Hammel Named WRAL-TV Vice President & General Manager

Steve Hammel will become WRAL-TV’s new Vice President & General Manager on Nov 10th. On Thursday, October 30, 2008, Capitol Broadcasting Company President Jim Goodmon announced that Steven D. Hammel has been named Vice President & General Manager of WRAL-TV. The appointment is effective November 10. Hammel comes to WRAL from Phoenix, where he served […]

International Artist Lights Up Downtown Durham

International Artist Lights Up Downtown Durham Sleep No More Opens to Public on December 1st Jaume Plensa has created a light sculpture which will be unveiled at the Durham Performing Arts Center’s ribbon cutting on Dec 1st. Internationally renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, whose accessible, high-tech installations have been enjoyed by people all over the […]

99.9 FM “The Fan” Announces Exclusive Relationship with ESPN Radio

99.9 FM “The Fan” Announces Exclusive Relationship with ESPN Radio 99.9 FM “The Fan,” the Triangle’s premiere sports radio station on the FM dial, has solidified an exclusive relationship with ESPN Radio, The World Wide Leader in Sports.   The partnership will allow “The Fan” to partner it’s local personalities with unparalleled syndicated sports programming […]

News Over Wireless Named Finalist for 2008 NCTA 21 Awards

News Over Wireless (NOW) has been named a finalist in the Consumer Technology Company of the Year category for the 2008 NCTA 21 Awards. Winners will be announced at the annual awards gala on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, N.C., presented in conjunction with title sponsor Grant Thornton. The theme […]

2009 Mini Plans on Sale Monday

2009 Mini Plans on Sale Monday 2009 Durham Bulls Mini Plans will go on-sale Monday, October 27, 2008. These 9-game plans offer the best Terrace Reserved seats for the biggest games of the season and will include free gifts featuring Rays World Series stars Evan Longoria, BJ Upton, David Price, James Shields, Carl Crawford, Scott […]

Microspace Digital Cinema Network Continues Exceeding Industry Growth Expectations

Microspace Digital Cinema Network Continues Exceeding Industry Growth Expectations Leading Distributor of Digital Cinema via Satellite Adds 340 Theaters to Rapidly Growing Network Microspace recently announced that it has expanded its network to more than 340 theaters and more than 3,500 screens across North America. Microspace now has the largest operational digital cinema network, ensuring […]

Non-Profits Receive Azaleas in 23rd Annual WRAL Celebration

Volunteers help distribute the 10,000 plants picked up by N.C. non-profits in WRAL’s 23rd Annual Azalea Celebration. View the Slideshow Non-profits across North Carolina recently picked up 10,000 azaleas from CBC as part of WRAL’s 23rd Annual Azalea Celebration. The distribution took place at the WRAL Transmitter site in Auburn, NC, on Saturday, October 4, […]

Western Wake Latest Focus of WRAListens

Western Wake Latest Focus of WRAListens WRAL-TV traveled to the Holly Springs Cultural Center in mid-Sept to host a panel discussion for the latest installment in the WRAListens series.   WRAListens to Western Wake gives representatives in the Apex, Holly Springs & Fuquay Varina areas of the county a chance to discuss issues important to […]

WRAL-TV Wins Multiple Honors from RTNDAC

WRAL-TV Wins Multiple Honors from RTNDAC WRAL-TV came home a big winner from the Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas (RTNDAC) annual conference and awards luncheon on Sat, Oct 18, 2008.   Held in Charlotte, the event honored the best in the television business in North & South Carolina. WRAL-TV won four first place […]

Come Visit CBC at the State Fair

Close Window WRAL-TV’s Brian Shrader (right) visits with viewers at the State Fair. The State Fair is in full swing, and Capitol Broadcasting’s Triangle stations are right in the middle of it.   CBC’s tent stands in its usual spot beside Dorton Arena, and personalities and friends are on hand to welcome fair goers. WRAL-TV […]