Year: 2006

WRAL Accepting Applications for Annual Azalea Celebration

Applications for this year’s WRAL Azalea Celebration competition are now being accepted from non-profit organizations. The deadline for applications is September 9, 2006 and the winners will receive their plants on October 21, 2006. If you’d like to obtain an application to enter the competition, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Azalea Celebration P.O. […]

WRAL Anchor Named New Age Reporter’s Best New Artist

WRAL Anchor Named New Age Reporter’s Best New Artist Leslie Also Honored for Best Christmas Album WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie proudly displays his NAR Award for Best New Artist. For some time now Triangle viewers have known that WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie does more than wake up the Raleigh-Durham area with the latest news. Most […]

Lace Up Your Dancing Shoes

Lace Up Your Dancing Shoes: FOX 50’s Got The Hottest Dance Moves All Summer Long! Think that TV watching is over for the summer now that American Idol’s season is done? Have no fear, FOX has put together a competition that will capture your attention and get your feet tapping. Two North Carolinians are vying […]

Inaugural Gimme the Mike! Winner Takes Stage at American Tobacco

Inaugural Gimme the Mike! Winner Brings Country Rock to American Tobacco Jason Michael Carroll, winner of FOX 50’s 1st season of Gimme the Mike! plays for the American Tobacco Thursday night with Steel Kickin’. FOX 50’s 2004 Gimme The Mike! contest winner, Jason Michael Carroll, took to the American Tobacco Campus Amphitheatre stage on Thursday, […]

Wool E. Bull Nominated For Mascot Hall of Fame

Wool E. Bull Nominated For Mascot Hall of Fame Wool E. Bull is up for a slot in the Mascot Hall of Fame. The Mascot Hall of Fame recently announced Durham Bulls mascot Wool E. Bull has been placed on the ballot for the 2006 Mascot Hall of Fame. Wool E. is one of six […]

WRAL To Bring Stanley Cup Celebration Live to Viewers

WRAL To Bring Stanley Cup Celebration Live to Viewers Rod Brind’Amour proudly waves the Stanley Cup he won with his team. Seven was the lucky number for the Carolina Hurricanes, and WRAL-TV is going to help them celebrate. The Canes clinched the NHL’s coveted Stanley Cup last night, Monday, June 19, 2006, in Game 7. […]

Is Your Kitchen A Scene Straight Out of Hell?

A sophomore reality series has become one of FOX 50’s hot shows of the summer. “Hell’s Kitchen” features world-renowned Chef Gordon Ramsay as he skewers, fries and poaches 12 new would-be restauranteurs. The king of haute cuisine will put the group through his intense culinary boot camp for a chance to become the executive chef […]

Microspace Wins PanAmSat’s Operational Excellence Award…Again!

Microspace Wins PanAmSat’s Operational Excellence Award…Again! MCC Chief Engineer Ron Burns and VP of Operations and Engineering Carolyn Newey point out Microspace on the list of winners of the PanAmSat Operational Excellence Award. PanAmSat created the Operational Excellence Award as an annual program to recognize and encourage customer cooperation and error free operation. The company […]

American Tobacco Summer Concert Series Underway In Durham

American Tobacco, FOX 50 and WCMC-FM, The New 99.9 Genuine Country are joining forces this summer to make Thursday night a great place to be in downtown Durham to take in performances from the Summer Concert Series. Concerts will kick off on the Amphitheatre Lawn every Thursday night from 5:30-7:30pm. The events are free every […]