CBS Keeps Propelling HDTV

CBS Keeps Propelling HDTV CBS has been the driving force in HDTV promotion and production in the broadcasting industry, and the coming season is no exception. CBS has already hammered out deals for several major broadcasts and continues working towards increasing the amount of prime time in HDTV. Thomson Consumer Electronics agreed to underwrite CBS’s […]

Susan Dahlin Referred To As “HDTV Queen” By Colleagues

Susan Dahlin Referred To As The “HDTV Queen” By Colleagues Susan Dahlin, Capitol Broadcasting’s special project marketing director, has become known as the “HDTV Queen” by industry colleagues for her tireless efforts to promote the technology. But, according to the News and Observer Newspaper (N & O), she is fighting an uphill battle as the […]

WRAL-TV Local Production Nabs Telly Award

WRAL-TV Local Production Nabs Telly Award Phyllis Parish WRAL-TV Senior Producer WRAL-TV Senior Producer Phyllis Parish won a silver Telly Award for her writing and producing the WRAL-TV special “Crisis in Kosovo: NC Reaches Out” this past February. The half-hour program, which originally aired in May 1999, won in the TV or Cable Information Program […]

WRAL Digital Wins National Award For HDTV Program

WRAL Digital Wins National Award For HDTV Program WRAL has won a prestigious national award for the high definition television program, “Wilderness North Carolina.” The IRIS Award was presented to the station by the National Association of Television Program Executives at the Sony Studios in Culver City, CA. “Wilderness” was produced by Nina Szlosberg and […]

WRAL-TV Personalities Among Spectator’s Best in the Triangle

WRAL-TV Personalities Among Spectator‘s Best in the Triangle The Triangle’s Arts & Entertainment Newsweekly, the Spectator, has published its Best in the Triangle (BIT) list for the year 2000, and two WRAL-TV personalities have made the list. WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fischel was the Readers’ Choice for Best TV News Personality and both the Judges’ […]

Project Tanzania 1985-2000

Project Tanzania 1985 – 2000 Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company was deeply moved by the suffering of many Africans that were affected by the massive drought in the early 1980’s. So, in 1985, a group of dedicated people went on a fact-finding trip to find an area that wanted assistance in […]

Gregory Elected To NCAB Board

Gregory Elected To NCAB Board Senior VP of Broadcasting Tom Allen, currently serving as President-Elect for the NCAB, will soon be joined by WRAL-FM General Manager Ardie Gregory on the Board of Directors for the Association. Gregory was recently elected to a three-year term beginning January 1, 2001. Founded in 1947, the NCAB is widely […]

Capitol Broadcasting Company Grants Scholarships

Capitol Broadcasting Company Grants Scholarships The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Inc., was founded early in the 20th century. And even though the NCHSAA has witnessed dramatic growth in the scope of its programs and has had to deal with the changing face of education, one thing has remained constant: the Association’s commitment to […]

CBC Helps Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

CBC Helps Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Capitol Broadcasting Company honors the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream by supporting the 2000 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Monday, January 17. The Breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center Research […]