Montoyo Draws Strength From His Son

Montoyo Draws Strength From His Son Charlie Montoyo is getting the Bulls off to a record start in his third season with the club. Since Charlie Montoyo became the Durham Bulls manager in 2007, the organization has seen much success. In his first two years as the manager, Montoyo coached the Durham Bulls to win […]

WRAL-TV Wins National Award for Documentary

WRAL-TV Wins National Award for Documentary WRAL-TV has been honored with a national Society of Professional Journalists award.   The organization awarded WRAL-TV with the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism for the 2008 Focal Point documentary “Love Child.” WRAL-TV’s Clay Johnson WRAL-TV’s Jay Jennings WRAL-TV’s Laura Riddle WRAL-TV’s Gerald Owens Focal Point: […]

Come Join 99.9FM The Fan at the SPCA of Wake County Dog Walk This Saturday

99.9FM The Fan, ESPN Radio is a proud sponsor of the 10th Annual K9-3K Dog Walk on Saturday, April 18, 2009 benefitting the SPCA of Wake County! The event starts at 10am, Moore Square in downtown Raleigh. Join the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the K9-3K Dog Walk to raise money […]

WRAL, Raleigh Partner on Nation’s First Mobile DTV Venture

WRAL, Raleigh Partner on Nation’s First Mobile DTV Venture Mobile digital television broadcasting joined forces with public transit on April 13, 2009, as the City of Raleigh, WRAL and the CBC New Media Group launched the first public deployment of mobile digital TV in a Capital Area Transit bus. The first deployment of mobile digital […]

New WRAL Documentary Looks at Challenges of the Recession

Focal Point: “Here to Help” New WRAL Documentary Looks at Challenges of the Recession Airs Wednesday April 15, 2009, 7pm  “I felt like a failure to my kids.”  — -Sharyn Holland, who lost her home when she couldn’t make the payments on her sub-prime mortgage loan In February North Carolina’s unemployment rate hit 10.7%, more […]

Watch Baseball America’s Opening Night Slideshow

Watch Baseball America’s Opening Night Slideshow If you weren’t one of the 8,278 people at Opening Night at the Durham Bulls, check out the audio slide show of what you missed courtesy of our friends at Baseball America. Thanks to DBBC’s Matt DeMargel for this capcom story.  

What’s New This Year at the DBAP?

What’s New This Year at the DBAP? Opening Day isn’t just about welcoming a new roster of ballplayers to the Bull City each year. The annual face lift to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park didn’t include a new office building or video board this season, but the new features should enhance the fan experience. “This […]

WRAL-TV Wins Four Regional Murrow Awards

WRAL-TV Wins Four Regional Murrow Awards WRAL.com Wins Best Web Site for 2nd Year Running The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) announced the winners of the prestigious Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards on Thursday, April 2, 2009, and WRAL-TV made the list an impressive four times. WRAL-TV won for Web Site:  WRAL.com Videography:  WRAL-TV News […]

NCNN Faces The Recession

NCNN Faces The Recession “Frustrating…..historic…frightening….” Those are just some of the adjectives that North Carolinians have used to describe the economic downturn gripping the state and the nation. Check It Out: NCNN Series “Faces of the Recession” NCNN Series aired on WRAL-FM, 99.9 The Fan & NCNN affiliates weekend of Apr 11th & 12th Listen […]

Talbot to Start for Bulls on Opening Day

Talbot to Start for Bulls on Opening Day Durham Bulls Pitcher Mitch Talbot will take the mound for the Bulls on Opening Day, April 9th, 2009. The Durham Bulls have announced 2008 Bulls Pitcher of the Year Mitch Talbot will be the team’s opening day starter as Durham hosts the Norfolk Tides on Thursday, April […]