WRAL-TV Wins Seven Regional Emmys, Including News Excellence
WRAL-TV had a busy weekend for two reasons. As staffers prepared the station for the change to NBC on Monday, several WRAL-TV employees traveled to Nashville to attend the 30th Regional Emmy Awards. They picked up 7 statuettes for the station during the annual awards presentation on Saturday, February 27, 2016. WRAL-TV won the prestigious […]
WRAL-TV Welcomes NBC to the Family February 29th
The clouds parted and the sun shone down on Capitol Broadcasting as WRAL-TV made the change to NBC on Monday, February 29, 2016. The day began with CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon flipping the switch in Master Control, live on air with WRAL-TV Anchors Renee Chou and Bill Leslie at 7am. The Today Show […]
The Big Day Is Here: WRAL-TV Becomes NBC Affiliate
The big day is here! Today, February 29, 2016, WRAL-TV welcomes NBC to our family. Visit our exclusive page designed to help you navigate through a multitude of content including: programming line-up, a slideshow of the NBC peacock, behind the scenes footage of the peacock’s visit to WRAL, and much more information: wral.com/nbc Tune in to […]
Network Signing Days Through the Years
1956 NBC Fred Fletcher, WRAL –TV VP and General Manager inks the deal with NBC. August 1, 1962 ABC No photo. Considering that WRAL shared ABC with WTVD until August 1, 1962, it must have been a rather anti-climactic event. August 4, 1985 CBS Capitol Broadcasting Company CEO Jim Goodmon signs the contract with CBS […]
Why WRAL-TV Can Be Proud as a Peacock
As WRAL-TV enters the final few days before the big switch to NBC, the station is getting national kudos for its promotion of the change. TVNewsCheck published a piece last week about the idea and the execution behind WRAL’s real live peacock promos. Read the entire article: WRAL Struts Its Peacock In NBC Affiliation Switch
CBC, WRAL-TV Support, Attend Understanding Islam Forum in Raleigh
At the annual Leadership Triangle Awards Gala last December, CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon issued a challenge. He encouraged the audience members to attend a local mosque or make a connection with a Muslim, to help unite the Triangle community and help bring an end to hate and fear. That challenge inspired an idea, […]
First Ever Internet Live Stream Game for CBC New Media’s HighSchoolOT
CBC New Media’s HighSchoolOT brand has been covering prep sports exhaustively for years. It was the first Triangle area media outlet with a website and app dedicated to high school sports, and HSOT has produced more prep video content than any other media outlet in the state. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, HSOT expanded its […]
Fan Fest to Kick Off 2016 Durham Bulls Season
Batting Practice, On-Field Games Highlight Opening Day of Ticket Sales With Durham Bulls Opening Day 49 days away, the team’s annual Fan Fest will kick off the 2016 campaign at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The event serves as the […]
NBC News Anchor Lester Holt Trivia Questions
We enjoyed meeting NBC News anchor Lester Holt last week. Learn some more facts about him. Lester Holt co-anchored the evening news at WBBM in Chicago with a former WRAL news anchor? Name that person. a) Bobbie Battista b) Adele Arakawa c) Sandra Bookman d) Shelly Kofler 2. Lester Holt enjoys playing a musical instrument. […]
More on the WRAL Peacock
We recently shared scoop and photos about the creation of the peacock promos to advertise WRAL-TV’s conversion to NBC. Today we’d like to share even more about the fun WRAL’s Creative Team had putting the peacock pieces together. WRAL-TV Creative Director Shelly Leslie wrote all about the adventure in her recent blog post. Check it […]