New WRAL Documentary Examines Antibiotic Use on N.C. Farms “Overkill?”

Premieres Thursday January 26 at 7pm More antibiotics are fed to livestock in North Carolina than are given to humans in the entire United States, according to a recent study.   Is overuse of antibiotics on the farm making North Carolinians more vulnerable to bacterial infections? That’s the question explored in the new WRAL Documentary: […]

WRAL.com Launches New FREE Local Shopping Deals Program

WRAL.com & Capitol Broadcasting have launched a new discount program to save you money without making you spend extra.   Basically, you get discounts without even buying anything.  How cool is that? Save City launched on January 11, 2012.  WRAL-TV Smart Shopper Faye Prosser talked about the new program with Bill & Lynda on MIX […]

WRAL-TV Sweeps Television Category in 2012 Maggy Awards

MIX, FOX 50, Durham Bulls & Wolfpack Also Rank High Cary Magazine recently published the winners of their 2012 Maggy Awards, and several CBC entities factored big on the list.   WRAL-TV, WRAL-FM and the Durham Bulls won slots in several key categories. In the television category WRAL-TV once again had a clean sweep, including […]

WRAL’s 10pm News on FOX 50 Expands to Full Hour Newscast

WRAL’s 10pm News on FOX 50 has expanded to a full hour with anchor team (l to r) Gerald Owens, Jackie Hyland, Jeff Gravley & Mike Maze. WRAL-TV’s 10pm News on FOX 50 has gotten bigger with the arrival of the new year.   The newscast expanded to full hour on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. […]

WRAL-TV’s Parish Honored with Barton Alumni Award

WRAL-TV’s Parish Honored with Barton Alumni Award WRAL-TV Director of Local Production Phyllis Parish-Howard is honored with the Alumna of the Year Award at Barton College. One of WRAL’s own was recently honored at her Alma Mater.  WRAL-TV’s Director of Local Production Phyllis Parish Howard received the Alumna of the Year award at Barton College. […]

African Bishop Tours WRAL-TV Studios

African Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga gets to sit at the helm of WRAL-TV’s Master Control. When Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga drove by the WRAL-TV campus on his way to the nearby Catholic Diocese headquarters, he knew that he wanted to come back to visit the facility. Nkuanga has very small radio station that serves his […]

Coats Telethon Helps Children, But More is Needed Before End of Campaign

WRAL-TV Anchors David Crabtree (left) & Kelcey Carlson get a little help from Wool E. Bull during WRAL’s Coats for Children Telethon. View the Slideshow WRAL-TV made a big leap forward in its Coats for Children Campaign during the Telethon on Friday, December 9, 2011, but coats and donations are still being accepted through the […]

Leslie Releases New Holiday Album

WRAL-TV’s Bill Leslie has released A Midnight Clear: Christmas in Mitford for the holidays. WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie once again brightens the musical Christmas landscape with a new holiday CD.   A Midnight Clear: Christmas in Mitford includes 16 traditional & original Christmas songs inspired by author Jan Karon’s best-selling Mitford series. “I LOVE this […]

Tune in Friday for WRAL-TV’S Annual Coats For The Children Telethon

On Friday, December 9, 2011, WRAL-TV’s Studio A will become a hub of warm activity.  The 23nd Annual Coats for the Children Telethon takes to the airwaves at 6am. Volunteers will work the phone bank until 8pm, while WRAL-TV personalities appeal for pledges during the day’s newscasts and a 7pm special broadcast.  CBC makes the […]

WRAL-TV Now a Beacon of Holiday Spirit

WRAL-TV Now a Beacon of Holiday Spirit 2011 Tower Lighting The WRAL-TV Tower comes to light on Thurs, Dec 1st, for the 2011 holiday season. View the Slideshow WRAL lit the transmission tower outside the WRAL-TV Studios, at 2619 Western Blvd. in Raleigh, Dec. 1, 2011, in an annual holiday tradition that dates back more […]