Pelicans Hold Fan Fest for 2003 Season

Pelicans Hold Fan Fest for 2003 Season Kids tried out the hamster ball, an in-between innings promotion. Several fans auditioned for the National Anthem. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans hosted their Annual Fan Fest at Coastal Federal Field from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, March 8, 2003. Fans flocked to the ballpark and got a chance […]

Microspace’s Bimrose Appointed Secretary of Professional Paging Organization

Microspace’s Bimrose Appointed Secretary of Professional Paging Organization Microspace ‘s John Bimrose John Bimrose, Senior Account Manager at Microspace, was recently named Secretary of the Southeastern Communications Association. Founded in 1985, the Southeastern Communications Association is a nonprofit organization established to provide an exclusive wireless messaging conference, trade show and forum for the paging vendors, […]

Pelicans Start Could-Be Tradition With Pre-Season Match-Up With Charleston RiverDogs

Pelicans Start Could-Be Tradition With Pre-Season Match-Up With Charleston RiverDogs The first match-up of the Pelicans & the RiverDogs will take place on Myrtle Beach’s home turf. For the first time in South Carolina history, the state’s two coastal single-A baseball teams will go head to head. Longtime rivals although they’ve never taken the field […]

WRAL-TV’s “Tangled Lines” Explores Fishing Along NC Coast

WRAL-TV’s “Tangled Lines” Explores Fishing Along NC Coast WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie and Chief Photographer Richard Adkins have put together another of the station’s original documentaries. “Tangled Lines” will air on Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 7pm on WRAL-TV. “This program chronicles the growing conflict between commercial and recreational fishermen along our coast,” explained Leslie, […]

Fans Spend a Free Day at the Durham Bulls

Fans Spend a Free Day at the Durham Bulls Around 1,000 Durham Bulls fans came out to the ballpark for the 2nd Annual Fan Fest on Saturday, March 1, 2003. The event ran from 9am to 2pm, and fans were served free lunch and got an opportunity to bat for $100,000. Although no one took […]

NCAA Final Four and Championship Games in HD

NCAA Final Four and Championship Games in HD For the fourth year running, CBS will present several NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games in high-definition, but for the first time will broadcast those games in 5.1 channels of CD quality surround sound. Sears, Roebuck and Co. is partnering with the network to make the presentations. NCAA […]

Method Childcare Center To Partner With Capitol Broadcasting Company

Method Child Development Center To Partner With Capitol Broadcasting Company The daycare facility will be located on Agnes Street. Capitol Broadcasting Company announced on Thursday, February 27, 2003, that the media conglomerate has partnered with Method Child DevelopmentCenter to build a new 5-star facility adjacent to the WRAL-TV Studio campus. CBC employees will receive priority […]

Winter Storm Draws Viewers to WRAL

Winter Storm Draws Viewers to WRAL Where does the Triangle turn for the latest weather information? According to the ratings, they turn to WRAL-TV. Winter weather is threatening the Triangle again, and during the last batch of winter weather, viewers tuned in to WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel and his team of weather watchers for […]

WRAL-FM Demonstrates Digital, a New Kind of Radio Wave

WRAL-FM Demonstrates Digital, a New Kind of Radio Wave At the 15th Annual North Carolina International Auto Expo on February 20 – 23, 2003, WRAL-FM rolled out a new HD Radio receiver to give listeners a first-hand listen at digital radio. WRAL-FM showcased a demonstration of the Visteon HD Radio receiver at their booth at […]

WRAL-FM Tops the Charts With Fall Ratings Book

WRAL-FM Tops the Charts With Fall Ratings Book WRAL-FM’s Bill & Sheri Show, featuring Bill Jordan & Sheri Logan, nabbed great ratings in fall 2002. WRAL-FM continued its upward spiral in ratings with the Fall Book for 2002. Numbers skyrocketed from Fall 2001, making jumps across the board. In overall numbers, Monday through Sunday from […]