Capitol Broadcasting Company To Help Beautify Durham Trail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2001 For additional information contact Paul Pope, VP of Community Relations (919) 890-6061; ppope@cbc-raleigh.com Captiol Broadcasting Company To Help Beautify Durham Trail RALEIGH, NC – Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) held an azalea cutting celebration on Tuesday, August 7, at 5:00pm, to announce its participation in the American Tobacco “Rails To […]
Bulls Raise Over $20,000 For Durham Youth
Bulls Raise Over $20,000 For Durham Youth Between a charity auction and a grant from the Major League Baseball Player Association, the Durham Bulls have raised over $20,000 to provide athletic equipment to the inner-city youth of Durham. The Bulls received a grant for almost $17,000 from MLB’s “Baseball Tomorrow Fund,” and their first-ever Durham […]
South Carolina Little Leaguers Receive $14,000 From Pelicans
South Carolina Little Leaguers Receive $14,000 From Pelicans The Myrtle Beach Pelicans made major league dreams come true for the approximately 450 girls and boys in the Aynor Area Little League on Thursday, August 2. In a ceremony immediately before the Pelicans took on the Potomac Cannons at Coastal Federal Field, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans […]
CBS Partners With Sears & Samsung To Bring College Football Into The Digital Age
CBS Partners With Sears & Samsung To Bring College Football Into The Digital Age CBS Television announced on August 1, that the corporation will team with Samsung Electronics and Sears, Roebuck & Co. to broadcast the 2001 season of leading college football games in HDTV. The collaboration marks the first time such games have been […]
Area Youth Win, Again
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2001 Contact: Bryan Dolgin, Director of Media & Public Relations 843-918-6016 Area Youth Win, Again YDF To Donate More Than $14,000 MYRTLE BEACH, SC — The Myrtle Beach Pelicans Youth Diamond Fund announced the recipient of their 2001 grant is the Aynor (SC) Area Little League. A check in the […]
WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual School Stuff Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2001 For more information, contact John Harris, Director of Special Projects (919) 821-8662, jharris@wral.com WRAL Launches 24-hour News Channel WRAL-TV has launched an exclusive 24-hour local news and information service for digital television viewers in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville television market. The “WRAL NewsChannel” can now be viewed over the air on […]
Charlotte’s WB55 Becomes WWWB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2001 For more information, contact Mark Gray, Station Manager 704-944-3340 Charlotte’s WB55 Becomes WWWB Charlotte, NC — Charlotte’s WB Network affiliate, WFVT-TV, will change its name to WWWB, effective August 1, 2001. The name change constitutes a new official call sign, WWWB, approved by the FCC. With this change Charlotte’s […]
Wolfpack Sports Marketing Sells Out New Carter-Finley Stadium Scoreboard
Wolfpack Sports Marketing Sells Out New Carter-Finley Stadium Scoreboard Season tickets aren’t the only thing sold out in Carter-Finley Stadium for the 2001 NC State football season. All 22 ad positions on the Wolfpack’s new state of the art $2.3 million scoreboard were sold before fall practices began in August. Sales for the scoreboard advertising […]
WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual School Stuff Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 27, 2001 For more information about the “School Stuff” campaign, contact Loretta Harper-Arnold, WRAL-TV Community Relations Director (919) 821-8652 lharper@wral.com For more information about CIS volunteer opportunities, contact Juanita Davis, Communities In Schools of NC (919) 832-2700 jdavis@cisnc.org WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual “School Stuff” Campaign RALEIGH, […]
WILM Brings “The Legal Line” Back To The Air
WILM Brings “The Legal Line” Back To The Air Local attorney Thom Goolsby takes caller questions live on Sunday mornings at 11:30am on WILM-TV. “The Legal Line” with attorney Thom Goolsby has returned to WILM-TV’s airwaves beginning Sunday, July 14, 2002, at 11:30am. The live call-in show is a local production by the station. Featuring […]