CBC Launches Website to Archive Company History
Capitol Broadcasting Company is pleased to announce the launch of a new website dedicated to the rich history of our company. We’re proud to publically launch The History of Capitol Broadcasting Company on Monday, December 15, 2014, the 58th anniversary of WRAL-TV’s sign-on, indeed an important day in our company history. This new digital archive […]
David vs Goliath, The Battle for Channel 5
December 15, 1956 is the date WRAL-TV began broadcasting to viewers in eastern North Carolina. In order to understand why this station is so driven, one needs to have insight into its founder and the first leadership team. No one can tell the story better than Tom Campbell, host of the program “NC Spin”. He […]
Bulls Game Entertainment Honored by GameOps.com
“Best Team Operations” Award Recognizes In-Stadium Entertainment, Presentation The Durham Bulls have been named winner of GameOps.com’s “Best Team Operations” award, honoring the professional sports franchise with the best game entertainment and presentation. The accolade joins a run of major awards this offseason for the Bulls, who were also named winners of the John H. […]
Duke’s 2015 Commencement To Be Held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Ladies and gentlemen, now pinch-hitting for Wallace Wade Stadium, the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. With the usual site of Duke University’s commencement ceremonies unavailable because of an extensive renovation project, school officials have worked out an agreement with the minor league baseball team to use the Bulls’ home field (DBAP) to host the event on […]
CBC Sponsors Whirligigs in Wilson
Folk artist Vollis Simpson is known far and wide for his whirligigs, towering works of art made from junkyard scraps powered only by the wind. He never considered himself an artist but continued making his creations until his death in 2013 at age 94. Now the town of Wilson is using Simpson’s work as the […]
Reporting Live, From Buffalo, In the Snow
When Buffalo, NY, recently experienced a recording-breaking November snowfall, WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel & WRAL-TV News Photographer Richard Adkins hit the road. The pair traveled up north to bring the snow story back to the Triangle. Adkins shared their winter weather experience with Capcom: The Buffalo Experience Set the Way-Back machine to 1998. That’s […]
A Broadcaster’s Worst Nightmare
Sunday, December 10, 1989 is a day etched in the memory of so many employees at Capitol Broadcasting. It was the day the 2000’ “Tall Tower” crashed to the ground. A devastating ice storm moved through the area Friday afternoon, December 8. Two days of freezing rain loaded tons of ice onto the tower and […]
WRAL-TV Tower Now Aglow for the Holidays
The WRAL-TV tower is now aglow for the holidays. The station lit the tower for the 55th time on Monday, December 1, 2014. A crowd came out to watch the lighting in person while thousands of viewers watched from home during the evening newscasts. The NC State Chorale provided holiday music in the studio while […]
Documentary about American Tobacco and Durham Renaissance Premieres on WRAL on Dec 4th
Just over a decade ago American Tobacco was an abandoned eyesore in downtown Durham, but now the campus is a thriving community. Because No One Else Would, a documentary celebrating the renaissance of Durham and American Tobacco, will premiere this Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7pm on WRAL-TV. Because No One Else Would challenges our notion […]
CBC Hosts 6th Annual Enable America Career Mentoring Day
Capitol Broadcasting and WRAL hosted the 6th Annual Enable America Career Mentoring Day on Tuesday November 18, 2014. Enable America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing employment for veterans and individuals with disabilities. A total of eight job seekers, including three US Army veterans each with multiple deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan, learned about the broadcasting […]