Montoyo, Championship Staff to Return for Bulls in 2014
Reigning International League Manager of the Year Takes Aim at Durham’s All-Time Win Mark The Durham Bulls have announced reigning International League Manager of the Year Charlie Montoyo will return for his eighth season in Durham and 17th managing in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. The majority of Durham’s Governors’ Cup Championship staff – Pitching […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Wins 9 Emmys at 28th ANNUAL MIDSOUTH EMMY® AWARDS, Including Top Honor of News Excellence for WRAL
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 shone in Nashville, Tennessee when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Nashville/MidSouth Chapter awarded WRAL-TV in 7 categories, including the top honor of News Excellence. WRAL News has received the News Excellence award two of the past three years. FOX 50 picked up some hardware as well, with two […]
Capitol Broadcasting Launching Effort to Collect History
Over the last ten years or so various CBC employees have worked to gather materials and information about CBC history. Among them – legends like former CBC Vice Presidents Paul Pope and the late Ben Waters. Upon his return to CBC last year, now Corporate Director of Special Projects John Harris took over the job […]
Durham Bulls to Be Featured in Photography Exhibition at North Carolina Museum of Art
Exhibition documents routines, craft, and community behind minor league baseball team Beginning February 23, 2014, the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) presents Bull City Summer, a photography exhibition chronicling the 2013 season at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The project features works by nationally and internationally acclaimed photographers Alec Soth, Hank Willis Thomas, Hiroshi Watanabe, […]
CBC-Sponsored MLK Interfaith Breakfast Offers Inspiration
“We cannot become complacent in the pursuit of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream. We are still making progress, but there’s still much to be done.” – Adri Maisonet, Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield The ballrooms at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park overflowed with people as crowds gathered for the 34th Annual Martin […]
FOX 50 Tops Ratings with 2014 Idol Premiere
American Idol is back with a new panel of judges and smashing the competition, and FOX 50 is leading the way. On the premiere of the new season on January 15, 2014, FOX 50 did a 10.7 rating/17 share with American Idol, ranking #1 in the time period. Only 11 markets in the nation had […]
WRAL Viewers Give Record-breaking $125K to Keep Kids Warm This Winter
Imagine facing the recent polar vortex without a warm coat. Thanks to WRAL’s viewers, thousands of children will be warmer this winter. WRAL-TV raised $125,000 for new winter coats and collected over 7,500 gently used coats, hats, gloves and scarves in our 25th annual Coats for the Children Campaign which ended December 31, 2013. “Our […]
UNC and NC State to Clash in Duel at the DBAP
Only 2014 Meeting Between Rivals to Take Place at Durham Bulls Athletic Park The Durham Bulls, in conjunction with the athletic departments of the University of North Carolina and NC State University, have announced a one-time neutral site showdown between the two national baseball powers at the newly renovated Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The “Duel […]
New WRAL Documentary Examines Child Poverty “Every Fourth Child…Still”
Airs Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m. Every fourth child in North Carolina lives in poverty, a staggering statistic that hasn’t changed since 1986. That was the year WRAL produced a documentary on child poverty called “Every Fourth Child.” A new WRAL documentary called “Every Fourth Child…Still” revisits some of the people profiled in the […]
WRAL-TV Introduces a New WRAL.com
On January 17, 1996, WRAL-TV became the first Raleigh-Durham station to launch an Internet presence. Eighteen years later and the team at CBC New Media Group is keeping the award-winning WRAL.com at the forefront of technology and news delivery. On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, WRAL.com launched a brand new, responsive version of the site, designed […]