American Tobacco Installs Tree of Bikes
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, a unique kind of Christmas tree went up at American Tobacco. Bull City Metal Fabricators created the structure that will hold about 120 brand new bicycles. Generous Triangle citizens are donating the bikes for Durham children in need. ATC staffers Rodney Collier, Terry McBroom and Craig Hogan did the leg […]
WRAL Crew Puts Together Ratings-Winning Coverage of WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade
WRAL-TV crew members pulled off another successful parade on Saturday, November 21, 2015. The WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas parade, sponsored by Shop Local Raleigh, took over the streets of downtown Raleigh and the televisions of WRAL viewers all over the Triangle. “Thanks to the hard work of a very talented group of people, we had another […]
99.9 The Fan’s Adam and Joe on TALKERS.com Top 100 Sports Talk Hosts
99.9 The Fan’s Dynamic Duo, Adam Gold and Joe Ovies, are once again landing on the charts. TALKERS magazine recently named Adam and Joe to their list of Top 100 Sports Talk Shows in America. TALKERS solicited input from industry leaders to compile the fourth annual Heavy Hundred of Sports Talk – The Most Important […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Earn Numerous MidSouth Emmy Noms
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 have both received multiple nods from the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Scienes (NATAS). The stations received a total of 34 nominations in 30 categories ranging from News and Promotions to Technical Achievement. The Emmy winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Country Music […]
Tis the Season for Parades
Dating as far back as 1959, WRAL has been a part of the Raleigh Christmas Parade. Check out this picture (left) of the WRAL float as it eases down the parade route. Seated up front is Paul Montgomery, better known as “Uncle Paul,” and standing behind him is “Miss Margaret,” host of Romper Room. At […]
CBC Continues to Expand Commitment to the Hispanic Community
From a locally produced television program to the Internet to community events, Capitol Broadcasting Company holds a commitment to the Hispanic community in the Triangle as a high priority. FOX 50 Latino Marketing Specialist Ana Maria Bonell spearheads CBC’s efforts which utilize the unique resources of many of our divisions. For example, throughout the year […]
American Tobacco To Deck the Halls with Bicycles?
A new structure is under construction at American Tobacco, one that will make the holidays brighter for some Durham children in need. American Tobacco is creating a Tree of Bikes. The Habitat for Humanity of Durham brought the idea to ATC Vice President of Real Estate Michael Goodmon. They saw it on a video from […]
Golden Corral Turns to Microspace for Continuity & Communications Solutions
Company Offers Complete Suite of Enterprise Connectivity Options A pioneer in communications solutions for enterprise applications and content delivery, Microspace Communications recently teamed up with legendary restaurant operator Golden Corral to solve their business continuity challenges and improve company-wide corporate communications. Golden Corral presented two key issues to Microspace: Migrate from their existing legacy continuity […]
Power Couple = RAYCOM
Today, just about everyone in the sports broadcasting biz has heard of RAYCOM. It was formed in 1979 by Rick and Dee Ray. So, what does this have to do with CBC history? Let’s rewind to an article that appeared in the September 27, 1984 edition of CAPCOM. In last months’ CAPCOM CBC President Jim […]
It Takes a Small Army to Put on a Veterans Day Parade Broadcast
Even the weather saluted military servicemen and women when it came time for WRAL-TV’s live broadcast of the 2015 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade. The WRAL crew on location kept tabs with the WRAL Weather Center, but the rain stayed away as the annual celebration kicked off the route at 10am on Saturday, November 7. No […]