WRAL-TV Wraps 5th Annual CBC-UNC Diversity Fellowship Program

2017 CBC-UNC Diversity Fellowship

WRAL hosted 12 student journalists from across the country as part of the fifth annual CBC-UNC Diversity Fellowship. Each spring, WRAL teams up with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to welcome the students to participate in a five-day intensive program preparing them for future broadcast media careers. Professors and professionals from UNC’s […]

5th Annual WRAL TechWire Awards: Voting Open Until March 31

WRAL TechWire Awards 2017

WRAL TechWire is gearing up to honor some of the best and brightest tech businesses, both startups and enterprise, in North Carolina.  The 5th Annual WRAL TechWire Awards will be presented on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, but it’s not too late to weigh in for the winners.  Voting on the finalists will be open through […]

Rocky Mount Mills Announces the “Mill Music Sessions” Concert Series, New Partnerships

Mill Music Sessions 2017

Rocky Mount Mills announces a free outdoor concert series to celebrate the music genres that have influenced North Carolina’s musical DNA. The Mills is partnering with Schoolkids Records and WUNC to book the debut lineup. Dubbed the SchoolKids Records presents the WUNC Mill Music Sessions offers something for everyone. This year’s roster celebrates stars of […]

Watch WRAL Noon News for Rocky Mount Mills Music Series Announcement

Rocky Mount Mills

Tune into WRAL this Wednesday, March, 22 at noon for a live launch of the Rocky Mount Mills upcoming music series! RMM will be announcing the line-up with a live musical performance by one of the artists! RMM will also send out the full line-up to our newsletter subscribers right after the broadcast. To subscribe […]

WRAL-TV’s Fishel To Lead Town Hall Discussion “Smart Growth” on March 30

Greg Fishel

WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel will continue his quarterly Town Hall meeting series at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on Thursday, March 30, 2017.  Discussing the topic “Smart Growth: Making Our Cities Sustainable,” Fishel will be joined by Vatsal Bhatt of the U.S. Green Building Council and Kenneth Bowers, Director of Planning for the […]

Boy Scouts Honor Jim Goodmon with Lifetime Achievement Award

Jim Goodmon

The Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently honored CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon with its NC Good Scout Lifetime Achievement Award.  Goodmon received the recognition at the 2017 Friends of Scouting Breakfast, held at the North Raleigh Hilton on Friday, March 3. “It was a reminder of the positive role Boy […]

CBC Celebrates 80 Years!

RCA Hall

The CBC campus on Western Boulevard has been dubbed “Celebration Central”. We celebrated the 60th Anniversary of WRAL on December 15, 2016 and then we puffed up our peacock feathers on February 28 marking our one year anniversary as an NBC affiliate. But we have one more anniversary to acknowledge and it is a big […]

Durham Bulls Launch Mini Plan Madness

Durham Bulls Mini Plan Madness

Promotion Offers Fans Chance to Win up to Four Different Prizes With college basketball postseason in full swing, the Durham Bulls have introduced Mini Plan Madness, a unique promotion offering fans the chance to win up to four different prizes. The campaign coincides with the team’s 20th anniversary celebration as the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A […]

American Tobacco Re-energizes Reed Lobby with new Art Exhibit

'Black on Black' at American Tobacco

With the Crowe Lobby art gallery closing to make way for patron seating for ATC’s newest restaurant, Maybelle’s, the challenge was on to find a new location. Arts Now presented by PNC and the Art of Cool Festival were eager to display The Black on Black project at American Tobacco  in the weeks leading up […]