-of-the-art terminal, now known as Terminal 2, which opened in October 2008. As of June 2022, the airport will have international flights to Cancun, London, Montreal, Paris, Reykjavik and Toronto. Cancun service is provided by American, Frontier and JetBlue, while the Canada flights are provided by Air Canada, Paris by Delta, Reykjavik by new to the market Icelandair, and London by American. Icelandair is the first international carrier outside of Air Canada to service the airport. Delta Air Lines currently considers the airport to be a "focus city", or an airport that is not a hub, but is of importance to the carrier. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shrunk the operation, but by September 2022, Delta will be serving 21 destinations on aircraft ranging from the CRJ700 to the 767.


Public general-aviation airports

In addition to RDU, several smaller publicly owned general-aviation airports also operate in the metropolitan region: *
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, Sanford * Johnston County Airport , Smithfield * Horace Williams Airport ,
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* Siler City Municipal Airport ,
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Private airfields

Several licensed private general-aviation and agricultural airfields are located in the region's suburban areas and nearby rural communities: * Bagwell Airport , Garner * Ball Airport , Louisburg * Barclaysville Field Airport , Angier * Brooks Field Airport , Siler City * CAG Farms Airport , Angier * Charles Field Airport , Dunn * Cox Airport , Apex * Crooked Creek Airport , Bunn * Dead Dog Airport , Pittsboro * Deck Airpark Airport , Apex * Dutchy Airport , Chapel Hill * Eagle's Landing Airport , Pittsboro * Field of Dreams Airport ,
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* Fuquay/Angier Field Airport , Fuquay-Varina * Hinton Field Airport , Princeton * Kenly Airport , Kenly * Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport , Durham * Miles Airport , Chapel Hill * North Raleigh Airport , Louisburg * Peacock Stolport Airport , Garner * Raleigh East Airport , Knightdale * Riley Field Airport , Bunn * Ron's Field Ultralight Airport , Pittsboro * Triple W Airport , Raleigh * Womble Field Airport , Chapel Hill


Heliports

These licensed heliports serve the Research Triangle region: * Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital Heliport , Dunn—publicly owned; medical service * Duke University North Heliport , Durham—privately owned; public medical service * Garner Road Heliport , Raleigh—publicly owned; state government service * Holly Green Heliport , Durham—private * Sky-5 Heliport , Raleigh—private, owned by Sky-5 Inc. ( WRAL-TV) * Sprint MidAtlantic Telecom Heliport , Youngsville—private; corporate service * Wake Medical Center Heliport , Raleigh—publicly owned; medical service * Western Wake Medical Center Heliport , Cary—publicly owned; medical service A number of
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system) also serve a variety of additional medical facilities (such as UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill), as well as private, corporate and governmental interests, throughout the region.


Rail

Amtrak serves the region with the Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Palmetto, Carolinian, and Piedmont routes.


Shopping

''Notable shopping centers and malls:''


Super-regional enclosed malls

* Triangle Town Center and Commons (Raleigh; 1,431,091 ft²) (opened 2002) *
The Streets at Southpoint The Streets at Southpoint is a shopping mall in Durham, North Carolina. Located near I-40, on Fayetteville Road, the mall was developed by Urban Retail Properties and is currently owned and managed by Brookfield Properties, a subsidiary of Brook ...
(Durham; 1,336,000 ft²) (opened 2002) * Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh; 1,326,000 ft²) (opened 1972) *
Cary Towne Center Cary Towne Center was an indoor shopping mall in Cary, North Carolina. It was anchored by Belk, Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears. History Cary Village Mall Originally planned in 1972, the mall was first proposed as the adjacent Cary Villa ...
(Cary; 914,252 ft²) (opened 1979, closed 2021) * Northgate Mall (Durham; 857,099 ft²) (opened 1960, enclosed 1972, closed 2020)


Major shopping centers

* Crossroads Plaza (Cary; 1,300,000 ft²) *
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(Raleigh; 656,000 ft²) * Carolina Premium Outlets (Smithfield; 440,000 ft²) * University Place (Chapel Hill; 366,000 ft²) *
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( Carrboro; 86,000 ft²) *
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; 317,000 ft²) * North Hills Mall & Plaza (Raleigh)


Entertainment

Film festivals and events: *
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. The festival is a program of the Center for Documentary Studies, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) at Duke University. ...
– Durham *
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival The North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Festival is an annual LGBT film festival produced by the Carolina Theater in Durham, North Carolina, typically held in mid-August. The festival has been credited in previous years as the second largest LGBT film ...
– Durham Notable performing arts and music venues: * Coastal Credit Union Music Park – Raleigh *
Red Hat Amphitheater The Red Hat Amphitheater (formerly the Raleigh Amphitheater) is an amphitheatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is adjacent to the Raleigh Convention Center. The Raleigh Amphitheater books acts through an agreement with Live Nation, and is owned an ...
– downtown Raleigh *
Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park The Koka Booth Amphitheatre is a performing arts amphitheatre in Cary, North Carolina, USA. It is located in Regency Park, which is owned and operated by the Town of Cary. The venue is managed by SMG, formally known as Spectacor Management Group ...
– Cary *
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts is the main venue for the performing arts in Raleigh, North Carolina. The naming rights to the center currently are held by Duke Energy (formerly Progress Energy), which purchased them from the city in ...
– downtown Raleigh * PNC Arena – Raleigh *
Durham Performing Arts Center The Durham Performing Arts Center (often called the DPAC) opened November 30, 2008 as the largest performing arts center in the Carolinas at a cost of $48 million. The DPAC hosts over 200 performances a year including touring Broadway production ...
– Durham * Carolina Theatre – Durham Theatre and dance events: * American Dance Festival – Durham Music festivals: * Dreamville Festival – Raleigh * Hopscotch Music Festival – Raleigh * Moogfest – Durham * ProgDay – Chapel Hill Movie theatres: * Alamo Drafthouse Cinema


Museums


Media

The area is part of the Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville television designated media area and is the 25th-largest in the country with 1,135,920 households (2014) included in that area and the second largest television market in North Carolina. It is part of the Raleigh–Durham Nielsen Audio radio market (code 115) and is the 42nd-largest in the country with a population of 1,365,900. The Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville market is defined by Nielsen as including Chatham, Cumberland, Dunn, Durham, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Northampton, Orange, Robeson, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson Counties, along with parts of Franklin County.


Print

Numerous newspapers and periodicals serve the Triangle market.


Paid and subscription

* '' The News & Observer'', the major daily Raleigh newspaper and the region's largest, with a significant regional and statewide readership (especially to the east of the Triangle) * '' The Herald-Sun'', the major daily Durham newspaper * '' Garner News'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Garner in southern Wake County * '' The Apex Herald'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Apex in western Wake County * ''
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'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Holly Springs in southwestern Wake County * ''
Butner-Creedmoor News The ''Butner-Creedmoor News'' is a weekly newspaper with coverage area including the towns of Butner, Creedmoor and Stem, as well as Southern Granville, Northern Wake and Northern Durham counties in North Carolina. The newspaper is printed ...
'' The Weekly community newspaper for southern Granville County and surrounding areas * ''
Cleveland Post Cleveland Post was a weekly newspaper based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Fuquay-Varina ( ) is a town in southern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, lying south of Holly Springs and southwest of Garner, and north of the Harne ...
'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Cleveland and nearby northwestern Johnston and southern Wake Counties * ''
Fuquay-Varina Independent ''Fuquay-Varina Independent'' was a weekly newspaper based in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. It closed in 2013. An interview in the paper with former United States Attorney James Proctor, dated November 28, 1984, is cited by Errol Morris in his ...
'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Fuquay-Varina in southwestern Wake County * ''
The Wake Weekly ''The Wake Weekly'' is an American weekly newspaper based in Wake Forest, North Carolina, primarily covering the North Carolina counties of Wake and Franklin. From 2009–2019, it was published by Allen Publishing LLC, a corporation owned by Todd ...
'', a weekly community newspaper serving suburban Wake Forest, northern Wake County and southern Franklin County * The ''
Chatham Journal Pittsboro is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2010 census and 4,537 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Chatham County. The town was established in the late 18th century, shortly a ...
'', the weekly community newspaper for suburban Pittsboro and surrounding Chatham County * '' The Clayton News-Star'', a weekly community newspaper for suburban Clayton and western Johnston County * '' The Daily Record'', the daily community newspaper for suburban Dunn and surrounding Harnett County * ''
The Courier-Times The Courier-Times is a once-a-week newspaper based in Roxboro, North Carolina Roxboro is a city and the county seat of Person County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 8,362 at the 2010 census. The city is north of Durha ...
'', the semiweekly community newspaper for suburban Roxboro and Person County * ''
The Triangle Business Journal American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes The Business Journals, which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States, Hemmings Motor News ...
'', a weekly regional economic journal * ''
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'', a bi-monthly magazine for Cary and western Wake County * ''
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'', a bi-monthly magazine that serves 12,500 households and 1,600 businesses of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and northern Chatham County


Free

* The '' Independent Weekly'', a free weekly regional independent journal published in Durham * The '' Carolina Journal'', a monthly free regional newspaper published in Raleigh * The ''
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'', a free monthly magazine for downtown Raleigh and environs * The ''
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'', a free monthly magazine * '' The Daily Tar Heel'', the free weekday (during the regular academic year) student newspaper at UNC-Chapel Hill * '' Technician'', the free weekday (during the regular academic year) student newspaper at NC State University in Raleigh * '' The Chronicle'', a free daily newspaper for (but independent of) Duke University and its surrounding community in Durham * ''The Blotter'', a free monthly regional literary journal * '' Fifteen-501'', a free magazine for the Durham–Chapel Hill area (named for nearby U.S. Route 15-501) * '' Acento Latino'', a free Spanish-language weekly regional newspaper published in Raleigh


Online only

* The ''
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'', a free daily news source for the greater Cary and western Wake County area * The ''
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'', a free daily news source for the greater Raleigh area * The ''
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'', a free weekly news site for items of local Wake Forest interest


Television


Broadcast

The Triangle is part of the Raleigh–Durham– Fayetteville Designated Market Area for broadcast television. –16, the area was the 25th-largest in the country. This area includes these television stations: * WUNC-TV (4, Chapel Hill), PBS member station and flagship station of the PBS North Carolina television network, owned by the University of North Carolina system * WRAL-TV (5, Raleigh), NBC affiliate owned by
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* WTVD (11, Durham),
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O&O owned by ABC Owned Television Stations * WNCN (17, Goldsboro), CBS affiliate owned by
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* WLFL (22, Raleigh), CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * WTNC-LD (26, Durham),
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O&O owned by TelevisaUnivision * WRDC (28, Durham), MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group * WRAY-TV (30, Wilson), TCT O&O owned by Tri-State Christian Television * WUVC-DT (40, Fayetteville), Univision O&O owned by TelevisaUnivision *
WRPX-TV WRPX-TV (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripp ...
(47, Rocky Mount) and
WFPX-TV WFPX-TV (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Archer Lodge, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Bounce TV to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the ...
(62, Fayetteville), both Ion Television O&Os owned by Scripps Networks *
WRAZ-TV WRAZ (channel 50), branded on-air as Fox 50, is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is locally owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company along ...
(50, Raleigh),
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affiliate owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company


Cable

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.


Radio

The Triangle is home to
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC (91.5 MHz) is a listener-supported public radio station, serving the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. It is licensed to Chapel Hill and is operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On weekdays, WUNC carries Nat ...
, a public radio station/ NPR provider that brings in listeners around the country. Raleigh and a large part of the Triangle area is Arbitron radio market #43. Stations include: FM stations: * 88.1 FM
WKNC WKNC-FM (88.1 FM) is North Carolina State University's student-run, non-commercial college radio station broadcasting from Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 25,000 watts, its signal ...
( NCSU) College Radio from N.C. State University * 88.5 FM WRTP ( RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") * 88.7 FM WXDU ( DU) College Radio from Duke University * 88.9 FM
WRKV WRKV (88.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Research Triangle. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and feature ...
( EMF) Contemporary Christian ("K-LOVE") from Educational Media Foundation * 89.3 FM WXYC (
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) College Radio from UNC-Chapel Hill * 89.7 FM
WCPE WCPE (89.7 FM) in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a listener supported non-commercial, non-profit radio station, and the program contributor for The Classical Station, a classical music network. The station went on the air July 17, 1978, and switc ...
Classical & Opera Music * 90.5 FM WVRD ( Liberty University) Christian * 90.7 FM
WNCU WNCU ( 90.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Jazz format. Licensed to Durham, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh area. The station is currently owned by North Carolina Central University and features programming fr ...
( NCCU) NPR/Jazz from N.C. Central University * 91.1 FM
W216BN WRTP (88.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian adult contemporary format. Licensed to Franklinton, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Raleigh/Durham area. The station is currently owned by Radio Training Network, with studi ...
( RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") ( Translator of WRTP) * 91.5 FM WUNC (
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) NPR affiliate from UNC-Chapel Hill * 92.5 FM
WYFL WYFL (92.5 FM) is a noncommercial radio station broadcasting a religious format. Located near Henderson, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. The station is owned by Bible Broadcasting Network. The tr ...
( BBN) Christian Programs from Bible Broadcasting Network * 93.3 FM WERO (
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) CHR ("Bob 933") * 93.5 FM
WRLY-LP WRLY-LP, or Oak 93.5 is a community low power FM ("LPFM") radio station operating in Raleigh, North Carolina. History Triangle Access Broadcasting, Inc. was awarded the first construction permit to build an LPFM station in the Raleigh area, signi ...
Community Radio ("Oak 93.5") * 93.9 FM
WNCB WNCB (93.9 FM), known as "B93.9", is a country music radio station that serves the Raleigh-Durham market of North Carolina. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., whose sister stations include WDCG, WTKK, WRDU, and W237BZ. The station ...
( iHM) Country ("B93.9") * 94.7 FM WQDR-FM (
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) Country ("94.7 QDR") * 95.3 FM
W237BZ W237BZ, known on-air as 95.3 The Beat, is a radio station licensed to Clayton, North Carolina. The station airs a Classic hip hop radio format. The station is operated by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications). The translator simulc ...
( iHM) Classic Hip-Hop ("95.3 The Beat") (Translator of
WDCG-HD2 W237BZ, known on-air as 95.3 The Beat, is a radio station licensed to Clayton, North Carolina. The station airs a Classic hip hop radio format. The station is operated by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications). The translator simulca ...
) * 96.1 FM WBBB (
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) Adult hits ("96.1 BBB") * 96.5 FM
W243DK WCMC-FM (99.9 MHz) is a sports radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina and licensed to nearby Holly Springs. Its studios are located in north Raleigh along with WRAL-FM, an adult contemporary music station, two sports talk stations WD ...
( CBC) Sports ("The Buzz") (Translator of WCMC-HD2) * 96.7 FM
WKRX WKRX (96.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Roxboro, North Carolina, United States. The station is currently owned by Roxboro Broadcasting Company. Programming includes local news, Person County High School sport ...
Country ("Kickin' Country") * 96.9 FM WWPL (
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) Urban ("The New 96.9 BZJ") * 97.5 FM
WQOK WQOK (97.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Carrboro, North Carolina, and serving the Raleigh/Durham radio market. WQOK is owned and operated by Urban One and airs an urban contemporary radio format, featuring hip hop and R&B musi ...
( R1) Hip Hop ("K-97.5") * 97.9 FM W250B ("97.9 The Hill") (Translator of WCHL) * 98.1 FM WQSM ( Cumulus) CHR ("Q-98") * 98.9 FM
W255AM WRTP (88.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian adult contemporary format. Licensed to Franklinton, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Raleigh/ Durham area. The station is currently owned by Radio Training Network, with stu ...
( RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) * 99.3 FM
W257CS WRAL (101.5 FM, "Mix 101.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, and serving the Research Triangle. It is owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching ...
( CBC) Sports ("The Buzz") (Translator of WCMC-HD2) * 99.9 FM WCMC ( CBC) Sports ("99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio") (Flagship for Carolina Hurricanes) * 100.7 FM WRDU ( iHM) Classic Hits ("100.7 WRDU") * 101.1 FM
WYMY WYMY ("La Ley 101.1" FM) is a Regional Mexican radio station in Burlington, North Carolina, United States. It serves the Triad and Triangle areas, which includes cities such as Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Durham. In addition the signa ...
(
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) Spanish ("La Ley 101.1 FM") * 101.5 FM
WRAL WRAL may refer to: * WRAL-TV, a television station (channel 17, virtual 5) licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina * WRAL (FM), a radio station (101.5 FM) licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina * WPJL WPJL (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a ...
( CBC) Adult Contemporary ("Mix 101.5") * 101.9 FM
WKRP-LP WKRP-LP, or 101.9 WKRP, is a community low power FM ("LPFM") radio station operating in Raleigh, North Carolina. Capital Area Team Sports, Inc. was granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission to build an LPFM on March ...
Community Radio ("101 Nine WKRP") * 102.3 FM WKJO Country ("Country Superstars") * 102.5 FM WPLW-FM (
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) CHR ("Pulse FM") * 102.9 FM WKIX (
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) Oldies ("Kix 102.9") * 103.3 FM WAKG ( PB) Country ("103.3 WAKG") * 103.5 FM
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Community Radio, Variety * 103.9 FM WNNL ( R1) Urban Gospel ("The Light 103.9") * 104.3 FM WFXK ( R1) Urban Adult Contemporary ("Foxy 104") * 104.7 FM W284CP (
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) Oldies ("Oldies 104.7") (Translator of WKIX) * 105.1 FM WDCG ( iHM) CHR ("G-105") * 106.1 FM WTKK ( iHM) Talk * 106.7 FM
WKVK WKVK (106.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Semora, North Carolina, it serves a large swath of central North Carolina and Southside Virginia as an outlet of K-LOVE. The station is currently owned ...
( EMF) Contemporary Christian * 107.1 FM WFXC ( R1) Urban Adult Contemporary ("Foxy 107") * 107.7 FM W299AQ ( RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) * 107.9 FM W300AR ( RTN) Christian ("His Radio WRTP") (Translator of WRTP) AM stations: * 540 AM WETC Catholic radio * 570 AM WQDR Classic rock ("Rock 92.9") * 620 AM WDNC Sports ("620 The Ticket") (Flagship for Duke Football and Basketball) * 680 AM WPTF News, Talk & Sports ("NewsRadio 680 WPTF") * 750 AM WAUG Urban Programming from St. Augustine's College * 850 AM WKIX Oldies ("Oldies 104.7") * 1000 AM WRTG Spanish * 1030 AM WDRU Christian ("The Truth 1030") * 1130 AM WPYB Country * 1240 AM
WPJL WPJL (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh area. The station is owned by WPJL, Inc. History The station went on the air on March ...
Christian * 1310 AM WTIK Spanish * 1360 AM WCHL ("97.9 The Hill") * 1410 AM
WRJD WRJD (1410 AM) is a radio station based in Durham, North Carolina, which currently broadcasts a Spanish Christian format. It was a heritage radio station that went by WSRC for over half a century. History The station signed on the air as WSRC ...
Spanish Christian * 1430 AM
WRXO WRXO (1430 AM) is a radio station broadcasting in a Country and Western Oldies format. It is licensed to Roxboro, North Carolina Roxboro is a city and the county seat of Person County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 8,362 ...
Country ("Simulcast of WKRX-FM") * 1490 AM WDUR South Asian * 1530 AM WLLQ Spanish * 1550 AM WCLY Adult album alternative ("That Station") * 1590 AM WHPY Christian


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* Piedmont Atlantic *
Piedmont Crescent The Piedmont Crescent, also known as the Piedmont Urban Crescent, is a large, polycentric urbanized region in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the northern section of the rapidly developing Piedmont Atlantic megalopolis (or "megaregi ...
* Piedmont Triad


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Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

Research Triangle Regional Partnership
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