Over $50K and 9,600 Lbs: Generous MIX Listeners Help BackPack Buddies

MIX 101.5 BackPack Buddies

On Saturday, August 15, 2015, WRAL-FM staffers took a day of their weekend to help keep local children fed.  Listeners brought food and monetary donations to collection locations manned by MIX personalities at both Crossroads Plaza and Brier Creek Commons in Raleigh.  MIX 101.5’s annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive raised over $50,000 and collected 9,600 […]

Wool E. Bull is a Locavore

Nick Bavin & Chip Allen

Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel shares about the food at the Bulls Ballpark in his latest Note to Self blog entry.  Here’s what he had to say: It’s a challenge to embrace the local food movement at a sports stadium. A grocery store can stock more native products. A restaurant can build its menu […]

A Honey of a Friday: Bees Arrive at CBC

CBC bee hives

Capitol Broadcasting Company’s headquarters on Western Blvd is home to the latest in digital television, cutting edge technology, state-of-the-art antennae and the leading news reports, but on Friday, August 14, 2015, the campus literally had the biggest buzz in the Triangle.  Four beehives containing 35,000 honey bees moved into their new home atop the WRAL […]

Parklet Promotion Wins Award for American Tobacco and GoSmart

ATC Parklet Day

What could you do with a parking space if you didn’t need to park a car in it?  The options are endless, and this spring American Tobacco challenged their tenants to come up with a few.  ATC tenant Bronto Nation ended up taking home the top prize, and in late July ATC ended up taking […]

MIX 101.5 BackPack Buddies Food Drive Tomorrow

MIX 101.5 BackPack Buddies Food Drive

It’s hard to learn if you’re hungry.  Help local school children in need get off their school year with a full stomach by bringing donations for MIX 101.5’s annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive tomorrow, Saturday, August 15, 2015.  MIX personalities will be collecting healthy non-perishable food and drinks to distribute to children from food-insecure homes […]

The Birth of a Station

Fred Fletcher

“The Birth of a Station” is the title to chapter 5 of Fred Fletcher’s book, “Tempus Fugit” written in 1990. Fred, one of the sons of A.J. Fletcher – Founder of Capitol Broadcasting Company, recalls when and where it all began in 1938. Here is chapter 5, “The Birth of a Station.” The WRAL radio […]

CNBC Highlights Success of American Underground

CNBC article

American Underground is making headlines again.  In a recent article on CNBC, writer Kate Rogers explores the successes of the entrepreneurial hub at American Tobacco through Tatiana Birgisson and her start-up, Mati Energy. “Just a few years ago, American Underground was an abandoned tobacco warehouse, but thanks to an undisclosed investment by regional media conglomerate […]

FOX 50 Sends Not One, But Two, Local Idol Hopefuls to National Auditions

Marissa Galleur & Danielle Fealey

Triangle hopefuls turned out at Crabtree Valley Mall on Saturday, August 1, 2015, for a chance at a guaranteed audition with the Executive Producers for the last season of American Idol. WRAL-TV Anchors Michelle Marsh and Brian Shrader made the big announcements on WRAL’s Morning News on FOX 50 on Monday, August 3rd. VIDEO:  Watch […]

CBC Gets Ready for Football Season with Annual HighSchoolOT.com Kickoff

James Alverson & Coach Robert Firth

Bright team colors and jerseys were the attire for midday at the WRAL-TV studios on Friday, July 31, 2015, as dozens of local football players and coaches descended on the station for the annual HighSchoolOT.com Football Kickoff. “The HighSchoolOT Kickoff is our annual opportunity to bring together coaches and players to share our enthusiasm for […]