Capitol Broadcasting, TechGirlz Team Up to Offer Free Newsroom Story Production Workshop for Middle School Girls
By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor The Capitol Women’s Network and Capitol Broadcasting Company are teaming up with TechGirlz to host a free TechGirlz workshop that’s all about newsroom production. The free session, designed for girls who are rising sixth graders to eighth graders, will be 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 9, at WRAL-TV […]
Rocky Mount Mills Welcomes Life 103.1 to Eastern NC’s Fast Growing Business Park
The Radio Station Will Operate and Broadcast from the Main Mill Building Life 103.1 (WLQC-FM) will relocate its office headquarters and studio operations and broadcast 24/7 from the Mills. Life 103.1 will occupy 2,100 square feet of space in the Main Mill building currently being completely remodeled. Life 103.1 will join the Rocky Mount Telegram […]
HighSchoolOT Honors Inaugural Awards Ceremony A Touchdown, Homerun and Slam Dunk
Capitol Broadcasting Company expanded its high school football coverage in the fall of 2016 with “HighSchoolOT Live” and this summer expanded yet again with the first High School OT awards program. The winners were crowned at the HighSchoolOT Honors ceremony on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the Duek Energy Performing Arts Center in downtown Raleigh. […]
Hot Temps, Hot Golf Games at 4th Annual CBC Sports Radio Open
Despite the fact that Tuesday, June 19, 2018, turned out to be one of the hottest days so far this summer, the 4th Annual Sports Radio Open turned out to be the best yet. 99.9 The Fan (WCMC-FM), Buzz Sports Radio (96.5 FM, 99.3FM, 620AM, 99.2HD2) and The Ticket (95.7FM, 1550AM, 99.9HD3) hosted the event […]
‘That Station’ Has a Name
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, That Station got a permanent name, making the big announcement about the winning moniker and charity. When the station launched in May, 95.7 FM That Station announced a contest by which listeners could submit a name for the radio station. The winner would receive $1,000 to donate to their local […]
DBAP Completes Largest Father’s Day Weekend in Team History
Bulls Average Paid Attendance of 9,923 Over Four-Day Stretch The Durham Bulls welcomed 39,693 paid visitors to Durham Bulls Athletic Park from June 14 through June 17, setting a franchise attendance record for Father’s Day weekend. The team saw crowds of over 10,000 from Thursday through Saturday, capped by a crowd of 10,404 on Saturday, […]
WRAL-TV News Anchor Bill Leslie Says Farewell with Multi-City tour and Week of On-Air Surprises and Tributes
Farewell Tour: June 18 – June 22 On-air surprises and tributes during newscasts: June 25 – June 29 30-minute special “Bill Leslie: An Extraordinary Career” airs June 28 at 7 p.m. Bill’s final day on the air: Friday, June 29 After 46 years in broadcasting, Bill Leslie is retiring from WRAL-TV at the end of June. […]
MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM Awarded North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Station of the Year, Large Market Category
Capitol Broadcasting Company’s MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM has been named the Radio Station of the Year in Large Market from the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB). “We at MIX 101.5 are honored to accept the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters’ radio station of the year award for 2017. We thank this amazing community for allowing […]
Retiring WRAL Anchor Honored by North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
WRAL anchor David Crabtree was named Best News Anchor during the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters luncheon at American Tobacco Campus Thursday afternoon, June 14, 2018, in Durham. Crabtree’s entry featured his coverage of a fire in downtown Raleigh, the opening of the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh and last year’s solar eclipse. WRAL’s radio station MIX 101.5 […]
WRAL-TV’s Fishel Comes Out Tops on Indy’s Best of Triangle 2018
In June, Independent Weekly released their Best of the Triangle 2018 list. Readers voted on the wide variety of categories, then Indy Week culled the list to finalists. Readers voted again. WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel won the Best Local TV Weatherperson. And several other CBC personalities and entities enjoyed spots as Finalists. Best Local Radio […]