WRAL-TV Dominates November Household Ratings

WRAL-TV Dominates November Household Ratings Only Station in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville Market Showing Growth Year to Year There’s plenty of good news in North Carolina at Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL-TV. The longtime leader is the lone station in the market to post ratings gains year to year. Sign on to sign off, WRAL-TV continues to be the […]

WRAL-TV To Hold 21st Annual Coats for Children Telethon This Friday

WRAL-TV To Hold 21st Annual Coats for Children Telethon This Friday You wouldn’t think of leaving your house without a coat the past few days as the cold temperatures moved in.  Unfortunately many children in the Triangle don’t have that luxury.   To help keep these children warm, WRAL-TV will hold our annual Coats for […]

Durham Lights Tower to Signal Start of Holiday Season

Durham Lights Tower to Signal Start of Holiday Season The Lucky Strike Tower at American Tobacco lights up the Durham sky for the holidays. The holiday lights went on in Durham Friday night, December 4, 2009, at American Tobacco Campus. Organizers said more than 1,300 people joined WRAL’s Ken Smith for an evening of music, […]

WRAL Reporter Talks Crime on NPR

WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb recently sat on the other side of the microphone.   Lamb was a special guest on National Public Radio’s (NPR) “The State of Things” on Monday, November 30, 2009.  She did an hour-long interview at North Carolina Public Radio WUNC, talking to host Frank Stasio about her […]

WRAL.com Plays New Role in WRAL-TV Tower Lighting

WRAL.com’s Kathy Hanrahan captures the behind-the-scenes at the WRAL Tower Lighting to stream it live on the Internet. For the 50th annual tower lighting, WRAL.com added a behind-the-scenes feature. It was part of our on-going experiment to bring more video, faster, from more places, to the Web and to our audience. Web editor Kathy Hanrahan, […]

Apex Festival Names Award to Honor Former WRAL-TV Anchor

Retired WRAL-TV Anchor Charlie Gaddy now has an award in his name at the Peak City International Film Festival. Former WRAL-TV Anchor Charlie Gaddy may have retired from the news desk, but the Triangle icon is still very active in the community.   One of Gaddy’s pet projects, Apex’s annual Peak City International Film Festival […]

WRAL Tower Shines as Holiday Beacon for 50th Season

The WRAL transmission tower becomes a holiday beacon for the 50th time. View the Slideshow WRAL-TV brought an annual holiday tradition to light on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, with the lighting of the 300-foot tower that tops the station. For the 50th time WRAL-TV flipped the switch to turn the tower into a tree ablaze […]

MIX 101.5 Hosts Toy Drive To Help Kids During the Holidays

MIX 101.5 Hosts Toy Drive To Help Kids During the Holidays Radio Station Collecting Toys for The Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Program MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM will begin their toy drive for Toys for Tots on Saturday, December 5, 2009, in the promotional court at Crabtree Valley Mall. The drive will run from 10am […]

The Carolina Panthers and Charlotte’s WJZY Promote Responsible Fatherhood

Dads and their children enjoy a day on the football field. WJZY’s Regina Mravinec (left) & Jennifer Hill work the WJZY tent & corral the Cash Cow at the event. Charlotte’s WJZY helped sponsor the Carolina Panthers “All Pro Dad Father and Kids Experience” on Saturday, November 21, 2009. About 900 people gathered at the Panthers practice fields in uptown Charlotte […]

New WRAL Documentary Examines Problems in our Health Care System

Focal Point: “Critical Condition” New WRAL Documentary Examines Problems in our Health Care System Airs Wednesday December 2, 2009, 7pm While the debate over health care reform continues, so do the problems North Carolinians face in our current system of health care.   A new WRAL documentary, Focal Point: “Critical Condition,” profiles real people facing […]