WRAL-FM’s Jim Kelly Honored with Inaugural Duke Hero Award

Jim Kelly

WRAL-TV Asst Program Director/Music Director & Air Personality Jim Kelly has spent many years and boundless energy supporting and promoting Duke Children’s Hospital over the years.  Kelly emceed the Duke Children’s Gala this year but received a special surprise as well.  The organization presented Kelly with one of the inaugural Duke Hero Awards at the […]

‘HighSchoolOT Live’ Receives Regional Murrow Award for Innovation

HSOT Live

“HighSchoolOT Live” has been recognized as a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winner for excellence in innovation, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Since the fall of 2016, Capitol Broadcasting Company and HighSchoolOT.com have produced “HighSchoolOT Live,” a multi-platform, interactive means to deliver and consume North Carolina high school […]

Holly Springs Salamanders Single-Game Tickets on Sale Now

Holly Springs Salamanders

Individual Tickets for 26-Game Home Slate Now Available Online Only Single-game tickets for the 2018 Holly Springs Salamanders season are on sale now online only. All contests on the 26-game home schedule will be played at Ting Park in Holly Springs. The team opens its home slate on Sunday, June 3 against the Morehead City […]

Nashville Songwriters Come Together for Benefit on Friday: Music City + Bull City

Nashville Songwriters

The Nashville Songwriters at the DPAC, presented by the Loud Lemon Foundation and sponsored in part by WRAL-TV/Capitol Broadcasting, will take place this Friday, April 27, 2018.  Eight award-nominated and winning songwriters behind country music’s biggest hits will perform live, sharing their stories behind their songs.  The event is a benefit for several Triangle non-profits […]

WRAL-FM Mentors Air Personalities of Tomorrow with MIX 101.5’s DJ U

MIX 101.5's DJ U

WRAL-FM is featuring the future of radio on Thursday nights this spring.  MIX 101.5’s DJ U calls on Triangle students to give radio broadcasting a try.  Thursday nights are unique and exciting, giving the fledgling DJs the opportunity to guest host part of the nighttime show, learning what it’s like to be on radio. The […]

Bulls, Buzz Sports Radio Honor Businesses for Breaking Barriers

Durham Bulls Breaking Barriers

Local Businesses Recognized for Historical Strides in African American Community As the Durham Bulls honored 25 former Negro League players at the Saturday, April 21, 2018, game, the club  also recognized six Durhamites and local businesses for “Breaking Barriers.” The program is sponsored by Buzz Sports Radio and Coastal Credit Union. “The African American community […]

Chiesi and Durham Bulls Partnerships Is Home Run For Local Charities

As season’s presenting strikeouts sponsor, Chiesi pledges to donate to three area nonprofits With baseball season underway, Chiesi (key-A-zee), a Cary-based specialty pharmaceutical company, is partnering with the Durham Bulls for a season of fun and philanthropy as the presenting sponsor of strikeouts by the Durham Bulls. As part of its Chiesi in the Community […]

State Fair Night, Food Special Highlight Bulls Homestand

Durham Bulls

Petting Zoo, Food Trucks, $2 Tacos on Slate for Six-Game Stanza The Durham Bulls open a six-game homestand against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Buffalo Bisons on Friday, April 20 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The team’s inaugural State Fair Night, Food Truck Friday and $2 Taco Tuesday highlight the promotional schedule. The homestand begins […]

Jim Goodmon To Receive Honorary Doctorate at UNC Spring Commencement

Jim Goodmon

The UNC School of Media and Journalism has announced that CBC CEO Jim Goodmon will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s spring commencement on Sunday, May 13, 2018.  Citing Goodmon as a “visionary North Carolina corporate and community leader,” the school is honoring him […]

WRAL Saturday Team Gets Impromptu Interview From Budding Journalist

Mikaya Thurmond, Bryan Mims & Randi

WRAL-TV Anchors Mikaya Thurmond and Bryan Mims got a chance to experience the other side of the interview table this past weekend. The WRAL weekend news duo took the opportunity to inspire, and be inspired by, the next generation at the Southern Women’s Show at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh on Saturday, April 14, 2018. […]