WRAL Wins RTNDAC Awards for Work
The Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas (RTNDAC) recently announced winners for its 2005 awards contest. WRAL-TV received six awards, including a special nod for WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason who was named 2005 North Carolina Reporter of the Year. WRAL-TV News Director Rick Gall will accept the awards at the Associated Press/RTNDA ceremony […]
WSM’s Tony Haynes Named Best Color Analyst
WSM’s Tony Haynes won the ACC Sports Journal award for Best Color Analyst. The NC State Men’s Basketball team made a late season run to put themselves in the NCAA Tournament for 2005, winning two games in March Madness. While calling the games for the team, Wolfpack Sports Marketing’s Tony Haynes earned a little post-season […]
Hurt Writes Article About Satellite Uses for Training On Demand
Human Resource Executive Magazine recently published the following article by Microspace VP of Sales & Marketing Greg Hurt. Human Resource Executive Magazine caters to an audience of vice presidents and directors of human resources, providing them with news, personnel benefits, training and development and more. More than 75,000 HR professionals currently receive the publication. Training […]
Ken Tanner Pitch Hitting at NC State
Former CBC’er Ken Tanner steps in to called Wolfpack baseball games. Ken Tanner, a longtime CBC’er who started with Capitol 25 years ago in the Farm Department, did some pinch hitting recently. Tanner stepped in as broadcaster for the NC State baseball team at the start of the season this year. Gary Hahn, NC State’s […]
Ballpark Becomes Classroom for Education Day
The Durham Bulls recently announced the fourth annual Time Warner Cable Education Day at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park is set for Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at a special time of 11am. This popular promotion has drawn almost 20,000 students from North Carolina since its inception in 2002, with students flocking to the ballpark to […]
Pelicans Spank Yanks (Affiliate) In Exhibition
Sean White and five other Pelicans pitchers combined to toss a three-hit shutout of the Charleston Riverdogs at Coastal Federal Field. Six Myrtle Beach pitchers combined to toss a three-hit shutout of the Charleston Riverdogs (Class-A-New York Yankees) in the 3rd Annual Coastal Clash exhibition game on Tuesday night, April 5, 2005, as the Pelicans […]
UNC’S David Noel Throws First Pitch on Bulls’ Opening Day
The Durham Bulls opened the 2005 season yesterday, Thursday, April 7, 2005, with a suspended 5 to 5 tie game against the Toledo Mudhens. The game will be completed on Friday at 6:00 PM, with the regularly scheduled game still on for 7:00 PM. Gates will open at 5:30 PM. To begin their quest for […]
WRAL Reporter’s Essay Paints Picture of Pope
WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason traveled to Rome in 1999 with WRAL Anchor David Crabtree and WRAL Senior Photographer Jay Jennings to shoot footage for a documentary about the Vatican. Created in high-definition, the award-winning “Upon This Rock” took WRAL viewers on a picturesque tour of one of the world’s most sacred places. A crew from […]
Creative Promotion Has Heads Bobbing at Wolfpack Sports Marketing
NC State’s Julius Hodge is the only Wolfpack player, past or present, to ever be immortalized as a bobblehead. Thanks to some creative thinking and team work, Wolfpack Sports Marketing recently had its most successful promotion ever. The goal was to sell out the 2005 Senior Day programs and bobblehead dolls made in the likeness […]
Progress Continues on WJZY/WWWB DTV Project
The 1MV System is now installed at WJZY-TV. The mild winter weather worked in WJZY/WWWB’s favor for construction during most of January, February and March. Naturally, the two major exceptions were the two critical days that Harris equipment was delivered. On the first shipment, it rained constantly. For the second shipment, ice fell from the […]