Bulls Broadcaster to Work Olympics, Organization Announces Replacements

Patrick Kinas

Patrick Kinas Heads to Rio as Local Personalities Set to Fill In Durham Bulls play-by-play broadcaster Patrick Kinas will miss a block of 22 games from July 31-Aug. 22, as he heads to Brazil to broadcast swimming and other events for Westwood One radio at the 2016 Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro. For […]

NC Filmmaker Talks About Movie with Scenes Shot in WRAL Gardens

Drew Boyd

A few years ago a film crew descended upon the WRAL Gardens to shoot scenes for a North Carolina-based movie.  Filmmaker Anderson Boyd recently came back by the station to talk about “Well Wishes.”  Hailed as “equal parts satirical comedy, gentle-drama and road film,” the story is about a man who just lost his job […]

Merge Records Night Returns for Fourth Year

Merge Night at Bulls

Annual Event to be Held at DBAP on August 4 The Durham Bulls and Merge Records have teamed up for the fourth straight year to present the annual Merge Records Night at the DBAP, taking place on August 4. Durham-based independent label Merge will curate Bulls’ at-bat music, as the two Bull City icons will […]

CBC’s Habel on New Durham Sports Commission

Durham sports

Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel is a member of the newly assembled Durham Sports Commission.  He tells us all about in his latest blogpost in Note to Self: Durham Sports Commission The Bulls, Duke athletics and NCCU sports bring considerable notoriety (and patron dollars) to Durham, but we are about to take the proverbial […]

20th Anniversary of HD Launch at WRAL

Jim Goodmon

This Saturday, July 23, 2016, will mark the 20th anniversary of WRAL launching HD.  The station began the transmission of full-power digital test signals on the same date in 1996, with authorization granted by the FCC.  Capitol Broadcasting led the way in HD, transmitting before HD-ready television set were on the marketing.  No programming was […]

Free Festival Celebrating Dorothea Dix as Future Park

Destination Dix map

A free festival will welcome family and friends to celebrate the Dorothea Dix Campus near downtown Raleigh and its planned transition to a park.  The daylong event will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016, and will feature tethered hot air balloon rides, a Ferris wheel, food vendors, live music, children’s activities and more. CBC […]

WRAL-TV Participates in NBC’s 2nd Annual Pet Adoption Drive This Saturday

dogs

This Saturday, July 23, 2016, WRAL-TV will join NBCUniversal in a national pet adoption drive in which local shelters will waive adoption fees for one day.  Clear The Shelters (CTS) is a nationwide pet adoption initiative that brings shelters, rescue groups, and adopters together to find loving homes for pets in need. This is done […]

Sets Were Simple in ‘63

Ray Wilkinson

Take a look at this picture of Ray Wilkinson, WRAL Farm Director, seated at the Farm News set in 1963. Nothing fancy schmancy here! Ray Wilkinson joined the WRAL-TV staff as farm news director November 29, 1963. Of course he would need an appropriate desk that could readily communicate to viewers that it was time […]

Bulls Make History: No-Hitter and IL Weekly Awards Sweep

Justin Marks

The Durham Bulls made history on Monday, July 18, 2016, when two teammates swept the weekly International League (IL) Awards. The Bulls’ Justin Marks and JP Arencibia were named IL Pitcher of the Week and Batter of the Week, respectively. Marks pitched the Durham Bulls’ first-ever Triple-A nine-inning no-hitter on Saturday night in Syracuse. Another […]

Take Me Out to…Fort Bragg: An Epic Event Through the Lens of a News Photog

Michael Joyner

When the Atlanta Braves took on the Florida Marlins in a historic game at Fort Bragg on Sunday, July 3, 2016, several CBC’ers were there in different capacities.  Yesterday we shared a viewpoint of the field from the perspective of Durham Bulls Director of Operations and Grounds Scott Strickland, who helped create the field in […]