Duke Athletics and Capitol Broadcasting Announce Multi-Year Extension
Duke University Athletics and Learfield’s Blue Devil Sports Properties have signed a multi-year extension with Capitol Broadcasting to continue as the long-standing radio home of Duke Athletics. WRAL News+, heard in Raleigh on 99.3-FM and in Durham on 96.5-FM, and The Buzz, available on 620-AM and 104.5-FM in Durham, represent the flagship networks for the Blue […]
99.9 The Fan Successes Celebrated by Inside Radio
Inside Radio chatted with 99.9 The Fan Program Director Paul Ihander last week, to highlight the growth 99.9 The Fan is seeing. Writer Rich Appel asked about his recipe for the secret sauce for this recent success. The answer? Local, local, local. Between nearby NC State’s historic basketball run and the Carolina Hurricanes trip to […]
Capitol Broadcasting Company to Air Carolina Panthers Games on Triangle’s Strongest Broadcast Signal
The Carolina Panthers and Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC) announced they have expanded their partnership to air live Panthers games in the Triangle region on MIX 101.5 (WRAL-FM) beginning this fall. This contract extension through 2027 will make play-by-play broadcasts for all pre-season, regular season and post-season games, as well as the weekly Panther Talk and […]
CBC Celebrates the Wolfpack Basketball Historic Run
Capitol Broadcasting divisions showed their love for the NC State Wolfpack in a big way last Friday, April 5, 2024. As both the men’s and women’s basketball teams approached their NCAA Final Four games, CBC TV and radio pulled out all the stops to celebrate the Pack’s historic run. MIX MORNINGS LIVE FROM NC STATEKyle, […]
New Additions to Lineup of Vice Presidents at Capitol Broadcasting
Over the past year, Capitol Broadcasting Company has had multiple changes in leadership due to retirement of several long-time company Vice Presidents. VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Tim Steele arrived at Capitol Broadcasting at the end of March 2023, taking over for Dan McGrath, who retired after 20 years at CBC. Steele came to […]
CBC Podcast, A Brief History of Triangle Sports, Focuses on Road to Legal Sports Betting in NC
The Capitol Broadcasting podcast A Brief History of Triangle Sports returned earlier this week with a new season about the long, contentious road to legal sports betting in North Carolina. The release of the third season of the popular podcast coincided with the start of legal sports betting on March 11, 2024. “This is – […]
99.9 The Fan’s Adam Gold Ranked in Top 20 MidMarket Midday Shows in the Nation
99.9 The Fan Sports Talk Host Adam Gold made Barrett Sports Media’s Top 20 MidMarket Midday Shows of 2023. The 9th annual BSM Top 20 series released the list naming Gold on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. An executive panel of 58 program directors and corporate executives from a variety of top broadcasting companies across the […]
WRAL-TV, The Fan Personalities Make Wake Living 2024 Readers’ List
Several CBC personalities landed on the list of the 2024 Wake Living Readers’ Choice Awards. Announced in the January/February issue of the publication, the list honors the best of Raleigh, Wake Forest and Knightdale in numerous categories. And the CBC honorees are: BEST LOCAL TV PERSONALITYWinner: RENEE CHOU, WRAL-TVHonorable Mention: Gerald Owens, WRAL-TV BEST RADIO […]
99.9 The Fan Sends Lucky Listener to Vegas to Cheer On the Canes
A lucky winner will be heading to Vegas to see a Canes game in February thanks to 99.9 The Fan! On Monday, November 20, 2023, 99.9 The Fan’s Tim Donnelly and Dennis Cox drew the winner of 99.9 The Fan’s Sin City Skate Away contest and called the happy listener on the air to share […]
CBC Onboards 2nd Class of Emerging Leaders Interns
The 2nd class of Capitol Broadcasting’s Emerging Leaders Program, a collaboration with Leadership Triangle, began with an onboarding of the student interns on Monday, August 14, 2023, at CBC’s Western Blvd headquarters. Eleven students, rising juniors and seniors, from three local universities, NC Central, Shaw and St. Augustine’s, were selected to participate. Last fall CBC […]