What Could DBAP Special Events Look Like in 2021?

Hit Bull Win Podcast LaTosha Smith

DBBC Director of Special Events LaTosha Smith recently chatted on the Hit Bull Win Podcast to discuss what special events at the DBAP could look like in 2021, as well as what ones may or may not be plausible. She talked to podcast hosts DBBC Baseball Video & Digital Production Manager Patrick Norwood and DBBC […]

Rocky Mount Mills Featured For Family Friendly

Rocky Mount Mills

Rocky Mount Mills is best known for local craft breweries, but did you know that it’s very family friendly too?! More Than Main Street recently shared about the most fun in Rocky Mount for the entire family! Click, read and share to find out how to experience Rocky Mount Mills with kids! A Local’s Guide […]

Fun Memories: WRAL-TV’s Armstrong Finds Mailman Photo From WRAL Children’s Show

"Uncle Paul" Montgomery & Rick Armstrong

Mail deliverers have been front and center during the pandemic, particularly during this holiday season.  One CBC employee recently recalled a fun memory of playing a postman on TV, a role he never expected when he joined the WRAL team over four decades ago. Capitol Broadcasting celebrates long term employees, staffers with five or more […]

Tune In: Carolina Ballet’s Nutcracker on WRAL-TV on Christmas Day

Carolina Ballet Nutcracker

Don’t forget to tune in for a special holiday presentation! On Christmas Night, Dec. 25, 2020, WRAL will broadcast an exclusive TV event: The Nutcracker, presented by PNC Bank and performed by the Carolina Ballet, the area’s only professional ballet company. WRAL Out & About:  WRAL, Carolina Ballet partner for ‘Nutcracker’ broadcast on Christmas The premiere […]

A CBC Christmas Classic: Fred Fletcher and My Two Front Teeth

Fred Fletcher

Fred Fletcher, son of Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher, helped launch WRAL-AM in 1939 and went on to play a variety of leadership roles as CBC expanded into television.  Besides serving as General Manager, Fletcher was known for his love of performing.  He played various radio roles on his show “Tempus Fugit” and later his […]

Good Eats, a News Pup and a Fictional Crime Reporter, From A Trio of WRAL Authors

Chief The News Pup

Several WRAL-TV News Reporters are also published authors.  WRAL-TV reporters Amanda Lamb, Scott Mason and Kasey Cunningham all have new books out in 2020.  Here’s the scoop: Tar Heel Traveler’s Good Eats: 101 Down-Home North Carolina Classics by Scott Mason WRAL-TV Specialty Reporter Scott Mason released a new book in the Tar Heel Traveler series […]

That Station Now Donating Net Proceeds of Merch Sales

That Station Buy Merch, Do Good

95.7 FM That Station is offering listeners to do good for others while sporting That Station gear.  From now on when you purchase an item from That Station’s online merch store you’ll be making a donation to a local charity. 100% of net proceeds (after That Station covers the hard cost of making the item) […]

Revisit MIX Christmas Choir Competition Favorites This Season

MIX Christmas Choir Competition Rewind

WRAL-FM knows that schools across The Triangle put weeks and months of preparation into their submissions for MIX 101.5’s annual Christmas Choir Competition, and that due to the current landscape and remote learning that this would be nearly impossible. That’s why, thanks to our friends at Wake Med Children’s, MIX is going to highlight the […]

Stories: The Heart Behind the Success of MIX’s 2020 Radiothon

Taylor & Melissa Blanton

“When you’re broadcasting from a studio rather than the hospital your emotions are protected from the raw experience of being inside of a children’s hospital. Duke Children’s is a place of hope, yes. But it’s also a place of pain. It grounds your perspective. It reminds us why we’re doing what we do. My fear in doing a Radiothon […]

WRAL-FM Blown Away by Almost $400k Raised for Duke Children’s in 2020 Radiothon

Bryan Lord, Kyle Smelser & Sarah King

“We didn’t even think we could do a Radiothon this year. The fact that we not only pulled it off logistically and technically, but to bring in almost $400K is nothing short of miraculous!” — WRAL-FM Morning Personality Sarah King WRAL-FM had tempered expectations going into the 26th Annual MIX 101.5 Radiothon for Duke Children’s […]