Pelican’s Bill Butler Receives Title of Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year

Pelican’s Bill Butler Receives Title of Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year The Carolina League announced on August 16 that Bill Butler, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Head Groundskeeper, is the 1999 Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year. The honor comes in this, the first season for the Pelicans. The general managers and field managers from […]

Diamond View Groundbreaking

Diamond View Groundbreaking Architectual renderings of Diamondview. Click on drawing for larger view. Architectual drawings of the new office building. Back to Diamond View Groundbreaking main page.

Jim Goodmon Encourages the Legislature to Pass UNC-TV Funding

Jim Goodmon Encourages the Legislature to Pass UNC-TV Funding Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company, on behalf of UNC-TV Public Television, wrote an editorial stating the importance of UNC-TV and what the funding delays in the North Carolina Legislature could mean to the future of the network. The Editorial was published in […]

Changes Made by the FCC Would Enable Capitol to Purchase WB and FOX

Changes Made by the FCC Would Enable Capitol to Purchase WB and FOX Over the last three years, Capitol has managed two stations (WRAZ in Raleigh, NC and WFVT in Charlotte, NC) under what is referred to as a Limited Marketing Agreement. This agreement allowed broadcasters to operate more than one station in a Designated […]

WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal

WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal WRAL-OnLine proves how invaluable the Internet can be, and just what potential it has. On June 3, 1997, Francisco Carrasco-Gutierrez, a transient, was shot as he slept beneath the Boylan Avenue Bridge at a transient camp along the railroad tracks west of downtown Raleigh, NC. The shooting had gone unsolved […]

Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production

Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production At the annual North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) convention held in Myrtle Beach in early August, Randy Mews (currently with WRAL-TV) was presented with an award for the best commercial produced in North Carolina by the NCAB. The “Best of the Best” awards banquet is held […]