Fletcher Foundation Buys Building
Fletcher Foundation Buys Building 1911 Photo Former department store, second historic downtown structure purchased by foundation, will be center for nonprofits or arts groups. The A.J. Fletcher Foundation is buying the former Boylan Pearce department store building on Fayetteville Street Mall in downtown Raleigh, NC and plans to turn it into a facility for nonprofits. […]
Dan Wilkinson Serves As Emcee For Commissioner Of Agriculture Forum
Dan Wilkinson Serves As Master Of Ceremonies For Commissioner Of Agriculture Forum Dan Wilkinson Dan Wilkinson, program director of Capitol AgriBusiness Network and Farm Reporter for WRAL-TV, served as the Master of Ceremonies in Harnett County for a forum held in late March to allow farmers and those interested in agriculture to meet the candidates […]
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater On budget and on schedule, the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater continues to take shape as part of the downtown Raleigh BTI Center for the Performing Arts. Funded by Wake County’s prepared food tax and a $2 million grant from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, the Opera Theater will be […]
Region Focus Article Page 2
Region Focus Article – Page 2 Story from the RegionFocus: Winter 2000 Click on text and photo for larger view Page 1 • Page 3
Internet Helps Satellite Business
Internet Helps The Satellite Business The prevailing question over the last year has been: “Aren’t you afraid the Internet will hurt or replace your business?” According to Joe Amor, VP & GM, Microspace, downlinks have increased almost four times since they began using the Internet in 1993. In 1993, they added another full-time satellite transponder […]
WRAL-TV Voted Best Station In Fayetteville
WRAL-TV Voted Best Station In Fayetteville The readers of Fayetteville’s Up and Coming magazine have voted WRAL-TV as the Best Area TV Station. The Best of Fayetteville voters recognized WRAL for “a renewed commitment to Cumberland County and Fayetteville.” WRAL brought home this honor last year as well. Hailed as the Cape Fear Region’s Leading […]
UPN Awaits More Change
UPN Awaits More Change UPN Buys Lunch For WJZY Domino’s definitely delivered in Charlotte last Friday, as UPN sent cheese pizzas to its top 130-plus primary affiliates in the nation with the note, “Let’s do launch.” Capitol Broadcasting Company’s UPN affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, WJZY, received 18 large pizzas as a part of the […]
UPN Becomes Paramount
UPN Becomes Paramount UPN46 will soon undergo a name change, becoming “Paramount 46” or some version thereof later this year. UPN President & CEO Dean Valentine announced last week that the United Paramount Television Group will drop the “U,” referring to former partner Chris-Craft, Inc., so the network can take advantage of the marketability of […]
CBC Launches Capitol Sports Management
CBC Launches Capitol Sports Management Capitol Broadcasting Company recruited another team this month. In an attempt to bring a major sporting event to the Triangle, CBC created Capitol Sports Management. The goal of Capitol Sports Management (CSM) will be the development of a multi-sport, Olympic-style event in the Raleigh-Durham area. CBC enlisted two top players […]
Capitol AgriBusiness/WRAL-TV Farm Broadcaster Speaks To Landscape Conference
Capitol AgriBusiness/WRAL-TV Farm Broadcaster Speaks To Landscape Conference Dan Wilkinson Dan Wilkinson, Ag Program director with Capitol Agribusiness and WRAL-TV, recently spoke to a group of farmers who are struggling to keep up with the growth in their industry…and that is a rarity theses day. Dan was the luncheon speaker at the Eastern North Carolina […]