Healthcare Solutions Group Relocates Headquarters to Rocky Mount Mills Development
Envolve Vision, a part of healthcare solutions company Envolve Health, is relocating its headquarters to the Rocky Mount Mills development in that Edgecombe County city. The development is owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, the corporate parent of WRAL.com and WRAL TechWire. CBC also renovated the American Tobacco Campus in Durham. The relocation was announced early […]
Durham Bulls Rank Top 25 in MiLB Merchandise Sales for 25th Straight Season
Franchise is Only Team to Make List Each Year Since 1992 Minor League Baseball released its Top 25 teams in licensed merchandise sales for 2016 on Monday, June 12, 2017, and the Durham Bulls made the annual list for the 25th straight season. The Bulls are the industry’s only team to make the list each […]
Successful Saturday of Rocky Mount Mills 5K Race Includes Concert and Food Truck Rodeo
The sun shone bright while hundreds of people gathered at Rocky Mount Mills for the Rocky Mount Mills 5K Race, Concert, and Food Truck Rodeo on Saturday, June 3, 2017. Runners of all ages competed together as they made their way along the race course including: The Mills, Tar River Trail, Sunset Ave, River Drive and […]
Tony Gupton “Mr. GPS”
You might be surprised to find out how some of our long-term employees got their foot in the door at Capitol Broadcasting. Tony Gupton has quite a tale to tell from how he went from digging in the dirt to shooting the stars, all from the WRAL campus on Western Boulevard. Tony, AKA “Guppy,” is […]
WRAL-TV, Baez Honored by Salvation Army for Hurricane Matthew Coverage
The Salvation Army of Fayetteville recently honored WRAL-TV for the station’s coverage of Hurricane Matthew, both during the storm and in the days following. WRAL-TV Reporter Gilbert Baez accepted the 2016 Media Excellence Award at the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. “In the spirit of camaraderie as a community, we want […]
Shelly Leslie To Lead New Audience Development Initiative; Jay Yovanovich Named Director Of Marketing for WRAL/FOX 50
WRAL-TV Creative Director Shelly Leslie is celebrating 30 years with the station with a significant promotion. Effective Friday, June 2, 2017, she is now general manager of audience development — a new Capitol Broadcasting Company division focused on growing the company’s digital video footprint. This division will run like a startup inside the company, creating […]
American Tobacco Acquires Big Top
Quest for tech talent, crucial to regional success, gets boost from merger, expansion of resources Job seekers and companies in urgent need of talent will now have a one stop shop to find and fill jobs as well as to find out the latest news and trends driving North Carolina’s innovation economy. The American Underground—a […]
Capitol Broadcasting Company Partners with Professional Builders Supply
Capitol Broadcasting Company announced on Thursday, June 2, 2017, the acquisition of a substantial interest in Professional Builders Supply (PBS), a Morrisville-based building material distributor serving major markets across the Carolinas. The investment creates a new equity partnership among CBC and PBS founder and CEO Van Isley, CFO Steve Lochbaum and founder and Wilmington Market […]
WRAL Explorer Post 5 Wraps Successful Year
“I’m very proud to know and work with this group of young people, and can’t wait to see the great things they’ll end up achieving in the future.” – WRAL-TV Steve Elizondo The 2016-2017 WRAL Explorer Post 5 Team recently wrapped up their year of learning at the Big 5. WRAL-TV Digital Media Administrator Steve […]
550 Creative Team Earns Nine PromaxBDA Noms
PromaxBDA released their list of 2017 award finalists late last week, and the WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Creative teams, now familiarly known as 550 Creative, earned nine nominations. The annual PromaxBDA Awards celebrate and honor “the best in local media, marketing and design, driving excellence, creativity and innovation from the local market.” And the CBC […]