Bulls Break All-Time, Single-Season Paid Attendance Record
DBAP’s 20th Anniversary Season Welcomes Most Fans in Franchise History, Breaking Record Set in 2014 With an announced crowd of 10,016 for the Saturday night, September 6th game, the Durham Bulls have again broken their all-time, single-season paid attendance record. Durham Bulls Athletic Park has now hosted a cumulative paid attendance of 536,359 during its […]
WDNC Raleigh Debuts New Morning Show
Buzz Sports Radio adds Colin Cowherd to complete weekday lineup Buzz Sports Radio (WDNC-FM 99.3FM/96.5FM/620AM & 99.9 HD2) on Tuesday, September 8th debuts a new morning drive show and revamped daily lineup. “The Morning Show with Mike, Lauren & Demetri” will retain morning host Mike Maniscalco from the previous morning program and adds local sports […]
Charlie and Nancy Celebrate Their 55th Anniversary
On September 3, 1960, Charlie Gaddy and Nancy Rankin became Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gaddy. The story of how they met and the “wooing of Nancy” is best told by Charlie. Check out on the CBC History Website by clicking on this link. http://history.capitolbroadcasting.com/media-assets/charlie-gaddy-part-one/?from=790 Charlie shares his memory of first meeting Nancy at 33:10 into […]
MIX Listeners Win Night at the Bulls
What do you get when you mix radio and baseball? A fun night at the Durham Bulls for some lucky MIX 101.5 listeners. In a recent contest, WRAL-FM Morning Show Co-Hosts Gene and Julie Gates challenged listeners to “Beat the Bomb” to win four passes to the Bulls game on Sunday, August 30, 2015. The […]
Bulls Go Bald for Children’s Cancer
The Capitol Broadcasting suite at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park is infamous for its barber chair and dedicated barber, but the front office staff and team took getting your hair cut at the ballpark to a whole new level on Friday, August 28, 2015. One coach, four players and five staff members went under the […]
From Providence to Durham: A Look Back at the Building of the Bulls
Earlier in August, a collection of businesspeople and baseball executives from Providence, RI, traveled to Durham to see the Durham Bulls stadium and the surrounding development. The northern city is considering building a stadium for the PawSox, the Triple-A to affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and moving them from Pawtucket to Providence. Kate Bramson, […]
WRAL’s First Female Sportscaster
The February, 1968 edition of Tele-News Letter introduced the newest addition to the WRAL sports department without divulging her name: “A winsome bit of pulchritude with a penchant for prodigious percentages in pigskin prognostications joins the TV5 Sports staff in mid-February.” With that introduction, you would have thought she was related to “Jimmy the Greek” […]
Durham Bulls Set New Single-Season Sellout Record
Thirteenth Capacity-Plus Crowd of the Year Breaks DBAP’s Previous Mark Set in 1998 Saturday night’s announced crowd of 10,417 is the thirteenth sellout at Durham Bulls Athletic Park this season, breaking the previous single-season high of twelve sellouts set in 1998. The thirteen capacity-plus crowds this year include a July 4th attendance of 11,871, which […]
Durham Bulls Team with Vs. Cancer Foundation
Players, Coaches, and Front Office Members to Shave Heads to Raise Funds to Cure Kids’ Cancer The Durham Bulls have announced a partnership with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to Cure Kids’ Cancer. Bulls players, coaches and front office staff members are participating in fundraising efforts for the foundation, culminating with “Durham Bulls vs. Cancer Night” at […]
Young Players Honored at Bulls
A group of local youth recently took center stage at the Durham Bulls on Friday, August 7, 2015. Players from the Durham Bulls Youth Athletic League (DBYAL) Blue Jays were celebrated as part of the Play Ball initiative, a joint venture between Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. Play Ball is a comprehensive website with […]