WILM-TV Uses Digital Signage to Display Election Results
Travelers along Wilmington’s busiest thoroughfares kept an eye on North Carolina’s gubernatorial race on Election Day powered by Capitol Broadcasting Company’s WILM-TV and New Media Group. On November 8, Fairway digital billboards in six Wilmington locations displayed the percentage of votes for the Republican and Democratic candidates alongside the WILM-TV logo and website URL, where […]
Dateline 1959: NBC Executive Cuts Ribbon at WRAL-TV
We are just about a month away from officially recognizing WRAL-TV’s 60th birthday. The CBC scrapbook continues to reveal a treasure trove of memories. April 15th is usually viewed as the dreaded “tax day,” but in 1959 it was a day of celebration at 2619 Western Boulevard. It marked the completion of the Western Boulevard […]
Rocky Mount Mills Celebrates History, Reunites with Workers
On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Rocky Mount Mills and UNC-Chapel Hill American Studies Department hosted a Rocky Mount Mills Worker Reunion. Former workers, their families, friends and communities shared their experiences and memories on a beautiful October day. On the Saturday afternoon special people gathered and enjoyed their past times, music and tours of the […]
CBC Sports Radio’s Maloney Honored Among Best Radio Managers by Radio Ink
Radio Ink recently honored CBC Sports Radio General Manager Brian Maloney in its 2016 Best Radio Managers in the Country issue. In making the announcement, Radio Ink told Maloney, “Among so many radio managers across the country, our panel of management experts has chosen you as one of those who rises above the rest.” Radio […]
60 Years of WRAL History Came Together at State Fair
Thousands of visitors walked through the WRAL-TV tent at the 2016 North Carolina State Fair and were treated to a history lesson about the Big 5. WRAL-TV Promotion & Event Coordinator Debbie Tullos talked to Capcom about how the idea for the pop-up mini-museum arose and then how the station’s creative team made it happen: […]
Selling Radio Air Time
Would you buy something that you cannot see, feel, smell or touch? A good radio sales representative can knock down those potential stumbling blocks in a heart-beat. It is “sound that sells.” Radio is “theater of the mind.” Back in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, WRAL-AM, located at 1240 on the AM dial, was […]
CBC Distributes Azaleas, Honors A.J. Fletcher Winners, in 31st Annual Celebration
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, CBC distributed azaleas to the winning nonprofits in the 31st annual WRAL Azalea Celebration at the CBC transmitter site off 5033 TV Tower Rd. Approximately 100 groups from all across the state of NC came to pick up their plants. Every group is eligible to receive 50 azaleas to help […]
WRAL-TV to Broadcast Veterans Day Parade Nov. 5
WRAL-TV and UNC-TV’s NC Channel to broadcast 2016 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade Presented by the Cumberland County Veterans Council and the City of Fayetteville LIVE coverage begins 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 5 WRAL-TV and UNC-TV’s NC Channel will broadcast the 2016 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade presented by the Cumberland County Veterans Council and the City […]
Keeping Up with the Past & the Present at Rocky Mount Mills
As work continues to progress at Rocky Mount Mills, the restoration and renovation is garnering more attention in the media. Our State Magazine recently published an article about the generations of craftsmen, both past and present at the Rocky Mount Mills: Our State Magazine: Bricks & Barley Want to keep up with the latest at […]
Generous WRAL Viewers “Fill the Bus” Over Threefold for Storm Relief
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, WRAL-TV joined forces with Go Triangle, the United Way of the Greater Triangle and the Raleigh-Durham International Airport to collect needed items for those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Generous viewers filled three full-size buses and to large vans with items. That means they will have over one full busload to […]