WRAL-TV Debuts New Out & About Series
Out & About online has been growing year after year due to the hard work of Kathy Hanrahan and the digital team. Local fun-lovers turn to it for the very latest in what’s happening. WRAL-TV is now taking it to the next step. Jim Rothschild spotted an up and coming shooter-editor in FOX 50’s Creative […]
Microspace and Appalachian State Combine Resources for Distribution of Live Sports from Campus
Microspace Will Also Provide Nationwide Media Outlets Access to App State Experts Appalachian State University fans are seeing more of their team’s sports action beginning this September with the completion of a joint project between App State in Boone, North Carolina and Raleigh North Carolina based Microspace Communications. David Jackson, Appalachian State’s Associate Director of Broadcast […]
MIX 101.5’s Gene and Julie are Marconi Winners!
MIX 101.5 Morning Personalities Gene and Julie Gates have won the “Oscar” of the radio industry. The pair won the 2015 NAB Marconi Radio Award for Large Market Personality of the Year at the awards dinner at the 2015 Radio Show in Atlanta on Thursday night, October 1st. “To be in the company of broadcasting […]
Wrestlers and Opera Singers
Take a look at the picture and see if you can figure out where you are and what used to be there: The photo was taken in the hallway behind Studio A. At the top of the picture you can see light coming from the loft area above the door leading to the hallway that […]
Ducks, Rain and Helping Families
Due to the increased chance of heavy rain on Saturday, October 3rd, the FOX 50 Family Fest has been cancelled. But you can still support the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham! Ducks and rain go together like peanut butter and jelly. So the rubber ducks in the Great American Tobacco Duck Race aren’t […]
Embrace the Rainy Weather, Buy a Duck
The weather over the past week, and the week ahead, is basically only fit for ducks. That’s not a problem at American Tobacco! Hundreds of ducks are getting ready to take over the Ol’ Bull River. Rubber ducks, that is. The annual FOX 50 Family Fest featuring the Great American Tobacco Duck Race takes places […]
SUNNY 104.5 Raises Over $45K in Annual Radiothon
SUNNY 104.5 just wrapped up their annual Radiothon to benefit NHRMC (New Hanover Regional Medical Center) Betty H. Cameron Women’s & Children’s Hospital. Each year a panel agrees to the best use of funds raised to benefit children in the area. This year, the funds are being used to purchase a 3D Craniofacial Imaging System. The system […]
Leslie To Release New CD Celebrating Ireland at Quail Ridge on October 4th
WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Bill Leslie is releasing another CD celebrating his ancestry in early October. A follow-up to his award-winning Scotland-Grace of the Wild which harkened Scotland, Across the Waters explores his Irish heritage. Leslie will officially launch Across the Waters at a CD Release Party at Quail Ridge Books on Sunday, October 4th. “I am […]
Bulls Front Office Celebrates Great Work of 2015 Seasonal Staff
The 2015 Durham Bulls season came to a close in early September, but the front office staff didn’t want the fun to end without thanking the scores of employees who work the many jobs that make the ballpark a hit with fans. So they held a special celebration on Thursday, September 17th and honored Employee […]
Papal Visit 1987 Revisited
Pope John Paul II visited America for ten days in September of 1987. The Pope visited Miami, New Orleans, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, Detroit and Columbia. It is “Déjà vu all over again” with WRAL news coverage of Pope Francis’ trip to Cuba and America this week. In 1987, Capitol Broadcasting’s […]