WILM Celebrates Survivor Finale With Party & Prizes
WILM Celebrates Survivor Finale With Party & Prizes WILM-TV’s Survivor Slogan contest ended with a bang on Sunday night, May 9, 2004. WILM ran a contest in which viewers watched Survivor every week to get a new slogan and then emailed or mailed their entries to enter to qualify for four outstanding grand prizes. Two […]
NCNN’s Artis Receives Fellowship
NCNN’s Artis Receives Fellowship NCNN Anchor/ Reporter Sondra Artis NCNN Anchor/Reporter Sondra Artis has been awarded one of four Marshall Memorial Fellowships. The International Visitors Council/World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, DC, sponsors the Fellowships. Artis and the other three recipients will represent North Carolina […]
Local Crowd Attends Gimme the Mike Tapings
Local Crowd Attends Gimme the Mike Tapings American Idol wraps up its third season on FOX50 this week, but a local phenomenon is just beginning. Last week Capitol Broadcasting Company’s Durham station taped the five semi-final shows for Gimme the Mike, a local competition in the style of AI. From hundreds of auditions, a panel […]
Newey Featured For Women In Technology Article
Newey Featured For Women In Technology Article Microspace’s Carolyn Newey In the April/May issue of Diversity/Careers in Engineering & IT, the article “Women in Communications: New Technologies, New Progress” features several women in the technology field. This auspicious list includes women from AT&T, Nextel, Verizon, and more, in addition to Microspace Director of Operations & […]
Explorer Post 5 Wins News Awards
Explorer Post 5 Wins News Awards The National Student Television Award of Excellence Awards are in, and WRAL-TV’s Explorer Post 5 made the list. Post 5 received an honorable mention in the news category for their “Local Music Venues” production. These regional awards are presented by the National Television Academy, an organization committed to inspiring […]
DBYAL Opens Field of Dreams
DBYAL Opens Field of Dreams The Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League recently opened two Major League caliber Little League baseball fields, which 500 boys and girls from one of Durham’s most impoverished communities will call home. On Saturday, May 1st at 10:00 AM, the Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League’s Field of Dreams project opened as […]
Pelicans Invite Registration for 2004 Baseball Camps
Pelicans Invite Registration for 2004 Baseball Camps The Pelicans will offer baseball camps again in 2004, with an interesting twist. In addition to the youth camps, the first annual Women’s Baseball Clinic will be offered on June 19th. Sponsored by Her Body & Soul/WPDE TV 15, the camp will feature talks by female sports personalities, […]
Charlotte Bobcats & Charlotte Sting Choose WJZY-TV To Broadcast
Charlotte Bobcats & Charlotte Sting Choose WJZY-TV To Broadcast WJZY-TV/UPN46 in Charlotte will soon be home to the Queen City’s professional basketball teams. On April 20, 2004, Ed Tapscott, COO of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, WNBA Charlotte Sting and C-SET (Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television), announced that the Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting have selected WJZY […]
CBC’ers Graduate From Leadership Triangle Program
CBC’ers Graduate From Leadership Triangle Program Leadership Triangle held its spring graduation ceremony at the State Capitol building in downtown Raleigh on Monday, May 10, 2004, and two CBC’ers were among those who became Goodmon Fellows. NCNN Network Manager Rob Hankin and FOX50 Senior Broadcast Operator Brian Johnson completed the program and received their Leadership […]
NCNN’s Ferrell Honored For Community Contribution
NCNN’s Ferrell Honored For Community Contribution The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of NC bestowed its 2004 Community Award to NCNN Anchor/Reporter Bruce Ferrell. The APPC-NC made the presentation at a luncheon during its annual day-long symposium in Greensboro on Thursday, May 6, 2004. NCNN Anchor/ Reporter Bruce Ferrell The award honors to someone who has […]