New WRAL.com Feature Brings Lawmaker Details into Focus

N.C. Legislative Building entrance

WRAL.com Public Records Researcher/Reporter Tyler Dukes introduced a new WRAL.com tool on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.  Here is the article he wrote about the new feature that helps WRAL viewers and visitors easily find more about state lawmakers: Whether they’re convened on Jones Street or not, the 170 members of the North Carolina General Assembly generate a lot […]

WRAL-AM Marketing and Another WRAL 1st!

Raleigh's most famous marlin

“Grass Roots” marketing must have originated at WRAL-AM. The station signed-on March 22, 1939, from studios at 130 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh.  At that point in time, WRAL-AM was a 250 watt underdog to the 50,000 watt dominant WPTF radio station. It was going to be a tough row to hoe. Fred Fletcher, CBC […]