WRAL News Sets Through the Years
Our WRAL/Action News 5 news sets have morphed from a simple curtain backdrop to a high tech news gathering center. We’ve come a long way. During the ‘70s, many stations introduced the curved “gull wing” anchor desk and sleek architecture. The “gull wing” created better camera angles to transition from one anchor to another and […]
WRAL Reporter Wins NC Open Government Award
WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes was honored with a journalism award Monday, March 14, 2016, at the North Carolina Open Government Coalition’s annual Sunshine Day event, which celebrates government transparency. Dukes was recognized for his efforts to make thousands of UNC academic fraud records more accessible to the public and for his reporting on the death […]
WRAL-TV and NBC Continue Strong Ratings Together
The combination of NBC and WRAL-TV continues to prove fruitful. The first day delivered great ratings (NBC joined the WRAL-TV family on Monday, February 29th) and now the numbers are showing Sunday night is a winner as well. According to TV Week, for the first time in almost 12 years, NBC won an “in-season Sunday […]
Goodmon Honored for CREative Thinking for American Tobacco Project
CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon has once again been recognized for the transformation of the American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham. The Counselors of Real Estate Carolinas Chapter (CRE) recently honored Goodmon with a CREative Thinkers Award for the revitalization of American Tobacco and the positive effect it continues to have on the […]
Looking for Some NBC Swag?
When we think of “logo swag,” we usually think of t-shirts, caps, cups, pens, etc. Back-in-the-day, swag also included something that is rarely seen anymore; matchbooks! Take a look at this clever WRAL-TV/NBC matchbook! WRAL-AM radio was featured on the back. For those who preferred to flash the ABC swag, we provided the ABC version […]
RailHawks Sign Multiyear Local Broadcast Partnership With Capitol Broadcasting Company
RailHawks become the first professional soccer team in North Carolina to broadcast all regular season matches on television, radio, and online For the first time in their 10-year history, the Carolina RailHawks in partnership with Capitol Broadcasting Company will broadcast all 2016 RailHawks home and away games live via CBC’s platforms. A minimum of two games […]
American Tobacco’s Back Porch Music on the Lawn Lineup Released
The schedule has been released for this year’s Back Porch Music on the Lawn concert series at American Tobacco Campus in Durham. This free concert series runs Thursdays May 12 through Sept. 8. Shows start at 6 p.m. American Tobacco’s restaurants will be open and preparing quick grab items for concert-goers to enjoy picnic style as they […]
Watch Out Chris Rock, SUNNY 103.7 Supports the Girl Scouts
SUNNY 103.7 did something really cool this month to help local Girl Scout troops and benefit our troops overseas. During the month of February, Sunny 103.7FM asked local Girl Scout Troops to submit their troop numbers online for the chance of winning a $500 Cookie Buyout. The cookies bought would be donated to the USO […]
Rocky Mount to Receive Brewery Boost
Capitol Broadcasting Company purchased the Rocky Mount Mill in 2007. WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Bryan Mims put together a story about the goings on at the Mill for the news last week: Rocky Mount—a city in need of jobs—is about to get an economic boost. The city boasts an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent, the highest ranking in […]
Under Construction (Permanently!?!)
Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel gives an inside look on what’s going on at the DBAP in his latest ‘Note to Self’ blog entry: We can’t seem to put an end to our 2014 ballpark renovation. Two seasons later, we’re still bustin’ out walls and fixin’ up the venerable DBAP. This winter we’re installing […]