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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WRAListens Visits Wilson
For the latest in WRAL-TV’s tour of counties in its viewing area, the station visited Wilson. The gathering took place on March 16, 2005, at Barton College, and the panel interview with a variety of Wilson citizens will air on WRAL on Friday, April 8th at 7:30pm. Former WRAL-TV Reporter Brian Bowman, now Public Affairs […]
You’re Invited… Be A Part of the Studio Audience for FOX 50’s Gimme the Mike!
The contestants for FOX 50’s Gimme the Mike! are singing scales, selecting wardrobes and making the final preparations for their premiere appearances on the local original contest series. FOX 50 will tape the first five shows next week; the episodes are set to air week-by-week beginning April 21st. Each of the first five episodes will […]
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 […]
WRAL Makes A Slam Dunk With March Madness and April Championship Games
The NCAA Tournament featured not one, but three ACC teams from the Triangle, and WRAL-TV worked overtime to bring the games, fan reaction, press conferences with coaches and players, and more to viewers. Despite a #10-seeding, NC State beat the odds and went two games deep in the brackets, and Duke won two games in […]
Pelicans To Kick-off 2005 Season at Home
Pitcher Sean White will return to the Pelicans line-up for the 2005 season. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans will open their 2005 season against the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Thursday, April 7th at 7:02pm. Twelve returning players, along with 13 newcomers, will fill the Pelicans dugout. On opening night, a special pre-game performance by the Crocodile […]