Annual MLK Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Goes Virtual, Relays Message of Love
“Today in 2021 I believe that love is the vision that we as Americans need to hold on to now more than ever during these troubling times.” — Lauren Cornelius, Freshman at Knightdale High School The 41st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast went on despite COVID on Monday, January 18, 2021. […]
Overcoming Chaos with the Radical Action of Love, Focus of MLK Day Event on WRAL
The 41st Annual Triangle MLK, Jr. Holiday Celebration on Monday, January 18, 2021 Watch on WRAL-TV at 8am, or Entire Program on WRAL.com Beginning 7am For the first time in 41 years, Triangle residents will not be able to gather for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, but the event will go […]
CBC’s Jim Goodmon Featured on UNC-TV’s Biographical Conversations, Series Debuts January 7
CBC CEO & Board Chairman Jim Goodmon will be the latest subject of UNC-TV’s Biographical Conversations series. The 3-part series about the Capitol Broadcasting leader debuts this week: UNC-TV is excited to premiere the latest installment of its Biographical Conversations series. Starting on January 7 at 10 PM, UNC-TV will premiere the first part of […]
A CBC Christmas Classic: Fred Fletcher and My Two Front Teeth
Fred Fletcher, son of Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher, helped launch WRAL-AM in 1939 and went on to play a variety of leadership roles as CBC expanded into television. Besides serving as General Manager, Fletcher was known for his love of performing. He played various radio roles on his show “Tempus Fugit” and later his […]
WRAL-TV, WRAZ-TV and WARZ-TV Continue Capitol Broadcasting Legacy of Technology and Innovation with Launch of NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0)
WUNC-TV Set to Launch, pending FCC approval, joins elite group in “most significant broadcast technology upgrade ever” WRAL (NBC) and WRAZ (FOX), a part of Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC), in partnership with WARZ, began broadcasting NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) on December 15th, 2020. Additionally, WUNC (UNC-TV), is also set to launch NEXTGEN TV, pending FCC […]
Golden Years Holiday Celebration Cancelled, But Seniors Remembered with Special Mailing from CBC & City of Raleigh
Capitol Broadcasting Company and the City of Raleigh have been jointly sponsoring a holiday event for Raleigh seniors for the past 62 years. As with every in-person event this season, the 63rd Annual Golden Years Holiday Celebration has been cancelled. But CBC and the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department wanted to make sure […]
CBC Podcast Network Shatters 2020 Goal
Capitol Broadcasting set a goal for podcasting in 2020 that is already well in the rearview mirror. CBC Audience Development is hitting its stride with the CBC Podcast Network, working closely with CBC Radio, WRAL News, WRAL Digital and the Durham Bulls as the team behind the growing enterprise. The local network has 16 active […]
WRAL Nights of Lights: A New, Family Friendly, COVID-Safe Holiday “Drive-Thru” Experience Inside Dorothea Dix Park
In a year of unprecedented change and disruption, WRAL-TV, in partnership with the City of Raleigh, and with support from Artsplosure/First Night Raleigh have joined forces to provide a new holiday experience: WRAL Nights of Lights. Taking place along a 1.3-mile route inside Dorothea Dix Park, the event aims to provide an opportunity for the […]
Next Installment of CBC FREE Webinar Series for Local Triangle Businesses April 30
Capitol Broadcasting and WRAL-TV will host their fifth in a free series of webinars to help local Triangle businesses on Thursday, April 30, 2020. The Here to Help webinar will take place at 2pm. Registration is free for local businesses to tune in and get advice from industry experts and hear ideas from other local business […]
Donations for NC Restaurant Workers Fun Grow to $750,000
The totals continue to grow for donations to the NC Restaurant Workers Relief Fund, reaching $750,000, earlier this week. Capitol Broadcasting divisions helped lead the charge with a virtual fundraiser on Thursday, March 26, 2020, raising $275,000, on that day alone. Thanks to generous viewers and listeners, the CBC Here to Help: Support Local Business […]