Goodmon Announces YMCA Fundraising Total

Goodmon Announces YMCA Fundraising Total CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon (far left) announced that the 2001 YMCA We Build People fundraising campaign brought in $2,096,648.00 for the organization. The 2001 We Build People fundraising campaign for the Capital Area YMCA drew to a close in February, coming in well over its goal of $2,010,000. […]

PelicansFest 2002 Slated For Saturday

PelicansFest 2002 Slated For Saturday This Saturday, March 9, Myrtle Beach Pelicans fans will be invited to the ballpark for fun, games and the kick-off of individual game tickets for the Pelicans upcoming season. PelicansFest 2002 will begin at 10:00am and run til 3:00pm at Coastal Federal Field. Mascots Splish, Splash and Dinger the Home […]

WRAL To Air CBS Sept. 11 Documentary

WRAL To Air CBS Sept. 11 Documentary “9-11” Will Air Without Commercial Interruption French filmmakers & brothers Gedeon and Jules Naudet happened to be filming a documentary about New York firefighters on the day of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They have now created a stunning documentary with never before-broadcast video of […]

WRAL-TV To Offer Unique ACC Basketball Tournament Coverage

WRAL-TV To Offer Unique ACC Basketball Tournament Coverage The ACC Tournament begins tonight, March 7, 2002, at the Charlotte Coliseum, and WRAL-TV will be there to cover the event in high-definition. Although Raycom/Jefferson Productions is not offering the games in HD, WRAL-TV will be doing sportscasts and highlights in HD. Also, for the first time […]

WRAL-TV News Director Puts Grandmother’s Insprirational Life On The Stage

WRAL-TV News Director Puts Grandmother’s Inspirational Life On The Stage “Reach for the stars, but if you fall on the moon, you’re still on higher ground.”-Alma Jenkins WRAL-TV’s Spencer Jenkins wrote “Burdens To Bear” to share the inpiration his grandmother, Alma Jenkins, has been to him. WRAL-TV’s Spencer Jenkins not only directs WRAL-TV’s morning newscasts, […]

Pelican Reading Pals Visit Local Schools

Pelican Reading Pals Visit Local Schools Pelican GM Gary Saunders is dedicating his time to reading. Pelican Matt Harris keeps students enrapt. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are going back to school. The administrative staff members have become Pelicans Reading Pals at neighboring elementary schools, visiting classrooms to read to students each week. The Pelicans hope […]

Microspace Satellite Streaming To Revolutionize Kiosk Industry

Microspace Satellite Streaming To Revolutionize Kiosk Industry Always seeking ways to expand the uses for satellite delivery, Microspace has developed a new use for its Velocity Ku-band service. With a foray into the kiosk business, Microspace is exploring ways to use its satellite feed to constantly update kiosks with the most current information from their […]

Bulls FanFest 2002 This Weekend

Bulls FanFest 2002 Rescheduled For This Weekend The Bulls Fanfest 2002, originally scheduled for Saturday, March 2nd, has been postponed due to the inclement weather expected in the Durham area. The event has been rescheduled for the following Saturday, March 9th, from 9:00 AM-2:00 PM at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Wool E. Bull will […]

CBC Radio Personalities Cover Olympics From Utah

CBC Radio Personalities Cover Olympics From Utah Rick & Jim’s Hall of Fame NCNN’s Rick Dayton & WRAL-FM’s Jim Kelly (in ballcap) met & interviewed many USA medalists, including: Maurice Greene, the fastest man in the world (60m in 6.39 seconds), won gold in Sydney in the 100m & the 4x100m relay. Cathy Turner, four […]

Local Anchor To Join FOX50 Team

Local Anchor To Join FOX50 Team Miriam Thomas will begin anchoring and serving as Public Affairs Director for FOX 50 in April. On Friday, February 22, 2002, FOX50 announced that Miriam Thomas, a local news figure in the Triangle for almost two decades, will be joining their news team. Thomas will become the WRAZ-TV Public […]