CBC Distributes 5,000 Azaleas to Non-Profits in 33rd Annual Celebration
On Saturday, October 6, 2018, winning non-profits from across North Carolina came to Capitol Broadcasting’s transmitter site in Auburn to collect the plants each were awarded in the 33rd Annual WRAL Azalea Celebration. CBC distributed 5,000 azaleas to 126 groups from across the state. The groups came from as far west as Boone and as […]
CBC’ers Help Walk For Hope
Several CBC’ers took part in the 2018 Walk For Hope on Sunday, October 14, 2018, helping support those struggling with mental illness in the process. Both WRAL-TV and WRAL-FM were once again proud sponsors of the event. MIX 101.5’s Two Men and a Mom – Kyle Smelser, Bryan Lord and Sarah King – emceed the […]
Look to the Rainbow, After Tropical Storm Michael
It was a sight that would have inspired Judy Garland into song. After a long day of storm coverage, WRAL-TV News Photojournalist Richard Adkins captured the perfect positive images after the remnants of Tropical Storm Michael moved through Lumberton on Thursday evening. His full rainbow photo, featured on the WRAL newscast, quickly went viral among […]
Family Pictures USA Coming to Rocky Mount Mills in November
Family Pictures USA is a television series & transmedia project that explores neighborhoods & cities through the lens of the family photo album. Hosted by Thomas Allen Harris, this public television series enlarges our understanding of history, our diversity, and our shared values. In the summer of 2019, they’ll broadcast three PBS specials of “Family Pictures […]
Furniture Store Moves Into American Tobacco Campus
A new pop-up vendor has moved into American Tobacco Campus. MicMag by Me is a local furniture store founded by Kerri Hall, whose father worked in the furniture industry. Hall has been in the furniture industry for more than 25 years. MicMag sells customizable furniture designed and handmade in North Carolina directly shipped to customers’ homes for easy […]
The Sports Shop’s 2nd Annual Backpack For Teachers Honors Neal Middle School
The Sports Shop duo Reese and K-Mac spent the morning of Wednesday, September 19, 2018, broadcasting live from a Durham school to support educators with the sophomore year of an event the radio guys created to help. Erroll Reese and Kevin “K-Mac” McClendon brought back their Backpack For Teachers with a donation drive at Neal […]
WRAL Sports Power Duo Jeff Gravley and Steve Logan Debut “FOX 50 Sports Night” Thursday
Former NFL and ECU coach Steve Logan and WRAL-TV’s Jeff Gravley will talk all things college and pro football weekly at 7 p.m. on Thursdays on FOX 50. FOX 50 Game Night starts September 27, running through December 13. Gravley shared the scoop on the new show: Many have asked me, “Where did the Logan […]
Rocky Mount Mills Thanks First Responders with Lunch
Rocky Mount Mills had the opportunity to say thank you and serve our community’s First Responders on Monday, September 24, 2018. RMM served lunches to First Responders including: Rocky Mount Police Department, Rocky Mount Fire Department, Nash County Sherriff, Edgecombe County Sherriff, Nash County EMS. Nash Community College officers, NC Highway Patrol and NC DMV […]
MIX 101.5 Raises Over $10K, Delights Listeners with 2nd Annual Savor the Triangle
MIX 101.5 treated the Triangle to a wide array of the best food and drink from local restaurants on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. The 2nd Annual Savor the Triangle Food Festival took over the NC State Fairgrounds, with around 350 listeners noshing, all while raising a little over $10,000 for the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. “You […]
Rocky Mount Mills Pitches in for ‘Here to Help’ with Big Results
Rocky Mount Mills partnered with its Capitol Broadcasting Company family with Here to Help, Hurricane Relief in every way the mill could. What better way than a food drive, two evenings of great music, delicious beer and food all the while helping our neighbors who are being impacted by Hurricane Florence? Randy McQuay, a storyteller, bluesman and a master interpreter of […]