The Cape Light: Away from the Edge
The Cape Light: Away from the Edge By Scott Mason, WRAL-TV Imagine lifting up and moving the tallest lighthouse in America – the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse – 208 feet high, 10 million pounds of brick and granite. It is a structural masterpiece, moving the lighthouse an engineering marvel. WRAL-TV5 documents the move in a one-hour […]
Pelican’s Bill Butler Receives Title of Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year
Pelican’s Bill Butler Receives Title of Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year The Carolina League announced on August 16 that Bill Butler, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Head Groundskeeper, is the 1999 Carolina League Groundskeeper of the Year. The honor comes in this, the first season for the Pelicans. The general managers and field managers from […]
Diamond View Groundbreaking
Diamond View Groundbreaking Architectual renderings of Diamondview. Click on drawing for larger view. Architectual drawings of the new office building. Back to Diamond View Groundbreaking main page.
Jim Goodmon Encourages the Legislature to Pass UNC-TV Funding
Jim Goodmon Encourages the Legislature to Pass UNC-TV Funding Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company, on behalf of UNC-TV Public Television, wrote an editorial stating the importance of UNC-TV and what the funding delays in the North Carolina Legislature could mean to the future of the network. The Editorial was published in […]
Changes Made by the FCC Would Enable Capitol to Purchase WB and FOX
Changes Made by the FCC Would Enable Capitol to Purchase WB and FOX Over the last three years, Capitol has managed two stations (WRAZ in Raleigh, NC and WFVT in Charlotte, NC) under what is referred to as a Limited Marketing Agreement. This agreement allowed broadcasters to operate more than one station in a Designated […]
WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal
WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal WRAL-OnLine proves how invaluable the Internet can be, and just what potential it has. On June 3, 1997, Francisco Carrasco-Gutierrez, a transient, was shot as he slept beneath the Boylan Avenue Bridge at a transient camp along the railroad tracks west of downtown Raleigh, NC. The shooting had gone unsolved […]
Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production
Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production At the annual North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) convention held in Myrtle Beach in early August, Randy Mews (currently with WRAL-TV) was presented with an award for the best commercial produced in North Carolina by the NCAB. The “Best of the Best” awards banquet is held […]
CBC and WRAL-TV5 Recieve Award for “Empowering People with Disabilities”
CBC and WRAL-TV5 Recieve Award for “Empowering People with Disabilities” On Thursday, July 22, both Capitol Broadcasting Company and WRAL-TV5 were honored for our outstanding philanthropy and empowering people with disabilities by the Orange County Disability Awareness Council during their Ninth Annual Americans with Disabilities Act Celebration. These Awards were established 25 years ago under […]
Capitol Broadcasting Company To Provide Extensive Streaming Media Coverage Of The 1999 Special Olympics World Games On The Internet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 1999 For additional information contact: Sam Matheny, Vice President & General Manager, DTV Plus 919-850-4540, sam@dtvplus.com Capitol Broadcasting Company To Provide Extensive Streaming Media Coverage Of The 1999 Special Olympics World Games On The Internet Raleigh, NC — Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. (CBC) will distribute live audio and video coverage […]
Wolfpack Sports Marketing Celebrates Multi-Year Renewal with NC State University
Wolfpack Sports Marketing Celebrates Multi-Year Renewal with NC State University Capitol Networks’ Wolfpack Sports Marketing celebrated the seven-year renewal of its partnership with NC State University at a luncheon on August 23rd in Studio A at the WRAL-TV building. The business luncheon was attended by Wolfpack Sports Marketing staff and clients, Capitol Networks staff, and […]