RailHawks Sign Multiyear Local Broadcast Partnership With Capitol Broadcasting Company
RailHawks become the first professional soccer team in North Carolina to broadcast all regular season matches on television, radio, and online For the first time in their 10-year history, the Carolina RailHawks in partnership with Capitol Broadcasting Company will broadcast all 2016 RailHawks home and away games live via CBC’s platforms. A minimum of two games […]
First Ever Internet Live Stream Game for CBC New Media’s HighSchoolOT
CBC New Media’s HighSchoolOT brand has been covering prep sports exhaustively for years. It was the first Triangle area media outlet with a website and app dedicated to high school sports, and HSOT has produced more prep video content than any other media outlet in the state. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, HSOT expanded its […]
A Page View for Every Snowflake!
During the recent winter storm, WRAL.com pulled big online traffic numbers. NMG Digital Audience Analyst Justina Kruser put together a piece for WRALWorks which she shared with capcom: Being a Wisconsin girl, snow and freezing weather is expected. I had more cold days off of school than actual snow days. Here in North Carolina, when it snows […]
Appcelerator Blog Looks at CBC’s History with Mobile Apps
Capitol Broadcasting has a long history with mobile applications, making a foray into the technology before the advent of smartphones. Appcelerator Blog recently took a look at the track of CBC’s mobile ventures. Jon Bailey penned the article entitled ‘From Flip Phones to the Future: A Look at Capitol Broadcasting Company’s Mobile Success,’ published on […]
WRAL Team Awarded One of Journalism’s Most Prestigious Honors Tuesday
On Tuesday night, January 19, 2016, six WRAL-TV staffers had the evening of a lifetime accepting one of the most prestigious prizes in journalism. The group won The Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for the WRAL documentary “The Journey Alone” about the surge in illegal immigration of unaccompanied minors from Mexico. The group included WRAL-TV Reporter […]
Capitol Broadcasting Signs with Newsy for Millennial-Focused Video News Offering
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., has entered into an agreement with over-the-top video news service Newsy to publish its daily news videos across three of Capitol Broadcasting’s news websites: WRAL.com, WRALSportsFan.com and HighSchoolOT.com. Newsy is the fast-growing millennial-focused journalism company that brings perspective and analysis to reporting on world and national news, including politics, entertainment, science […]
Leadership Triangle Presents 2015 Goodmon Awards for Regional Collaboration
“We are better when we work together.” – CBC President CEO Jim Goodmon Capitol Broadcasting Company helped celebrate regionalism at the 2015 Leadership Triangle Awards Gala Wednesday, December 9, 2015. The annual event took place at American Tobacco’s Bay 7 in downtown Durham with an opening reception followed by an Angus Barn catered dinner. The […]
CBC Continues to Expand Commitment to the Hispanic Community
From a locally produced television program to the Internet to community events, Capitol Broadcasting Company holds a commitment to the Hispanic community in the Triangle as a high priority. FOX 50 Latino Marketing Specialist Ana Maria Bonell spearheads CBC’s efforts which utilize the unique resources of many of our divisions. For example, throughout the year […]
WRAL Staffers Create App to Make UNC Academic Fraud Records Available to Viewers
When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill posted 200,000-plus pages of public records on its website last month, it allowed the public to read some of the 5 million pages of emails, memos and other documents collected as part of the investigation into the school’s long-running academic fraud scandal. What the university did not […]
Hail to a New Queen at WRAL-TV
Since the installation of four beehives on the roof of the WRAL-TV studios at Capitol Broadcasting’s headquarters on Western Blvd, the new inhabitants have been hard at work. Of the four hives, the CBC Hive is currently the strongest and fastest growing. In fact, the CBC Hive is doing so well, that Bee Downtown Founder […]