Bulls Getting Ready for 2014 Season
The International League Champion Durham Bulls have been as busy in the off-season as they were during the games last summer. The ballpark continues undergoing major renovations which will be unveiled in April. The staff is working out of temporary offices in the Diamond View Office Building. Tickets are now going on sale so you […]
FOX 50’s Award Winning Lip Dub Project Returns
Winning High School Receives $10,000! The FOX 50 Lip Dub Project is back for another year! And brand new this season, there’s an app for that. Download the free FOX 50 Lip Dub app on your iPhone or Droid and vote to help your high school win $10,000! The fourth year of the popular and […]
CBC Hosts Annual Job Shadow Day for Local Students
CBC recently hosted our annual “Job Shadow Day” for middle & high school students who have expressed an interest in exploring a career in broadcasting. A roster of talented professionals from the staff were approached and graciously volunteered. Van Williams and Mary Eaton of CBC Corporate HR, along with WRAL-TV News Anchor Ken Smith, greeted […]
MIX Raises Over $1Million During Radiothon Despite Snow
How is MIX 101.5 like the U.S. Postal Service? No matter the weather, they deliver. That might be a joke worthy of Jake the Jokeman, one of the endearing annual fixtures of MIX 101.5’s Radiothon for Duke Children’s Hospital. A snowstorm hit the Triangle on the second day of the event, causing an early end […]
More on WRAL’s Google Glass Experiment
We reported last week on WRAL-TV’s latest experiment, broadcasting the morning news program with four different staffers wearing Google Glass during the week of February 11-14, 2014. WRAL kept the feature going even as the winter storm many dubbed Snowmageddon hit the Triangle and the station broadcast news live for 32.5 out of 38 hours […]
How Local TV Covers Snowmageddon in the South
WRAL-TV Creative Services Shelly Leslie gave WRAL viewers and fans across the Internet a behind-the-scenes view of the myriad ways the Big 5 covered the winter storm that hit our viewing area during the second week of February 2014. Quickly dubbed “Snowmageddon,” the storm dumped inches of snow and ice around the Triangle causing traffic […]
WRAL-TV To Broadcast Live Using Google Glass
Livestream on WRAL.com to show continuous coverage The station known across the local television industry as an innovator will broadcast live using Google Glass. WRAL-TV will use the experimental technology for a half hour during its morning news February 11-14, showing viewers a unique perspective both on TV and on wral.com. Google Glass is a […]
MIX 101.5 Radiothon in Last Day
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Help the Kids at Duke MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM’s 20th annual Radiothon for Duke Children’s Hospital wraps up today, Wednesday, February 12th, but it’s not too late to help MIX helps the kids at Duke. MIX staffers have been broadcasting live from Duke Children’s Hospital since Tuesday. MIX is offering several […]
MIX 101.5 Radiothon For Kids at Duke Hospital Starts TODAY
MIX 101.5 invites you to listen with your heart during their 20th annual MIX Radiothon for the Kids at Duke which starts today, Tues, Feb 11th and runs through tomorrow, Wed, Feb 12th. The 2014 Radiothon is raising funds to support Duke Children’s Hospital. Broadcasting live from the McGovern-Davison Children’s Health Cente,r Mike Chase & […]
MIX 101.5 Radiothon Starts Tuesday, Loveland and Fox Eager to Help Kids at Duke
Both WRAL-FM Morning Show Co-Host Lynda Loveland and WRAL-FM Traffic Coordinator/Morning Show Asst Producer Vanna Fox have a special place in their heart for the MIX 101.5 Radiothon for Duke Children’s Hospital. Both ladies will work alongside their MIX colleagues all day next Tuesday & Wednesday, February 11 & 12, 2014, for the 20th annual […]