Some of NC’s Best Food: WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler Eats Special Airs This Thursday
WRAL-TV Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason has a tough job. He spends part of his working life chowing down in the best, sometimes hidden, North Carolina eateries. At least he’s kind enough to share. Mason’s next Tar Heel Traveler special, the annual restaurant show, airs this Thursday night, August 6, 2015, on WRAL-TV at 7pm. […]
Logan Leaves, But the Show Must Go On
Changes are in store for WRAL-TV’s Sunday morning football show. WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Jeff Gravley shares the new game plan: by Jeff Gravley Last fall I had so much fun working with Coach Steve Logan on our Sunday football show, the Logan Zone. It was a Top 10 career assignment. Well, Coach Logan got the […]
Merge Records Night Returns to Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Durham Icons Partner for Third Annual Collaboration Two revered Bull City icons will partner on Thursday, August 13, 2015, for a celebration of music and baseball on the third annual Merge Records Night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Durham-based independent label Merge Records will curate Bulls’ player at-bat music and Stuart McLamb, front man of […]
Powerade State Games Recap
Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel gives us a look at the recent Powerade State Games, sponsored in part by Capitol Broadcasting, in his Note to Self blog this week: I’m ringing the bell for the just-concluded Powerade State Games of NC. The Games returned to the Triangle this summer for a two-year run. The […]
Bees and the City: A Surprisingly Good Combination
Leigh-Kathryn Bonner started out as an intern for American Tobacco’s non-profit hub MissionPost last year while working towards an International Studies degree at NC State. The third-generation bee keeper has now graduated, with an additional non-profit minor, and created a non-profit of her own, headquartered in American Underground, ATC’s entrepreneurial hive (pardon the pun). For […]
SKY 5 Turns 36 on July 31, The Early Years
WRAL was the first station in North Carolina, and among a handful of stations in the nation, to purchase – not lease, a helicopter dedicated for news coverage. WRAL General Manager John Greene said “Live coverage is the name of the game. SKY 5 can take us to places we couldn’t cover before, and it […]
Microspace’s Tilly Shares Perspective at InfoComm 2015
Curtis Tilly, Director of Enterprise Media at Microspace, recently spoke at the InfoComm 2015 Conference in Orlando FL. InfoComm is the world’s largest conference and exhibition that focuses exclusively on the commercial AV marketplace. Tilly talked about the various content delivery solutions and managed services that Microspace currently offers the marketplace. His comments were specifically directed […]
Bulls Open Final Month of Regular Season with Ten-Game Homestand
Longest Home Stretch of 2015 Features Packed Promotional Lineup The Durham Bulls return home on Friday, July 31 to begin a ten-game homestand featuring visits from the Gwinnett Braves, Indianapolis Indians, and Louisville Bats. The lengthiest home stretch of 2015 opens the final full month of the regular season, which will see the Bulls play […]
It’s Christmas in July!
It’s 100 degrees outside. Sleigh bells and Christmas carols are the furthest things from your mind. But, if your favorite non-profit is looking for a way to garner attention and possibly win cash, American Tobacco encourages you to start thinking about the holidays. The Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge is one of the region’s most successful […]
Taking an Easy Step to Save a Life: WRAL-TV’s Chou Joins Donor Database
WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Renee Chou recently took what turned out to be a very simple step to help save a life. After hearing about Superior Court Judge Carl Fox’s battle with blood cancer and learning about the need for bone marrow donors, she became one herself. “70% of people with blood cancer are not able to […]