Premiere of American Idol Draws Big Ratings on FOX 50
The season premiere of American Idol on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, on FOX 50 delivered a 23.0/31 HH Rtg/Share in the Raleigh-Durham DMA. This is a +36% increase over last year’s season premiere! In fact, this is the highest-rated Idol premiere since 2006. American Idol continues to perform better in Raleigh-Durham than in the rest […]
CBC Personalities & Divisions Reign on 2010 Maggy Awards List
Cary Magazine started the year out presenting the annual Maggy Awards for the Best of Western Wake, and several CBC divisions and personalities made the list. A record number of readers submitted nominations and voted for the winners of the 2010 competition. WRAL-TV has won Best TV Station for all five years the awards […]
WRAL-TV Volunteers Sort Amazing Number of Coats to Help Keep Out the Cold
Results of WRAL-TV’s 21st Annual Coats for the Children Campaign Volunteers work in freezing temperatures to sort coats for area children in need. View the Slideshow You’d never know it was a recession based on the kindness of WRAL-TV viewers. The 21st Annual WRAL-TV Coats for the Children Campaign drew to a close on […]
CBC Invites You to Free Interfaith Breakfast on Martin Luther King Day
CBC Invites You to Free Interfaith Breakfast on Martin Luther King Day For the past 19 years Capitol Broadcasting Company has been a key factor behind an epic Triangle event. The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast celebrates the life of the icon each year and will fill the Sheraton Imperial with over […]
Tobacco Road Headed for Diamond View II
Tobacco Road Headed for Diamond View II Sports in Durham are about to get a whole new flavor. Tobacco Road is headed to a perch above Durham Bulls Athletic Park at American Tobacco Campus. Located next to the park’s iconic bull, the 8,800 square foot sports cafe in the Diamond View II building will feature […]
WRAL’s Elizabeth Gardner Presents Conservation Awards
WRAL-TV’s Elizabeth Gardner (l to r) presents the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District’s Dan Wilkinson WRAL Conservation Communication Award to Amber Nimocks, Belinda Ellis and Managing Editor Fred Thompson for their edible Piedmont magazine that connects local food consumers to their local and regional farmers and farm products. Wake Soil and Water Conservation District […]
Kids Helping Kids
WRAL-TV’s Debra Morgan greets members of the North Raleigh Indian Guides & their fathers as they deliver coats to the station. Twelve members of the North Raleigh Indian Guides (7 year old boys) and their fathers toured the WRAL-TV Studios and presented forty-four coats to the annual “Coats for Kids” campaign. WRAL-TV anchor Debra Morgan […]
Bulls Win End of Year Honors
As 2009 draws to a close, the Bulls are taking their season winning streak down to the end. Both the team & their skipper won major awards in the last week of the year. Bulls Named Triple A Team of the Year The Durham Bulls complete 2009 by winning MLB.com’s Triple-A Team of the Year. […]
Montoyo Returns to Defend National Title
Montoyo Returns to Defend National Title Charlie Montoyo will return to skipper the Bulls in 2010, and works towards a repeat national title. The Durham Bulls recently announced Charlie Montoyo will return as manager for a fourth season after leading the Bulls to their first National Championship in team history. For the first time since […]
MIX 101.5’s Toy Drive Finishes with Big Numbers
MIX 101.5’s Toy Drive Finishes with Big Numbers Radio Station Collected Toys for The Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Program Over the month of December, MIX 101.5 partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Campaign to help collect toys for needy children this holiday season. MIX held six day-long radio […]