WRAL-TV Viewers Come Through with $125K in 2016 Coats for Children Telethon
“What could be better during the holiday season than raising money for the Salvation Army, so they can help hundreds of local families have a warmer winter and a more joyful Christmas?” – WRAL-TV Director of Local Production Phyllis Parish On Friday, December 7, 2016, WRAL-TV’s Coats for the Children Telethon took over Studio A. […]
CBC Wins PNC Arena Contest with Tower Lighting on Suite Door
This December the PNC Arena held a Premium Services Door Decorating Contest for their patrons with suites on the Club Level. The challenge? Decorate their suite door for the holidays. When CBC heard about the challenge, we quickly put together a premium team. The PNC Arena announced this week that Capitol Broadcasting won the 2016 […]
New WRAL Documentary “Black and Blue” Airs Tuesday at 7pm
WRAL presents an unprecedented two-hour community conversation about the relationship between law enforcement and the African American community, on TV, web and social media Tuesday, Dec. 13 “WRAL Documentary: Black and Blue” on WRAL-TV at 7 p.m. “Beyond Black and Blue” streamed on wraldocumentary.com at 7:30 p.m. Community conversation at #BlackandBlueNC Black men shot by […]
WRAL News and Weather Now Available on Amazon Echo
WRAL just got a little more connected. Technology is constantly evolving and changing the way news is consumed, and WRAL is staying on the leading edge of this evolution with its integration into Amazon’s Echo platform. Amazon Echo is a hands-free, always-on speaker that responds to voice commands, and delivers information requested by the user […]
Ratings Dominator from the Start!
WRAL’s dominance in ratings started right-off-the-bat after The Big 5 signed-on in December, 1956. According to then WRAL General Manager Fred Fletcher in his book Tempus Fugit, “By July, 1958 – a year and a half after sign-on – we were able to claim that we had led in every Raleigh-Durham ARB survey, sign-on to […]
WRAL-TV Set For 28th Annual Coats for the Children Telethon on Friday, December 9th
For the 28th year, WRAL-TV is working with the Salvation Army to provide warm winter clothing, money and new toys for North Carolina families in need. And for the 28th time, WRAL-TV will broadcast a telethon to raise money to buy warm, winter clothing and new toys for these children. On Friday, Dec. 9, WRAL-TV […]
WRAL-TV Makes Impact with Social Media
WRAL-TV is known for news excellence and now the station is getting attention for its excellence in using social media. NetNewsCheck posted the article “WRAL Leads Raleigh Social Media Scene” on Monday, December 5, 2016. NetNewsCheck’s Paul Greeley leads off the piece, writing, “WRAL’s enterprising approach to Facebook powers its robust lead among local media […]
Durham Lights Lucky Strike Tower on American Tobacco Campus
In downtown Durham, the American Tobacco Historic District welcomed the holiday season with the 12th annual lighting of the Lucky Strike Tower on December 2, 2016. The festivities included musical entertainment and area school choirs will performed a variety of Christmas songs before Santa and Wool E. Bull take to the stage to help light […]
WRAL-TV Tower Now Aglow for Holidays
WRAL-TV’s tower became a beacon for the holidays as is annual tradition on Thursday, December 1, 2016. The first day of December always marks the WRAL Tower Lighting. WRAL-TV Anchors Debra Morgan & David Crabtree hosted the event alongside WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel during the newcasts between 5:00-6:30pm. The 58th Annual Tower Lighting did […]
WRAL-TV’s Lamb Honored for Reporting on Prison Systems
WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb often covers stories featuring the North Carolina prison system in her work at the Big 5. Recently she received special recognition from a criminal justice organization for her work reporting in that field. The North Carolina Correctional Association honored Lamb with its 2016 Outstanding Journalism Award. The award recognizes her for […]