WRAL Gardens Bloom with New Website
The WRAL Gardens are about to hit their peak for 2015 blooming season, and we are celebrating with a brand new website. Find out what’s blooming, link to the live webcam, book a wedding, find out details for visiting and more: www.wral-gardens.com CBC Founder A.J. Fletcher established the WRAL Gardens in 1959 as a service […]
Total 80’s Photo Flashback
Enjoy this slideshow of the totally 80’s WRAL-TV: Thanks to Corp’s Pam Allen for this capcom story. Pam Parris Allen is a former WRAL newscast producer/director who now works as a researcher and producer on the CBC History Project.
WRAL Staffers Rock the 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
WRAL-TV proudly sponsored the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Raleigh for the second year in a row. The full and half marathon hit the roads through and around downtown on Sunday, April 12, 2015. WRAL-TV proudly sponsored the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Raleigh for the second year in a row. The full and half […]
A Successful Trip to the NCAA Finals for CBC and Duke
Capitol Broadcasting gave the Final Four and the NCAA Championship a full court press as the Duke Blue Devils brought home the national title to the Triangle. The Championship game on Monday, April 6, 2015, drew 36.2/54, the highest rated NCAA final game on WRAL since 2005 when UNC-Illinois achieved a 41.0/53. The Duke-Wisconsin game […]
Capitol Broadcasting Wins 2015 NAB Service to Community Award
Capitol Broadcasting Wins 2015 NAB Service to Community Award for eNOughNC Domestic Violence Initiative Hundreds of times over the course of any average day, employees of Capitol Broadcasting contribute in many ways to the mission of serving our communities. In 2015, there was one achievement that stood out because it involved many contributors and divisions […]
Greg Fishel, Severe Weather Expert Kerry Emanuel to Host Climate Talk
The public is invited to join WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel and renowned severe weather expert Kerry Emanuel for a unique presentation titled “Hurricanes and North Carolina: A Stormy Future” at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The event is Thursday, April 16, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. WRAL.com will also live stream […]
Newsletter Flashbacks
I hope you will enjoy reading a few snip-it’s of CBC news from yester-year. Through the ages, there has been an employee newsletter that has been printed or posted under a variety of names including; Tele-news Letter, The Capitol Letter, The Frequency, and CapCom. Tele-news Letter, July 1958 Progress is being made on the construction […]
Barbara Goodmon Honored for Contributions to Shaw University
Estey Hall located on the campus of Shaw University has seen untold numbers of events since it was built in 1873, but recently it was the site of a celebration of one of the “life blood” institutions of the university. The Hall hosted Shaw University’s 2015 United Negro College Fund Scholarship Gala. It was also a […]
Tower of Power
We chronicled WRAL’s worst nightmare in the December edition of CapCom, when the broadcast tower, located in Auburn, crumbled to the ground on December 10, 1989. The cause was uneven thawing of heavy ice on the tower. WPTF’s tower, owned by Durham Life Broadcasting Company, met the same fate thirty minutes earlier. Instead of hand-wringing, […]
WRAL, CBC Sports Radio in Indianapolis with Duke for Final Four
The Duke Blue Devils are heading to the Final Four, and CBC will be there to bring all the action back to Triangle viewers. WRAL-TV crews are already on-site in Indianapolis, working on a half-hour special for Friday night, and CBC Sports Radio’s Adam Gold & Joe Ovies are getting ready for their live court-side […]