Project Tanzania 1985-2000, The Zanzibar Doors
Project Tanzania 1985 – 2000 The Zanzibar Doors Project Tanzania was an ongoing effort to help people in the East African nation of Tanzania overcome the effects of hunger, drought, and poverty. It was a way for North Carolinians to make a difference in the lives of people in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania through […]
American Tobacco Project A Possibility
American Tobacco Project A Possibility As previously announced, Capitol Broadcasting has been contemplating taking on another project in Durham, NC: to renovate the old American Tobacco Building and continue its efforts to help revitalize downtown Durham. Adjacent to two other successful ventures, The Durham Bulls Athletic Park and Diamondview Office Building, this project would continue […]
Groundbreaking For The Healing Place
Groundbreaking For The Healing Place The Healing Place of Wake County is a facility designed to provide support and a recovery program to homeless people with substance abuse problems. It will be located on a beautiful 4.5-acre track of land on the Dorothea Dix Campus in Raleigh, NC. It is an innovative treatment center for […]
Capitol Broadcasting Company Receives Human Relations Award
Capitol Broadcasting Company Receives Human Relations Award On February 7, Jim Goodmon accepted The Business Award for Outstanding Service To the Citizens of Raleigh during the Eleventh Annual Human Relations Awards Banquet in Raleigh, NC. The award was presented by the City of Raleigh’s Human Resources & Human Relations Advisory Commission for all of the […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast
Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast Capitol Broadcasting Company honors the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his dream by sponsoring the Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. It was held this year at the Sheraton Imperial, Research Triangle Park, NC with over 1,500 people attending. People feasted on a hot buffet breakfast of […]
Jim Goodmon Is Presented A Regional Emmy Award
Jim Goodmon Is Presented A Regional Emmy Award On February 5, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) awarded their annual Regional Emmy Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Fifty-seven awards (WRAL-TV5 staff won 9 awards) were presented from over 650 entries. NATAS National Trustee C. Paul Corbin presented James F. Goodmon, President and CEO […]
Editorial: A merry man departs – January 11, 2000
Editorial: A merry man departs – January 11, 2000 Story from the News and Observer Web Site: January 11, 2000 Fred Fletcher lived long, well and happily. He made others happy, too. Fletcher, who was 89 at his death Saturday, was at one time president of Raleigh-based Capitol Broadcasting, a company that his father, A.J. […]
Death Notices – January 11, 2000
Death Notices – January 11, 2000 Story from the News and Observer Web Site: January 11, 2000 FRED FLETCHER SR. DEC. 4, 1910 – JAN. 8, 2000 RALEIGH — “Once upon a time” in a place called Raleigh, lived a gentle giant – a man called Fred Fletcher. He was a man who lived to […]
Fred Fletcher Dies at 89
Fred Fletcher Dies at 89 Story from the Associated Press: January 10, 200 RALEIGH, Jan. 10 – Fred Fletcher, a leading Raleigh broadcaster and passionate advocate of improving the city’s parks system, has died at age 89. Fletcher died Saturday of prostate cancer. The Apex-born Fletcher started out in radio and was president and general […]
Fred Fletcher, 89, dies of prostate cancer
Fred Fletcher, 89, dies of prostate cancer Story from the News and Observer Web Site: January 10, 2000 He gave Raleigh lively radio and recreation By TIM SIMMONS, News and Observer Staff Writer News and Observer Staff Photo By Corey Lowenstein Fletcher, at 85. Fred Fletcher had his family name, he had his position as […]