Month: March 2000

WRAL’s New Digital Tower Signs On

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2000 For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com WRAL’s New Digital Tower Signs On Raleigh, NC — After lengthy delays created by hurricanes, snowstorms, and manufacturers, the new digital tower is now up and running, transmitting the WRAL Digital signal on its new assigned channel 53. In time for […]

Radio To Help Find Missing Children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2000 For more information, contact Mary Hallow, MIX 101.5, 919-890-6103 John Goad, N.C. Center for Missing Children, 919-733-3557 Radio To Help Find Missing Children Raleigh, NC — – According to a recent national study conducted by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, nearly three-quarters of the nation’s children who were […]

Wilderness North Carolina Premieres at First High-Definition Theater in the Southeast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2000 For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com Nancy Walters, Museum of Natural Sciences, 919/733-7450 Wilderness North Carolina Premieres at First High-Definition Theater in the Southeast Raleigh, NC — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences premiered its first original movie -and the stars acted like real animals. The […]

Durham Bulls Receive Legacy Keeper Award

Durham Bulls Receive Legacy Keeper Award The Durham Bulls Baseball Club received the Legacy Keeper Award to Outstanding Corporate Sponsor from the St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation during their second annual Spirit of Hayti awards ceremony on March 23, 2000. The Spirit of Hayti Awards are presented to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions […]

WRAL OnLine Cited As Leader In Building Loyalty

WRAL OnLine Cited As Leader In Building Loyalty Philip Meyer, consultant for USA Today and a holder of the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina, discussed the issue of “viewer trust” in The Forum column of the Tuesday, March 21 issue of USA Today newspaper. In his article, “Extra, Extra! Local […]

MIX 101.5 Gives Away Free Gas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2000 For more information, contact Mary Hallow, MIX 101.5, 919-890-6103 MIX 101.5 Gives Away Free Gas Raleigh, NC — MIX 101.5’s Bill & Schatzie announced that they would give away free gas on Friday, March 24, 2000. We will start pumping the free gas at four different gas stations starting […]

Susan Dahlin Brings Wall Street Journal Readers Up To Speed On Digital Television

Susan Dahlin Brings Wall Street Journal Readers Up To Speed On Digital Susan Dahlin, marketing director for WRAL Digital, was interviewed by Joe Flint, staff writer for the Wall Street Journal for an article entitled: Stay Tuned High-definition TV was going to reinvent the medium. So, where is it? released on March 20, 2000. In […]

WRAL Digital Airs Entire NCAA Basketball Tournament

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2000 For more information, contact For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com WRAL Digital Airs Entire NCAA Basketball Tournament Raleigh, NC — For the first time in television history, viewers can choose to watch any one of the games played during the NCAA basketball tournament on WRAL-TV5 and WRAL […]

AWRT Hosts Sports Marketing Panel

AWRT Hosts Sports Marketing Panel The Triangle Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. (AWRT) had another successful session when it hosted a panel of sports marketing professionals at the Crabtree Marriott Hotel in Raleigh, NC on Wednesday, March 8. The Raleigh Chapter hosts an informative luncheon meeting the second Tuesday of each […]