Bulls and Pelicans Featured In Baseball Travel Guide
Bulls & Pelicans Featured In Baseball Travel Guide Fodor’s Baseball Vacations Word is spreading far and wide about the minor league baseball teams with which Capitol Broadcasting is associated. Both the Durham Bulls and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans are highlighted in the 2nd edition of Fodor’s travel guide entitled Baseball Vacations. Published in March 2000, […]
NCNN Wins RTNDA Awards
NCNN Wins RTNDA Awards Congratulations to the staff at the North Carolina News Network for their awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas! Best Special report: Catfish Hunter- Rick Dayton, Steve Shumake Best Documentary: Flooded Farmers- Bruce Ferrell and Dan Wilkinson (on special assignment to the Network) Best Sports: US […]
Capitol AgriBusiness/WRAL-TV Farm Reporter Wins “Best of NAMA”
Capitol AgriBusiness/WRAL-TV Farm Reporter Wilkinson Wins “Best of NAMA” Dan Wilkinson won a NAMA award for excellence in agrimarketing. Dan Wilkinson of Capitol AgriBusiness/WRAL-TV was awarded the “Best of NAMA” award in the category ‘Radio/Audio News’, for both the Carolinas/Virginia Chapter and for Region 5 at the awards ceremony held in Richmond, Virginia. The “Best […]
CBC Covers Election Night
CBC Covers Election Night In the midst of a historically close Presidential race, the vote for the first new N.C. Agriculture Commissioner in 36 years, and the seesawing now-it’s-for-Gore-now-it’s-for-Bush Florida electoral vote, Capitol Broadcasting subsidiaries provided their usual high standard of coverage. WRAL-FM had minute updates twice an hour at :05 and :30 starting at […]
Briggs Building Renovation Featured In Our State
Briggs Building Renovation Featured In Our State Our State magazine featured the Briggs Hardware Building, home of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, in an article about North Carolina architecture in its November issue. After purchasing the building in 1997, the Fletcher Foundation spearheaded the renovation effort during 1997-98 and moved into its offices on the 4th […]
Fletcher Foundation Buys Building
Fletcher Foundation Buys Building 1911 Photo Former department store, second historic downtown structure purchased by foundation, will be center for nonprofits or arts groups. The A.J. Fletcher Foundation is buying the former Boylan Pearce department store building on Fayetteville Street Mall in downtown Raleigh, NC and plans to turn it into a facility for nonprofits. […]
Dan Wilkinson Serves As Emcee For Commissioner Of Agriculture Forum
Dan Wilkinson Serves As Master Of Ceremonies For Commissioner Of Agriculture Forum Dan Wilkinson Dan Wilkinson, program director of Capitol AgriBusiness Network and Farm Reporter for WRAL-TV, served as the Master of Ceremonies in Harnett County for a forum held in late March to allow farmers and those interested in agriculture to meet the candidates […]
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater
Construction Progresses On A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater On budget and on schedule, the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater continues to take shape as part of the downtown Raleigh BTI Center for the Performing Arts. Funded by Wake County’s prepared food tax and a $2 million grant from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, the Opera Theater will be […]
Region Focus Article Page 2
Region Focus Article – Page 2 Story from the RegionFocus: Winter 2000 Click on text and photo for larger view Page 1 • Page 3
Internet Helps Satellite Business
Internet Helps The Satellite Business The prevailing question over the last year has been: “Aren’t you afraid the Internet will hurt or replace your business?” According to Joe Amor, VP & GM, Microspace, downlinks have increased almost four times since they began using the Internet in 1993. In 1993, they added another full-time satellite transponder […]