11th Annual Coats For The Children A Huge Success

11th Annual Coats For The Children A Huge Success Thanks to all CBC employees and other volunteers who donated their time to help with this community event. For the 11th year, WRAL’s Coats for the Children was a huge success for children and families in need of winter clothing. Coats for the Children officially ended […]

Fletcher Foundation Launching Nonprofit News Site

Fletcher Foundation Launching Nonprofit News Site Starting Jan. 1, 2000, a new Web site will deliver daily news about philanthropy and nonprofits in North Carolina and the U.S. Nonprofit News Online, a project of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, also will feature a free, weekly email newsletter. Nonprofit News Online will report on fundraising, giving, managing, […]

Joe Wade Formicola becomes Program Director at WRAL-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 1999 For more information, call Ardie Gregory, 919-890-6104 For photos or station logo, call or email Mary Hallow, 919-890-6103, mhallow@wralfm.com Joe Wade Formicola becomes Program Director at WRAL-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina  Raleigh, NC –Ardie Gregory, Vice President and General Manager WRAL-FM and North Carolina News Network, Capitol Broadcasting Company […]

Warming Up for Baseball Pelicans to Hold First Hot Stove Banquet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 1999 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Warming Up for Baseball Pelicans to Hold First Hot Stove Banquet MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are having their first Hot Stove Banquet on January 18, 2000 in the Kensington Ballroom of the Embassy Suites at the Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach. […]

WRAL Online Names Best Local Television Website in the U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 1999 Director of New Media John Conway 919-821-8592 WRAL Online Named Best Local Television Website in the U.S. Raleigh, NC —WRAL OnLine has won the prestigious Iris Award from the National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE). As the only national award to recognize quality local programming, NATPE’s annual Iris […]

Pelicans Take Home Award: Team Adds to the List of Accolades

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 1999 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Pelicans Take Home Award: Team Adds to the List of Accolades MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans received recognition at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Anaheim, CA for their 1999 first half game program. The game program was named as “The Best of […]

Attendance Ranked High: Pelicans Drew Well in 1999

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 1999 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Attendance Ranked High: Pelicans Drew Well in 1999 MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Minor League Baseball recently released the official attendance figures from the 1999 season according to ranking in each classification. The Pelicans tallied an attendance total of 232,619 at Coastal Federal Field over a […]

Pelicans Highlight Propect List: Handfull Make 40-Man Roster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 1999 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Pelicans Highlight Propect List: Handfull Make 40-Man Roster MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Myrtle Beach Pelicans have six of their players from the 1999 championship season on Baseball America’s Top 10 Prospect List in the Atlanta Braves organization. The recent issue of Baseball America is […]

Looking Good and Feeling Good: Pelicans Ranked First in Merchandise Sales

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 1999 Contact: Bryan Dolgin 843-918-6016 Looking Good and Feeling Good: Pelicans Ranked First in Merchandise Sales MYRTLE BEACH, SC – According to Minor League Baseball, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Professional Baseball Club will finish the 1999 season ranked first of 158 affiliated teams in merchandise sales. Monetary figures are not […]

HDTV Mobile Unit on Exhibition at WRAL-TV

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 1999 Contact: Susan Dahlin Marketing Director 919-790-5720 HDTV Mobile Unit on Exhibition at WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC — HDV-5, the High Definition Television Production Mobile for the new millennium, opened its doors for exhibit on December 7. The WRAL-TV 5 studios on Western Blvd. hosted the tour from 9:00 a.m. to […]