CBC Stations’ Ratings Strong for May Sweeps
CBC Stations’ Ratings Strong for May Sweeps WRAL-TV & FOX50 WRAL-TV enjoyed another great rating period with the May 2003 Sweeps. All newscasts showed improvement, some significant, and CBS prime-time programs brought stellar rankings as well. Terms: Rating – percentage of the total TV universe during an average minute Share – percentage of the people […]
Cupid’s Arrow Misses WRAL But Andy Griffith Makes A Hit
Cupid’s Arrow Misses WRAL But Andy Griffith Makes A Hit WRAL-TV is providing its own answer to reality programming in the wake of the station’s announcement that it will not be airing Simon Cowell’s new date-to-marriage program, Cupid. WILM-TV, WRAL-TV’s sister station in Wilmington, will also pre-empt Cupid. WRAL has pulled prime time programming in […]
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Devastated By Meter Theft
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Devastated By Meter Theft “The biggest crime to me is what happens to the people we feed.” –Jill Bullard, executive director of the Inter-faith Food Shuttle A thoughtless crime has left the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh with the loss of about one-third of its food supply. Someone stole an electric meter […]
StormTracker 2003 Gets You Ready for the Hurricane
StormTracker 2003 Gets You Ready for the Hurricane StormTracker 2003 Hurricane Survival Guide in McDonald’s Restaurants on June 30 Does history repeat itself? When talking about hurricanes in North Carolina, it’s a certainty. North Carolina and Florida experience more hurricanes than any other state, and all indications are for above-average activity this season. The StormTracker […]
Amor Sets The Record Straight About Satellite Myths
Amor Sets The Record Straight About Satellite Myths Joe Amor is GM of Microspace. The following article appeared in the May 2003 issue of “Uplink,” the newsletter published by CBC subsidiary Microspace. Found in Space: Savings by Debunking Common Satellite Myths by Microspace VP & General Manager Joe Amor In today’s economy, with the current […]
FM Sponsors July 4th Symphony Concert
FM Sponsors July 4th Symphony Concert WRAL-FM will sponsor the July 4th Celebration at the Amphitheatre at Regency Park to mark the Independence Day weekend. The NC Symphony will headline; The Cary Town Band will participate as well. Gates open at 3pm, the show begins at 6pm with The Cary Town Band and the NC […]
WRAL’s “Brain Game” Champions Honored at Season End
WRAL’s “Brain Game” Champions Honored at Season End The latest season of WRAL-TV’s own teen game show “Brain Game” came to an end with a celebration banquet in the studio on Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 5:30pm. Spring semester champion, Chapel Hill High School, received recognition for their victory. The school will receive an IBM […]
WRAL-FM Director Inducted Into National Hall of Fame
WRAL-FM Director Inducted Into National Hall of Fame WRAL-Fm Program Director & Operation Manager Joe Wade Formicola WRAL-FM Program Director & Operation Manager Joe Wade Formicola recently received honors from his alma mater, the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. Based in Southfield, Michigan, the Specs Howard School nominated Formicola, a 1970 graduate, for the […]
NCNN & WRAL-TV Dominate the ENAC Awards
NCNN & WRAL-TV Dominate the ENAC Awards Both the North Carolina News Network (NCNN) and WRAL-TV came out winners in the 2003 Television and Radio Awards given by the Electronic News Association of the Carolinas. The awards were presented at a luncheon on Saturday, June 21, 2003 at the ENAC convention in Charlotte. WRAL-TV News […]
Azalea Celebration Applications Available
Azalea Celebration Applications Available Keep North Carolina Clean and Beautiful, WRAL-TV5 and MIX 101.5 want to keep our state looking beautiful. That is why each year, we award 10,000 azaleas to nonprofits — like schools, churches, and civic groups — statewide. To request an application, write to: Azalea Giveaway P.O. Box 10155 Raleigh 27605 […]