Area Seniors Gather To Celebrate Holidays with CBC & WRAL

Area Seniors Gather To Celebrate Holidays with CBC & WRAL Triangle seniors enjoyed the 46th Annual Golden Years Holiday Celebration on Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at the Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Complex. The event, presented by Capitol Broadcasting Company and WRAL-TV in cooperation with the City of Raleigh Parks & Recreation Department, began at […]

WRAL Legend & Friend to Children Everywhere Remembered By Triangle Seniors

WRAL Legend & Friend to Children Everywhere Remembered By Triangle Seniors “Uncle Paul” Montgomery Oct 12, 1924 – Dec 24, 2002 He may have been legally blind, but Paul Montgomery saw what it takes to make people happy. His gap-tooth grin as wide as the brim of the dilapidated top hat he wore, “Uncle Paul” […]

House Votes On Ownership Cap Compromise

House Votes On Ownership Cap Compromise The Filing: CBC’s 8/18/03 Stay Motion* Resources: The FCC Press Release spelling out the ruling* Synopsis of the FCC rule changes FCC website *You need Adobe Acrobat to view this ruling. To get the reader for free, visit Adobe.com On Monday, December 8, 2003, the House of Representatives voted […]

Triangle Holiday Musical Tradition to Continue

Triangle Holiday Musical Tradition to Continue Edenten Street Methodist will host the 24th Annual Messiah Sing-In. The 24th Annual Messiah Sing-In will take place at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in downtown Raleigh this Friday, December 5, 2003, at 8pm. Professional soloists will join an orchestra of NC Symphony members to lead the audience of […]

Goodmon Awards Presented at Leadership Triangle Graduation

Goodmon Awards Presented at Leadership Triangle Graduation CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon helped present the awards named for him and honor the first Goodmon Fellow graduates of Leadership Triangle in Durham on Wednesday, November 12, 2003. The 2nd Annual Goodmon Awards luncheon followed an open discussion forum and graduation ceremony. AJFF Executive Director Tom […]

CBC Helps Celebrate the Communities

CBC Helps Celebrate the Communities WRAL-TV’s Jim Hefner made opening comments at the October breakfast. “Equal opportunity cannot happen without equal preparation.” -Wintley Phipps A Community Prayer Breakfast celebrating the success of Wake County students took place at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh on Monday, October 27, 2003. The event capped two days of programs […]

Court of Appeals Hearing Date Postponed

Court of Appeals Hearing Date Postponed The Court’s Decision: Stay Order from the Third Circut Court of Appeals* The Filing: CBC’s 8/18/03 Stay Motion* Resources: The FCC Press Release spelling out the ruling* Synopsis of the FCC rule changes FCC website *You need Adobe Acrobat to view this ruling. To get the reader for free, […]

Goodmon Calls For Standards at FCC Localism Hearing

Goodmon Calls For Standards at FCC Localism Hearing CBC’s Jim Goodmon spoke about the need for measurable standards for broadcasters. FCC Chairman Michael Powell and Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein traveled to Charlotte on Wednesday, October 22, 2003, to hold the first of six hearings for the Commission’s Localism Task Force. Capitol Broadcasting Company […]

Goodmon Makes the Front Page of the Wall Street Journal

Goodmon Makes the Front Page of the Wall Street Journal On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, Wall Street Journal Staff Reporters Matthew Rose & Joe Flint featured CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon in their story “Behind Media-Ownership Fight, An Old Power Struggle Rages” on the front page of the publication. Rose & Flint write, “Mr. […]

Nominations Sought for Martin Luther King Youth Concert Narrator

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nominations Sought for Martin Luther King Youth Concert Narrator For the second year in a row, in a solid display of cross-cultural cooperation, four Triangle-area businesses and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to produce an orchestral/choral concert featuring area young people. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 7:30 p.m., at the […]