WRAL-AM Marketing and Another WRAL 1st!
“Grass Roots” marketing must have originated at WRAL-AM. The station signed-on March 22, 1939, from studios at 130 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh. At that point in time, WRAL-AM was a 250 watt underdog to the 50,000 watt dominant WPTF radio station. It was going to be a tough row to hoe. Fred Fletcher, CBC […]
WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest is This Weekend
GoAskMom’s Sarah Lindenfeld Hall put together a great guide for the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest which is coming to Fuquay-Varina this weekend. Here’s what she had to say: I grew up in upstate New York where you saw hot air balloons almost daily in the spring, summer and fall. So I’m so excited to check […]
Alumni Village, Fan Fest Highlight ACC Baseball Championship Week
American Tobacco Campus Hosts Week-Long Events As the ACC Baseball Championship bracket has been set, the American Tobacco Campus and other areas outside Durham Bulls Athletic Park will host week-long events for fans of the tournament, including the Alumni Village presented by Quintiles and the ACC Fan Fest. The Alumni Village will be housed on […]
WRAL-TV & FOX 50 Receive Ten Nominations for PromaxBDA Local Awards
PromaxBDA has now announced the finalists for the PromaxBDA 2016 Local Awards, and the FOX 50 and WRAL-TV Creative Services teams have racked up a total of ten nods. Each CBC station received five nominations. The annual PromaxBDA Local Awards celebrates and honors the best in local media, marketing and design, driving excellence, creativity and […]
Durham Bulls Retire Charlie Montoyo’s No. 25
IL Hall of Famer Becomes Fifth Player in Franchise History to Have Number Retired The Durham Bulls retired former manager and 2016 International League Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Montoyo’s No. 25 in an on-field ceremony prior to Thursday night’s game, May 19, 2016, at the DBAP against the Rochester Red Wings. The jersey retirement […]
Raleigh Charter High School Crowned WRAL’s Brain Game Champs
Are you smarter than a high school student? Probably not, if we’re talking about Raleigh Charter High School. WRAL-TV recently crowned the Raleigh Charter Team as the 2016 Brain Game Champions. On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, Brain Game Host Mark Roberts visited Raleigh Charter to present Ben Rutherford, Prakruth Adari, Alicia Chen, and Kim Sharp […]
High Definition. We Were 1st!
1. WRAL-TV obtained the first experimental HDTV (high-definition television) license in June of what year? a) 1994 b) 1995 c) 1996 d) 1997 2. When did WRAL-TV become the first commercial television station in the nation to broadcast an HDTV signal? a) 1994 b) 1995 c) 1996 d) 1997 3. In 1998, WRAL’s digital experimentation […]
Bulls City Blues Debut, Montoyo’s Induction Highlight Weekend Homestand
Friday and Saturday Night Fireworks, Wool E. Bull’s Birthday Also Part of Big Weekend Series Several historic events will accompany the Durham Bulls’ home stand, a four-game series against the Rochester Red Wings starting Thursday, May 19. Former Bulls skipper Charlie Montoyo will be inducted into the International League Hall of Fame and the Bulls […]
Radio Ink Ranks CBC Sports Radio’s Glasgow Among Best Program Directors
CBC Sports Radio Operations Manager/Program Director Dennis Glasgow is among the best program directors in American. Radio Ink Magazine released their “2016 Most Successful Program Directors in Radio” in May, and made the list. Radio Ink recognized the Top 50, selected from among over 15,000 radio stations in the United States. “First of all, I […]
The On-Ramp to the Information Highway!
1. What year did WRAL launch its website? a) 1994 b) 1995 c) 1996 d) 1997 2. What was the name of the original website? a) WRALnews.com b) WRAL.OnLine c) WRALinfo.com d) CBCWRAL.com 3. The original homepage featured an easy to navigate map. Visitors could click a drawing of a satellite truck for news, the […]