MIX 101.5 Uses #WorkFromHome Selfies with Listeners as Fundraiser for Food Bank

Kristen Kokkelenberg

WRAL-FM MIX 101.5 created a MIX of fun things for a good cause last week.  Taking selfies + working from home = donations to help the Triangle community.  MIX ran a #WorkFromHome promotion on the station’s Facebook page.  For every selfie posted in the comment, showing MIX how listeners work from home, WRAL-FM donated $1 […]

CBC Here to Help Virtually Raises $350,000 for NC Restaurant Workers Fund

Here to Help

Capitol Broadcasting divisions stepped up to help the local restaurant community with a virtual fundraiser last week, and our viewers, listeners and readers responded in a big way.  The CBC Here to Help: Support Local Business fundraiser for the NC Restaurant Workers Relief Fund brought in a total of $350,000 in donations! “The CBC family […]

Holliday: Sports Journalism Just as Important When The Cheering Stops

Bob Holliday

Former WRAL-TV Sports Anchor and frequent WRALSportsFan contributor Bob Holliday penned this piece about reporting on sports when sports are not happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic: It’s a rare event that brings the sports world to a complete pause. Not even the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by the Palestinian terror group Black September […]

Shuneca Harrington Named WRAL-TV/FOX 50 Director of Sales

Shuneca Harrington

Veteran sales leader Shuneca Harrington has been named WRAL-TV/FOX 50 Director of Sales, effective April 20, 2020. Harrington will join the broadcast arm of Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) which operates WRAL News, the most-watched news team in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville television market with a long history of ratings dominance.  Harrington comes to WRAL from Columbus, GA […]

WRAL-TV To Host Virtual Town Hall with Triangle Mayors, Friday at 7pm

WRAL-TV Triangle Mayors Virtual Town Hall

WRAL-TV News will host a virtual town hall with Triangle mayors from 7:00-7:30pm on Friday, March 27, 2020.  Viewers have been invited to share questions which will potentially be asked on air.  Share questions HERE. WRAL-TV will co-host the event with Leadership Triangle and the Triangle J Council of Governments.  

HighSchoolOT Launches ‘Senior Szn’ to Recognize the Class of 2020

HighSchoolOT Senior Szn

The Class of 2020 is having a senior year like no other — and not for good reasons. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Class of 2020 risks missing out on their senior seasons in sports, prom, and maybe even graduation. HighSchoolOT wants to help fill the void. “Senior Szn” is a photo submission feature on […]

Bulls, Salamanders Donate Gloves to Duke, UNC Hospitals, Durham PD

Dave Levey & Bryan Wilson

Members of the Durham Bulls and Holly Springs Salamanders front office staff are teaming up to help the Triangle community during the COVID-19 crisis. Several staffers help donate the ballparks’ resources to Duke Hospitals, UNC REX Healthcare and the Durham Police Department, as well as the Durham Rescue Mission. Capcom talked to Bull City Hospitality […]