Enter Your School Choir in MIX 101.5’s Annual Christmas Competition
WRAL-FM is now accepting entries for the MIX 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition! Does your school have the best choir in the Triangle? If so, enter the MIX 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition for the opportunity to showcase your choir this holiday season on MIX 101.5 and win up to $5,000 for your school’s choir program. The […]
‘Tis the Season for the WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade
Don’t miss the pageantry and excitement of the WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade, presented by Shop Local Raleigh. Live television coverage begins Saturday, November 19th at 10am from downtown Raleigh. Over 65,000 people will line the street for this spectacular show, in addition to thousands more watching at home. This event annually ranks as one of […]
60 Years of WRAL History Came Together at State Fair
Thousands of visitors walked through the WRAL-TV tent at the 2016 North Carolina State Fair and were treated to a history lesson about the Big 5. WRAL-TV Promotion & Event Coordinator Debbie Tullos talked to Capcom about how the idea for the pop-up mini-museum arose and then how the station’s creative team made it happen: […]
Selling Radio Air Time
Would you buy something that you cannot see, feel, smell or touch? A good radio sales representative can knock down those potential stumbling blocks in a heart-beat. It is “sound that sells.” Radio is “theater of the mind.” Back in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, WRAL-AM, located at 1240 on the AM dial, was […]
CBC Distributes Azaleas, Honors A.J. Fletcher Winners, in 31st Annual Celebration
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, CBC distributed azaleas to the winning nonprofits in the 31st annual WRAL Azalea Celebration at the CBC transmitter site off 5033 TV Tower Rd. Approximately 100 groups from all across the state of NC came to pick up their plants. Every group is eligible to receive 50 azaleas to help […]
WRAL-TV to Broadcast Veterans Day Parade Nov. 5
WRAL-TV and UNC-TV’s NC Channel to broadcast 2016 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade Presented by the Cumberland County Veterans Council and the City of Fayetteville LIVE coverage begins 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 WRAL-TV and UNC-TV’s NC Channel will broadcast the 2016 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade presented by the Cumberland County Veterans Council and the City […]
Keeping Up with the Past & the Present at Rocky Mount Mills
As work continues to progress at Rocky Mount Mills, the restoration and renovation is garnering more attention in the media. Our State Magazine recently published an article about the generations of craftsmen, both past and present at the Rocky Mount Mills: Our State Magazine: Bricks & Barley Want to keep up with the latest at […]
Generous WRAL Viewers “Fill the Bus” Over Threefold for Storm Relief
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, WRAL-TV joined forces with Go Triangle, the United Way of the Greater Triangle and the Raleigh-Durham International Airport to collect needed items for those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Generous viewers filled three full-size buses and to large vans with items. That means they will have over one full busload to […]
MIX 101.5 and Three Bears Acres Join Forces for Great Pumpkin Smash on Nov 5th
Are you already wondering what to do once Halloween is over and you still have jack-o-lanterns on your front stoop? How about joining MIX 101.5 at Three Bears Acres for a smashing good time! MIX 101.5’s Pumpkin Smash is a full day of family fun at Three Bears Acres. On November 5, 2016, Triangle families […]
Capitol Broadcasting Named to First Family Business Award Winners List by Triangle Business Journal
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, Triangle Business Journal announced the winners of the publication’s inaugural Family Business Awards, and Capitol Broadcasting Company made the list. According to the TBJ, these brand new awards “recognize family-owned, as well as closely held businesses, in the Triangle for overall excellence, innovation, ethics, philanthropy and contribution to the strength […]