Montoyo, Championship Staff to Return for Bulls in 2014

Charlie Montoyo

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 […]

Capitol Broadcasting Launching Effort to Collect History

David Witherspoon, Paul Montgomery & Fred Fletcher

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

Alec Soth photograph of Durham Bulls

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

MLK Breakfast

“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 2014 logo

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

Coats for the Children Telethonj

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

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”

WRAL Documentary

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

WRAL.com Design Team

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 […]