WRAL-TV Helps Give the Gift of Reading To Children at UNC Hospital
WRAL-TV Helps Give the Gift of Reading To Children at UNC Hospital WRAL-TV, in partnership with Barnes & Noble, ran a campaign from mid-February to mid-March to collect books to help the N.C. Children’s Hospital begin a library for its young patients. The “Have a Heart, Give a Book” campaign culminated with the presentation of […]
Hefner and Schenck Represent CBC at AWRT Meeting
Hefner and Schenck Represent CBC at AWRT Meeting Two Capitol Broadcasting Company television station general managers participated on a panel at a recent meeting for American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT). WRAL-TV GM Jim Hefner and WRAZ-TV Tommy Schenck took part in the panel along with the other GM’s from the area. The luncheon […]
WRAL-TV’s Multicasting NCAA Coverage Could Be Interrupted By War
WRAL-TV’s Multicasting NCAA Coverage Could Be Interrupted By War As has now become an annual occurrence, WRAL-TV plans to multi-cast all NCAA regional games on its alternate digital channels. This year the station also plans to broadcast the HD version of available regional games on sister-station WRAZ-TV’s digital channel. Because of the onset of war […]
Make A Decision to Save Lives–And Tell Your Family
Make A Decision to Save Lives–And Tell Your Family WRAL-TV recently launched a campaign hoping to get viewers to make the choice to donate their organs after death. “Share Your Life. Share Your Decision” has been adopted by WRAL-TV, WRAL-FM and Capitol Broadcasting Company in hopes of increasing the number of individuals in North Carolina […]
Pelicans Hold Fan Fest for 2003 Season
Pelicans Hold Fan Fest for 2003 Season Kids tried out the hamster ball, an in-between innings promotion. Several fans auditioned for the National Anthem. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans hosted their Annual Fan Fest at Coastal Federal Field from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, March 8, 2003. Fans flocked to the ballpark and got a chance […]
Microspace’s Bimrose Appointed Secretary of Professional Paging Organization
Microspace’s Bimrose Appointed Secretary of Professional Paging Organization Microspace ‘s John Bimrose John Bimrose, Senior Account Manager at Microspace, was recently named Secretary of the Southeastern Communications Association. Founded in 1985, the Southeastern Communications Association is a nonprofit organization established to provide an exclusive wireless messaging conference, trade show and forum for the paging vendors, […]
Pelicans Start Could-Be Tradition With Pre-Season Match-Up With Charleston RiverDogs
Pelicans Start Could-Be Tradition With Pre-Season Match-Up With Charleston RiverDogs The first match-up of the Pelicans & the RiverDogs will take place on Myrtle Beach’s home turf. For the first time in South Carolina history, the state’s two coastal single-A baseball teams will go head to head. Longtime rivals although they’ve never taken the field […]
WRAL-TV’s “Tangled Lines” Explores Fishing Along NC Coast
WRAL-TV’s “Tangled Lines” Explores Fishing Along NC Coast WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie and Chief Photographer Richard Adkins have put together another of the station’s original documentaries. “Tangled Lines” will air on Saturday, March 8, 2003 at 7pm on WRAL-TV. “This program chronicles the growing conflict between commercial and recreational fishermen along our coast,” explained Leslie, […]
Fans Spend a Free Day at the Durham Bulls
Fans Spend a Free Day at the Durham Bulls Around 1,000 Durham Bulls fans came out to the ballpark for the 2nd Annual Fan Fest on Saturday, March 1, 2003. The event ran from 9am to 2pm, and fans were served free lunch and got an opportunity to bat for $100,000. Although no one took […]
NCAA Final Four and Championship Games in HD
NCAA Final Four and Championship Games in HD For the fourth year running, CBS will present several NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games in high-definition, but for the first time will broadcast those games in 5.1 channels of CD quality surround sound. Sears, Roebuck and Co. is partnering with the network to make the presentations. NCAA […]