WDNC Raises $7500 for Charity
WDNC Raises $7500 for Charity WDNC “The News Station” raised $7500 for Durham area charities at the Bob Harris Celebrity Golf Tournament at Durham’s Washington-Duke Golf Course on April 17th. Bob is the play-by-play voice of the Duke Blue Devils. The money raised benefited three charities: The Durham Rescue Mission, St. Phillip’s Community Kitchen, and […]
CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY WINS AWARD FOR HDTV DEVELOPMENT WORK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 1997 For additional information contact: John Greene (919) 847-4714 CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY WINS AWARD FOR HDTV DEVELOPMENT WORK RALEIGH, NC, APRIL 15, 1997 — A Raleigh, North Carolina television station that has no viewing audience has been named “Broadcaster of the Year” by Television Broadcast magazine. WRAL-HD, an experimental high […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Water Monument Dedication
Martin Luther King, Jr. Water Monument Dedication CBCers were part of the unveiling ceremony for the new Water Monument in the Martin Luther King Memorial Gardens in Southeast Raleigh. The company was a major contributor to the sculpture project. Corporate minority affairs director J.D. Lewis was among the speakers April 4th. Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell […]
WRAL-HDTV ANNOUNCES PRESENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 04 , 1997 For additional information contact: John Greene (919) 847-4714 WRAL-HDTV ANNOUNCES PRESENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB RALEIGH, NC, APRIL 4, 1997 — WRAL-HD, the first commercial television station to broadcast the HDTV signal, is launching a site on the World Wide Web. The Internet address is http://www.wral-hd.com. The new […]
Carolina Panthers vs. the Green Bay Packers
Carolina Panthers vs. the Green Bay Packers Sunday, January 12, 1997 – – – A plane with two lucky CBCers leaves Charlotte-Douglas Airport at 8:00 a.m. to go to the NFC Championship game with the Green Bay Packers. Earlier that week throughout every building, some CBCers said how excited they were that they may win […]
Carolina Panthers vs. the Dallas Cowboys
Carolina Panthers vs. the Dallas Cowboys The hottest ticket in town so far this year was to the NFC semifinal game between the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys in Charlotte on January 5th, 1997. Everyone wanted a ticket and Capitol Broadcasting Company was fortunate enough to have a few. Some of the lucky CBC […]
Curtis Media Group to Manager WDNC
Curtis Media Group to Manager WDNC Capitol Broadcasting Company has accepted an offer from Curtis Media Group to assume management of WDNC-AM in Durham, N.C., effective August 18, 1997. CBC’s Capitol Networks has managed the station since April 1994 under a “time management agreement” with the Durham Herald Company, publishers of the Herald-Sun newspaper. “We’ve […]
Waltye Rasulala Transfers to the A.J. Fletcher Foundation
Waltye Rasulala Transfers to the A.J. Fletcher Foundation Congratulations to Waltye Rasulala, who is transferring to the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, after 19 years of service as Public Affairs Manager for WRAL-TV. Waltye’s new position will be Grants Coordinator with the foundation. While Waltye worked as Public Affairs Director for WRAL-TV5, she was involved in numerous […]
United Way Campaign 1997
United Way Campaign 1997 CBC raised $108,996 for the Triangle United Way. More than 300 CBCers gave a total of $76,863 for this worthy cause. That is an increase of more than $15,000 over last year’s total. A grand prize drawing was held at the conclusion of the CBC Raleigh area campaign. Robert Hale Roundtrip […]
Jim Goodmon Appears Before US House Subcommittee on Retransmission of Broadcast Signals License
Jim Goodmon Appears Before US House Subcommittee on Retransmission of Broadcast Signals License Capitol Broadcasting Company President and CEO Jim Goodmon spoke before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives Hearing on the Copyright Licensing Regimes covering retransmission of broadcast signals license. Goodmon informed the […]