NBC. Good to See You Again.

Fred Fletcher & Harry Bannister

It is somehow fitting that this year, 2016, we celebrate 60 years of broadcasting excellence with the network we invited to the dance, NBC. In 1956 WRAL-TV General Manager Fred Fletcher, son of CBC Founder A.J.Fletcher, signed the contract with Harry Bannister, Vice President of NBC. WRAL’s association with NBC brought a bevy of stars […]

WRAL Team Awarded One of Journalism’s Most Prestigious Honors Tuesday

DuPont Award

On Tuesday night, January 19, 2016, six WRAL-TV staffers had the evening of a lifetime accepting one of the most prestigious prizes in journalism.  The group won The Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for the WRAL documentary “The Journey Alone” about the surge in illegal immigration of unaccompanied minors from Mexico. The group included WRAL-TV Reporter […]