PromaxBDA Honors FOX 50 & WRAL-TV with Multiple Noms for Promos
PromaxBDA recently announced the finalists for the 2013 PromaxBDALocal Awards, and FOX 50 and WRAL-TV picked up a record-breaking 14 nominations. The awards celebrate “excellence, creativity and innovation in local television promotion, marketing and design.” And the finalists are: PROGRAM PROMOTIONAL SPOT 6,149 DAYS [Official Trailer] Jay Yovanovich WRAL-TV FOX 50 Lip Dub Marc Derro, […]
WRAL Staffer Nominated for Magazine’s Man of the Year
WRAL-TV Producer/Director Clarence Williams has been nominated for Spectacular Magzine’s Man of the Year Award. WRAL Producer/Director Clarence Williams may just be a “Spectacular” man. Williams is among 24 men nominated by Durham-based Spectacular Magazine for the publication’s Man of the Year award. An online voting process will determine eight winners in six categories, and […]
Join WRAL-TV and MIX 101.5 to Race for the Cure
Race Set for Saturday, June 8 at Meredith College Both WRAL-TV and MIX 101.5 are big supporters of the The Race for the Cure and both will once again be fielding teams to help find a cure for breast cancer. The 2013 Triangle Race for the Cure will take place on Saturday, June 8th […]
Meteorologist to Speak at NC State Graduation
WRAL-TV Meteorologist & Executive Producer Nate Johnson WRAL meteorologist and executive producer Nate Johnson will be the keynote speaker at North Carolina State University’s computer science department graduation ceremony on May 10. About 200 graduates are expected to receive their degrees during the 2 p.m ceremony in the main sanctuary at Providence Baptist Church, 6339 […]
The Man Behind WRAL-TV’s Brain Game
The Man Behind WRAL-TV’s Brain Game WRAL-TV Producer Kevin Shand is the man behind the scenes on every Brain Game episode. Brain Game is WRAL-TV’s locally produced, academic quiz bowl program for area high school students. Brain Game airs each Saturday at 11:30am on WRAL-TV and is archived on WRAL.com. Back in the mid-90’s, our […]
The WRAL Gardens Are In Bloom
The WRAL Azalea Gardens are now in full bloom. The WRAL Azalea Gardens are now in full bloom. It’s a great time to stop by and see the beautiful azaleas and various other plants and flowers for yourself. Entrance to the gardens is free and open to the public. Capitol Broadcasting Company founder, the late […]
WRAL Launches New Weather Alert App
The Triangle had threats of severe weather last week as a cold front came in to meet the stretch of our first warm days of the spring, and WRAL was ready to help alert viewers of possible severe weather in their area with a new app. WRAL recently launched the WRAL Weather Alert app. […]
WRAL’s Sockett Honored with Leadership Technology Award at NAB
WRAL-TV’s Pete Sockett has earned a Broadcasting & Cable Leadership Technologoy Award. WRAL-TV and Capitol Broadcasting are leaders and innovators in broadcasting and technology and WRAL-TV Director of Engineering and Operations Pete Sockett is an integral part of making those new strides happen. Broadcasting & Cable has honored Sockett with one of six Leadership Technology […]
CBC Headquarters Plants Pinwheels for Prevention
CBC’s Western Blvd headquarters has become a Pinwheel garden for Prevent Child Abuse NC. View the Slideshow The lawn out front of WRAL-TV & FOX 50’s studios on Western Blvd is now filled with bright blue and silver pinwheels spinning in the wind. Employees from both Triangle television stations as well as CBC Corporate […]
WRAL-TV Hosts First Class of CBC-UNC Diversity Fellows
A group of 11 college seniors get a five-day intensive training opportunity at WRAL-TV through the CBC-UNC Diversity Fellowship Program. Capitol Broadcasting Company and WRAL-TV recently concluded the first annual CBC-University of North Carolina Diversity Fellowship Program. Eleven journalists who are college seniors from across the country spent five days at WRAL-TV from March […]