WRAL Ice Desk A Cold Weather Hit
“I mean…if it’s going to be 7 degrees with snow, you NEED an ice desk, right?! Shoutout to the master Bill Burch for the inspired design and local ice sculptor Todd Dawson Ice-Occasions for the work of art. From idea to live TV in less than a week! #GoBigOrGoHome” -Tweet from WRAL-TV Creative Director Shelly […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Wins 9 Emmys at 28th ANNUAL MIDSOUTH EMMY® AWARDS, Including Top Honor of News Excellence for WRAL
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 shone in Nashville, Tennessee when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Nashville/MidSouth Chapter awarded WRAL-TV in 7 categories, including the top honor of News Excellence. WRAL News has received the News Excellence award two of the past three years. FOX 50 picked up some hardware as well, with two […]
Capitol Broadcasting Launching Effort to Collect History
Over the last ten years or so various CBC employees have worked to gather materials and information about CBC history. Among them – legends like former CBC Vice Presidents Paul Pope and the late Ben Waters. Upon his return to CBC last year, now Corporate Director of Special Projects John Harris took over the job […]
CBC-Sponsored MLK Interfaith Breakfast Offers Inspiration
“We cannot become complacent in the pursuit of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream. We are still making progress, but there’s still much to be done.” – Adri Maisonet, Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield The ballrooms at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park overflowed with people as crowds gathered for the 34th Annual Martin […]
WRAL Viewers Give Record-breaking $125K to Keep Kids Warm This Winter
Imagine facing the recent polar vortex without a warm coat. Thanks to WRAL’s viewers, thousands of children will be warmer this winter. WRAL-TV raised $125,000 for new winter coats and collected over 7,500 gently used coats, hats, gloves and scarves in our 25th annual Coats for the Children Campaign which ended December 31, 2013. “Our […]
New WRAL Documentary Examines Child Poverty “Every Fourth Child…Still”
Airs Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m. Every fourth child in North Carolina lives in poverty, a staggering statistic that hasn’t changed since 1986. That was the year WRAL produced a documentary on child poverty called “Every Fourth Child.” A new WRAL documentary called “Every Fourth Child…Still” revisits some of the people profiled in the […]
WRAL-TV Introduces a New WRAL.com
On January 17, 1996, WRAL-TV became the first Raleigh-Durham station to launch an Internet presence. Eighteen years later and the team at CBC New Media Group is keeping the award-winning WRAL.com at the forefront of technology and news delivery. On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, WRAL.com launched a brand new, responsive version of the site, designed […]
CBC Invites You to Free Interfaith Breakfast on Martin Luther King Day
For the past 28 years, Capitol Broadcasting Company has served as the leading sponsor for the annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. CBC is pleased to continue its support of this very important holiday observance. This year, the event program on Monday, January 20, 2014, begins promptly at 7:15am and is scheduled to […]
Mandela Exhibit Debuts at American Tobacco Campus, Jan. 1- Feb. 26
Sketches from Imprisonment Highlight Provocative, Multi-Media Show Stirring sketches by the late Nelson Mandela highlight a new exhibit at American Tobacco Campus, Jan. 1-Feb. 26, that also explores parallels between South Africa’s apartheid regime and Jim Crow laws in the United States. “Mandela: A Long Walk” is a Triangle exclusive, with roots in Durham and Raleigh. […]
Enable America Pays 5th Annual Visit to CBC
Enable America participants visited WRAL-TV for the 5th Annual Enable America Career Mentoring Day this fall. The non-profit has now spent a half-decade in partnership with CBC, providing mentoring opportunities to disabled individuals, including disabled veterans. “We really appreciate the time and personal attention each attendee received,” Enable America Program Director Sandy Moonert told CBC. […]