Join WRAL & The North Carolina Symphony For Pops In The Park

Join WRAL & The North Carolina Symphony For Pops In The Park Over 40,000 people are expected to gather on the grounds of Meredith College this Labor Day weekend for WRAL’s 22nd Annual Pops In The Park concert. WRAL, the NC Symphony and other area sponsors present the event as a gift to Triangle residents. […]

Bulls Break Record For Season Paid Attendance

Bulls Break Record For Season Paid Attendance On Saturday, August 25, the Bulls total 2001 season paid attendance record reached 490,490. This number surpassed their best-ever season attendance record of 475,000 set last year. The Bulls not only broke this record, they had their first-ever Sunday sell-out of 10,007 paid admissions that same weekend. They […]

CBC Brings Datacasting To The Consumer

CBC Brings Datacasting To the Consumer After years of research, pilot programs and testing, CBC subsidiary DTV Plus‘ datacasting service has become available to the public. WRAL Digital, in partnership with accessDTV, launched TotalCast in Raleigh-Durham on August 22. TotalCast is a data service that provides fast access to digital content. WRAL Digital’s signal brings […]

Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV

Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV All eyes were on WRAL-TV on Wednesday, August 22, as U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC) made his announcement not to seek reelection in 2002. Satellite trucks lined Western Boulevard as national and statewide media watched Senator Helms enter the station to tape his statement. A former […]

Helms To Make Announcement About Future On WRAL-TV

Helms To Make Announcement About Future On WRAL-TV Senator Jesse Helms will make an announcement about his future on WRAL-TV. U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC) will make an announcement about his future plans tonight on WRAL-TV. The broadcast will take place during the 6:00pm newscast today, Wednesday, August 22. The station also plans to air […]

Senator Helms Announces His Decision To Return Or Retire Wednesday at 6pm on WRAL-TV5

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2001 For more information, contact Bill Peterson, WRAL General Manager, 919-821-8568 Senator Helms Announces His Decision to Return or Retire Wednesday at 6pm on WRAL-TV5 Raleigh, NC–North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms will announce his plans for the future Wednesday night on WRAL-TV5’s 6:00 News. WRAL will also air a 1-hour […]

Furcal Back To Beach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2001 Contact: Bryan Dolgin, Director of Media & Public Relations 843-918-6016 Furcal Back To Beach Pelicans #2 To Be Retired MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The Myrtle Beach Pelicans will welcome back the 2000 National League Rookie of the Year, Atlanta Braves shortstop and former Pelican Rafael Furcal as part of […]

Pelicans Earn Honors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2001 Contact: Bryan Dolgin, Director of Media & Public Relations 843-918-6016 Pelicans Earn Honors MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The Myrtle Beach Pelicans head groundskeeper, Patrick Coakley, was named the 2001 Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year. The league’s field managers and general managers from the league’s eight teams voted for […]

CBS Personality Visits WRAL-FM

CBS Personality Visits WRAL-FM CBS’ Jane Clayson stopped by the MIX 101.5 studios. The MIX 101.5 Early Morning Show had enough anchors to fill a room on Thursday, August 9. Jane Clayson, co-host of the CBS Early Show, and WRAL-TV Anchor Debra Morgan joined WRAL-FM personality Bill Jordan on the air for some music and […]

CBC Contributes To American Tobacco Trail

CBC Contributes To American Tobacco Trail CBC’s Wayne Ivey (right) helped guests select plants. Despite the construction netting and the hot afternoon, a group of Durham officials and Triangle citizens gathered to collect azalea cuttings for the American Tobacco Trail (ATT). At the event in the WRAL Gardens on Tuesday, August 7, Capitol Broadcasting Company […]