Pelicans End 2001 Season
Pelicans End 2001 Season The Myrtle Beach Pelicans finished the 2001 season on Saturday, September 3, with a 13th inning loss to the Kinston Indians. A record breaking 5,790 fans bought tickets to the game, the largest paid attendance of the 2001 season and the second largest in Pelicans history. The Pelicans tied the game […]
“Legends of Baseball” To Play At Coastal Federal Field
“Legends of Baseball” To Play At Coastal Federal Field The Myrtle Beach Pelicans will host the first ever Legends of Baseball game along with Sprint PCS on September 20, 2001 at 7:05pm. Created to be as part of the Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar to be held in the Pelicans’ hometown on September 20-22, the […]
Post 50 Featured in Raleigh Newspaper
Post 50 Featured in Raleigh Newspaper The Durham Bulls housed more than a baseball club during the 2001 season, they were also a training ground for future television professionals. Explorer Post 50, affiliated with FOX 50 and the Occoneechee Council of Boy Scouts, helped put 31 Durham Bulls games on the air this summer, and […]
Former Durham Bull Stand Out Receives Another Honor
Former Durham Bull Stand Out Receives Another Honor For the second time in three years, a Durham Bulls player has been named season Most Valuable Player. The International League announced its post-season All-Star Team and Award Winners last week, and former Durham Bulls catcher Toby Hall headed the list as the league’s 2001 season MVP. […]
GoPack.Com Re-launched As A Member of the FANSOnly Network
GoPack.Com Re-launched As A Member of the FANSOnly Network Wolfpack Sports Marketing-produced Site Leads The Network in Revenue Generated The demise of Raleigh-based Total Sports left more than 65 collegiate athletics websites searching for a new home. Included among these sites was GoPack.com, the official website of NC State Athletics. GoPack.com is produced and maintained […]
Hurt Discusses The BTV Industry
Hurt Discusses the BTV Industry Microspace Director of Sales & Marketing Greg Hurt recently provided some information to Via Satellite magazine about the satellite industry’s involvement with business television (BTV). The August issue of the monthly publication included the article “BTV, The Migration To Desktop Continues” by Nick Mitsis. Hurt discussed the new and ongoing […]
Join WRAL & The North Carolina Symphony For Pops In The Park
Join WRAL & The North Carolina Symphony For Pops In The Park Over 40,000 people are expected to gather on the grounds of Meredith College this Labor Day weekend for WRAL’s 22nd Annual Pops In The Park concert. WRAL, the NC Symphony and other area sponsors present the event as a gift to Triangle residents. […]
Bulls Break Record For Season Paid Attendance
Bulls Break Record For Season Paid Attendance On Saturday, August 25, the Bulls total 2001 season paid attendance record reached 490,490. This number surpassed their best-ever season attendance record of 475,000 set last year. The Bulls not only broke this record, they had their first-ever Sunday sell-out of 10,007 paid admissions that same weekend. They […]
CBC Brings Datacasting To The Consumer
CBC Brings Datacasting To the Consumer After years of research, pilot programs and testing, CBC subsidiary DTV Plus‘ datacasting service has become available to the public. WRAL Digital, in partnership with accessDTV, launched TotalCast in Raleigh-Durham on August 22. TotalCast is a data service that provides fast access to digital content. WRAL Digital’s signal brings […]
Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV
Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV All eyes were on WRAL-TV on Wednesday, August 22, as U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC) made his announcement not to seek reelection in 2002. Satellite trucks lined Western Boulevard as national and statewide media watched Senator Helms enter the station to tape his statement. A former […]