A Closer Look at CBC’s Video Art Collection: Crops, 2012
When Capitol Broadcasting renovated and redesigned our corporate headquarters and built a new addition last year, CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon envisioned creating a tribute to North Carolina artists for CBC employees and visitors to enjoy. The halls of CBC’s Western Blvd location are now lined with original artwork including photography, textiles, paintings, sculptures […]
WRAL’s Loveland Joins CBC’ers Taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Several CBC’ers have gotten on board with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that’s sweeping social media. Many WRAL staffers recently took the plunge, inspired by meeting Chris Rosati, a man who despite his ALS diagnosis has been inspiring other to think BIGG. The idea is simple, dump a bucket of ice water on your head […]
WRAL-TV Hub for Future International Leaders
The United States Department of State and the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) continues to make WRAL one the places to visit while in the Triangle. Recently a dignitary from Thailand stopped by the station during her tour in the U.S. These foreign visitors though the Dept of State and IVLP are leaders in various […]
French Students Visit WRAL-TV
When you are known as the technological leader in broadcasting nationally and to some degree internationally, it isn’t a surprise that the WRAL-TV studios are a “must see” attractions. Our corporate office was contacted by the NCSU SKEMA Business School hosted a group of French students on campus from the summer. The students would be […]
BIGG Ideas Celebrated in Durham
FOX 50 and WRAL-TV Help Chris Rosati Honor Teens for Positive Impact The BIGG Premiere, which showcased seven Big Ideas from Triangle-area students, was a big hit. The event was a part of Chris Rosati’s BIGG Project (Big Ideas for Greater Good), a signature program of the Inspire Media Network designed to motivate students to […]
A Closer Look at CBC’s Video Art Collection: Emerge
When Capitol Broadcasting renovated and redesigned our corporate headquarters and built a new addition last year, CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon envisioned creating a tribute to North Carolina artists for CBC employees and visitors to enjoy. The halls of CBC’s Western Blvd location are now lined with original artwork including photography, textiles, paintings, sculptures […]
WRAL’s Santiago Takes Impactful Journey for WRAL Doc
by WRAL-TV Reporter Leyla Santiago The day before we left, I sat on the couch in WRAL-TV Vice President & General Manager Steve Hammel’s office. Steve was to my left, Asst News Director Aysu Basaran and News Director Rick Gall were to my right. We briefly reviewed the plan and Steve fired off questions. How […]
Learning About Communicating During Disasters: FEMA Specialist Visits WRAL
Travel is the name of the game for FEMA employees. Usually, the trips take staffers into disaster zones, or field offices where they can help with the recovery effort. In July, FEMA External Affairs Specialist Julie Bradford took a very different kind of trip. She spent two days in the WRAL-TV newsroom to learn new […]
SandDesk to Stick Around Until September
The WRAL SandDesk has earned a reprieve. When we set out for a salute to summer on Fourth of July weekend, we planned to bring you reports from our the WRAL SandDesk for about a month. We factored in the weather, your level of interest and estimated longevity of a sculpture of sand situated in […]
WRAL-TV and Radio One Raleigh Raise Over $112,000 For HungerFreeNC
In the first ever, daylong MEDIAthon to benefit local non-profit Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, WRAL-TV and Radio One Raleigh raised more than $112,000 and launched a powerful community conversation about North Carolina’s hunger crisis. A Week of Special Programming HungerFreeNC included airing nationally acclaimed documentary “A Place At The Table” commercial free into prime time. WRAL […]