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Vanity Plate

Vanity License Plate

  • Andrea Osborne
  • October 22, 2015
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Throwback Thursday: CBC History

Vanity PlateCan you guess who had this license plate (right) on his car in 1961?

  •  A.J. Fletcher, Founder of WRAL “Channel 5”
  • Herb Marks, AKA “Captain 5”
  • Art Anderson, Assistant Promotion Director/artist at Channel 5
  • Ray Reeve, Sportscaster

 

(Scroll down for answer)

 

 

ANSWER:  B) Herb Marks

Herb Marks
Herb Marks, as “Captain 5” (left) and the Most recent picture of Herb before he died on August 20, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to know more about Herb Marks, visit the CBC History website!
http://history.capitolbroadcasting.com/?post_type=cbc_sharepoint_term&p=1112

Here is a look at some of the other characters portrayed by Herb Marks during the early years of WRAL:

Herb Marks
Herb Marks as a cowboy.
Herb Marks
Herb Marks on camera as Captain 5.
Herb Marks
Herb Marks with crew member of the “submarine”.
Captain 5 newspaper ad
Newspaper ad to see Captain 5 at Sears.
Captain 5
Captain 5 meets his fans.
Autographed picture of Captain 5.

Thanks to Corp’s Pam Allen for this capcom story. Pam Parris Allen is a former WRAL newscast producer/director who now works as a researcher and producer on the CBC History Project.

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