MIX 101.5 Expands Annual Backpack Buddies Food Drive Into Day-Long MediaThon with WRAL-TV
This year MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV are joining forces to mount a MediaThon to benefit the BackPack Buddies Program at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Over the past several years, WRAL-FM has held an annual food drive to support the program that helps feed Triangle children in need over the weekends during the school year. This […]
Not Quite Casey at the Bat, But Tate Revels in MIX 101.5 Night at the Bulls
Two CBC divisions joined forces for fun on Monday, June 22, 2016, as the Durham Bulls hosted MIX 101.5 Night. WRAL-FM Morning Show Producer Casey Tate got to take part in the fun, representing the CBC radio station at the annual event. “It was such a fun night!” said Tate. “Every year the Durham Bulls […]
Indy Week Best of the Triangle 2016 Nods for CBC
Independent Weekly has released their 2016 Best of the Triangle, and CBC entities and personalities have made the list. With a new voting process this year, Indy Week says that the winners are more reflective than ever of their readers’ top choices. “Between the two rounds of our Best of the Triangle contest, we logged […]
Believe It or Not
1. ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, during his early years as a reporter with the network, visited Raleigh to_________. a) Present a lecture on journalism at NCSU. b) Visit WRAL and appear in promos with local news anchors. c) Be placed in a baseball dunking machine during a telethon to help raise money for lights […]
WRAL-AM Marketing and Another WRAL 1st!
“Grass Roots” marketing must have originated at WRAL-AM. The station signed-on March 22, 1939, from studios at 130 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh. At that point in time, WRAL-AM was a 250 watt underdog to the 50,000 watt dominant WPTF radio station. It was going to be a tough row to hoe. Fred Fletcher, CBC […]
MIX and FOX 50 Join Forces for Family Feud
Capitol Broadcasting Company is family-owned and our divisions are like family. What better way to support one another than to work together to promote some fun families? MIX 101.5 and FOX 50 recently joined forces to highlight FAMILY FEUD, the popular game show hosted by Steve Harvey, in a win-win for both the radio and […]
MIX Awards The Mother of ALL Mother’s Day Prizes
MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM celebrated this year’s Mother’s Day by giving away a year’s worth of massages, house cleaning, weekly meals at Chick-fil-A and a trophy, themed “The Mother of ALL Mother’s Day Prizes.” Who doesn’t want a year’s worth of Chick-Fil-a? Listeners were encouraged to have their children record a short message why their mom […]
MIX Responds to the Loss of a Music Legend
“The beauty of local radio is that we can respond. It’s one of our greatest strengths. We’re in the community and can be with our listeners as things happen. We can commiserate with the listener as things happen.” — WRAL-FM Program Director Michele Williams Social media exploded when the world heard the news that music […]
Tack
Ned Attayek is a Johnston County boy who became known as “Tack” on WRAL-FM, called “101” back in the ‘70s. Today, he still works at WRAL-FM but has gone high tech as the WRAL-FM Web/Computer Network Supervisor. The name Tack was bestowed upon him by his college buddies who could not properly pronounce Attayek, so […]
Looking for Some NBC Swag?
When we think of “logo swag,” we usually think of t-shirts, caps, cups, pens, etc. Back-in-the-day, swag also included something that is rarely seen anymore; matchbooks! Take a look at this clever WRAL-TV/NBC matchbook! WRAL-AM radio was featured on the back. For those who preferred to flash the ABC swag, we provided the ABC version […]