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 […]
Drones Spotted At CBC: See the VIDEO
Yes, drones recently appeared atop Capitol Broadcasting Company’s headquarters on Western Blvd in Raleigh. But don’t worry; it’s not a secret government spy program. Four hives of honey bees now call the roof of the WRAL studios home. Find out more about the installation by Bee Downtown in our recent capcom story: A Honey of […]
Vol. 1 No. 1 WRAL Tele-news Letter
Ladies and gentlemen, today we present to you the very first newsletter of WRAL-TV, March 1958. The latest trip out to the transmitter storage buildings yielded another mother-lode of golden goodies from CBC’s history. The cover story shows the broadcast building still in the construction phase. It is interesting to note how they planned to […]
Over $50K and 9,600 Lbs: Generous MIX Listeners Help BackPack Buddies
On Saturday, August 15, 2015, WRAL-FM staffers took a day of their weekend to help keep local children fed. Listeners brought food and monetary donations to collection locations manned by MIX personalities at both Crossroads Plaza and Brier Creek Commons in Raleigh. MIX 101.5’s annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive raised over $50,000 and collected 9,600 […]
Wool E. Bull is a Locavore
Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel shares about the food at the Bulls Ballpark in his latest Note to Self blog entry. Here’s what he had to say: It’s a challenge to embrace the local food movement at a sports stadium. A grocery store can stock more native products. A restaurant can build its menu […]
A Honey of a Friday: Bees Arrive at CBC
Capitol Broadcasting Company’s headquarters on Western Blvd is home to the latest in digital television, cutting edge technology, state-of-the-art antennae and the leading news reports, but on Friday, August 14, 2015, the campus literally had the biggest buzz in the Triangle. Four beehives containing 35,000 honey bees moved into their new home atop the WRAL […]
Parklet Promotion Wins Award for American Tobacco and GoSmart
What could you do with a parking space if you didn’t need to park a car in it? The options are endless, and this spring American Tobacco challenged their tenants to come up with a few. ATC tenant Bronto Nation ended up taking home the top prize, and in late July ATC ended up taking […]
The Birth of a Station
“The Birth of a Station” is the title to chapter 5 of Fred Fletcher’s book, “Tempus Fugit” written in 1990. Fred, one of the sons of A.J. Fletcher – Founder of Capitol Broadcasting Company, recalls when and where it all began in 1938. Here is chapter 5, “The Birth of a Station.” The WRAL radio […]
CNBC Highlights Success of American Underground
American Underground is making headlines again. In a recent article on CNBC, writer Kate Rogers explores the successes of the entrepreneurial hub at American Tobacco through Tatiana Birgisson and her start-up, Mati Energy. “Just a few years ago, American Underground was an abandoned tobacco warehouse, but thanks to an undisclosed investment by regional media conglomerate […]