CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY WINS AWARD FOR HDTV DEVELOPMENT WORK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 1997 For additional information contact: John Greene (919) 847-4714 CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY WINS AWARD FOR HDTV DEVELOPMENT WORK RALEIGH, NC, APRIL 15, 1997 — A Raleigh, North Carolina television station that has no viewing audience has been named “Broadcaster of the Year” by Television Broadcast magazine. WRAL-HD, an experimental high […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Water Monument Dedication
Martin Luther King, Jr. Water Monument Dedication CBCers were part of the unveiling ceremony for the new Water Monument in the Martin Luther King Memorial Gardens in Southeast Raleigh. The company was a major contributor to the sculpture project. Corporate minority affairs director J.D. Lewis was among the speakers April 4th. Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell […]
WRAL-HDTV ANNOUNCES PRESENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 04 , 1997 For additional information contact: John Greene (919) 847-4714 WRAL-HDTV ANNOUNCES PRESENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB RALEIGH, NC, APRIL 4, 1997 — WRAL-HD, the first commercial television station to broadcast the HDTV signal, is launching a site on the World Wide Web. The Internet address is http://www.wral-hd.com. The new […]
Carolina Panthers vs. the Green Bay Packers
Carolina Panthers vs. the Green Bay Packers Sunday, January 12, 1997 – – – A plane with two lucky CBCers leaves Charlotte-Douglas Airport at 8:00 a.m. to go to the NFC Championship game with the Green Bay Packers. Earlier that week throughout every building, some CBCers said how excited they were that they may win […]
Carolina Panthers vs. the Dallas Cowboys
Carolina Panthers vs. the Dallas Cowboys The hottest ticket in town so far this year was to the NFC semifinal game between the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys in Charlotte on January 5th, 1997. Everyone wanted a ticket and Capitol Broadcasting Company was fortunate enough to have a few. Some of the lucky CBC […]
CBCares – Reese Edwards
CBCares – Reese Edwards Reese Edwards, anchor/reporter for Capitol Sports Network and Capitol AgriBusiness, does his part to help patients with cancer, leukemia and blood disorders at Rex Hospital. Reese regularly donates blood platelets at Rex Blood Plan. Reese began donating blood regularly in 1975 when his wife was diagnosed with an ulcer. He switched […]
WRAL-HD Celebrates One Year Anniversary
WRAL-HD Celebrates One Year Anniversary According to Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company, HDTV is the next technological revolution in the area of home entertainment. Goodmon thinks HDTV has to be the future of free, over-the-air broadcast television if this industry wants to have any future at all. And to stay viable, […]
NCNN and WRAL-TV Win RTNDAC and Associated Press Awards
NCNN and WRAL-TV Win RTNDAC and Associated Press Awards The Associated Press named the North Carolina News Network “Outstanding News Operation” for 1996. Judges honored the network for public service provided during Hurricane Fran. For many people without electricity, battery-powered radio’s were the only source of news in the aftermath of Hurricane Fran. The North […]
Yvonne Simons Wins National Fellowship in Education Reporting
Yvonne Simons Wins National Fellowship in Education Reporting WRAL-TV Education reporter Yvonne Simons has become the first commercial television reporter in the nation to be selected for the National Fellowship in Education Reporting. Simons is one of six reporters selected for the 1997 fellowships, which are awarded annually by the Education Writers Association. During her […]
Capitol AgriBusiness Goes Online with Southernfarmer.com
Capitol AgriBusiness Goes Online with Southernfarmer.com Southernfarmer.com a new agriculture related web site is now on the World Wide Web. Capitol AgriBusiness created the site for farmers and others involved in agriculture in the Southeastern U.S. The site features daily radio farmcasts and market reports, a comprehensive weather map, commodity reports featuring cotton, soybeans, tobacco […]