Triangle Community Foundation on Move

Triangle Community Foundation on Move Charity Relocating to American Tobacco Thanks to the Philanthropy Journal Editor/Publisher Todd Cohen for this capcom article. This article appeared in the Dec 14, 2006, edition of Philanthropy Journal. Triangle Community Foundation will move next March from its office in Research Triangle Park to larger quarters in the American Tobacco […]

WRAL Local Tech Wire Tapped for NCTA Media Award

WRAL Local Tech Wire’s Rick Smith (right) accepts the NCTA Media Award. The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) recently honored one of CBC’s burgeoning news outlets.  WRAL TV Local Tech Wire received the Media Award in the 2006 NCTA 21 Awards at an evening event on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. “The 2006 NCTA 21 Awards […]

Matheny Receives Prestigious Marshall Fellowship

Matheny Receives Prestigious Marshall Fellowship News Over Wireless General Manager Sam Matheny CBC’s News Over Wireless General Manager Sam Matheny has been selected to receive a prestigious Marshall Memorial Fellowship.  He will be traveling to Europe for three weeks during the spring of 2007, visiting about 7 countries with other Marshall Fellows.  The Marshall Fellowship […]

WRAL-FM & WRAL-TV Voted Family Favorites

Whether tuning into the radio or turning on the television set, Triangle families love CBC.   Both WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV recently received top honors in Carolina Parent magazine as Family-Favorite winners. Readers were asked to vote on what stores, services and destinations and people they trust and turn to most often.  Hundreds of parents in […]

Play Bowl-A-Rama on FOX.com and WIN!

Grab the egg nog, pull a string of popcorn off the tree, and snuggle up to the TV.   It’s college football bowl game season again, and FOX 50 is offering you a piece of the action. FOX50.com has launched Bowl-A-Rama, a free college bowl fantasy game. Sign-up and pick who you think will win […]

Share Your Lights! And Enjoy Some Others

Share Your Lights!  And Enjoy Some Others Both WRAL-TV and FOX 50 have taken to the Web waves to share some of the best, and brightest, holiday lights in North Carolina.   Take a picture of your yard and submit it, or simply browse the dozens of great holiday light photos on WRAL.com and FOX50.com. […]

Happy Birthday WRAL-TV: WRAL.com Re-Launches Web Site

Happy Birthday WRAL-TV: WRAL.com Re-Launches Web Site WRAL.com has a new look just in time for WRAL-TV’s 50th anniversary. WRAL.com, one of the nation’s most popular local media Web sites, re-launched its Web site Friday, December 15, 2006, on the 50th birthday of WRAL-TV, introducing a sleek new look, streamlined navigation, enhanced video players, a […]

WRAL-TV Turns 50

WRAL-TV Turns 50 Two Long-Term Employees Remember Humble Beginnings & Great Opportunities A.J. Fletcher celebrates putting WRAL-TV on the air in 1956. It all began 50 years ago today – December 15, 1956 – in what was basically a garage.   CBC founder A.J. Fletcher flipped the switch to put WRAL-TV on the air for […]

WRAL-FM Helps Marines with Toys for Tots

This holiday season, Bill & Sheri are teaming up with the United States Marine Corps Reserve for Toys for Tots to help needy children in our area experience the joy of Christmas. During the month of December we will be collecting new, unwrapped toys at various times and locations throughout the Triangle. Here’s a list […]

WRAL-TV Raises $70,743 With Coats for Children Telethon

WRAL-TV Raises $70,743 With Coats for Children Telethon Two half-hour specials at 12:30pm & 7pm anchor the daylong WRAL’s Coats for the Children Telethon. WRAL-TV’s 18th Annual Coats for the Children will go down in the history books as a huge success, bringing in $70,743.08 to help clothe needy Triangle children for the winter.   […]