WRAL-TV/HD, wralsportsfan.com, 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio, WRAL Mobile Present Unprecedented Basketball Coverage

WRAL-TV/HD, wralsportsfan.com, 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio, WRAL Mobile Present Unprecedented Basketball Coverage ACC & NCAA Tournament Games on WRAL-TV/HD Four NCAA Games at once in High Definition WRAL-HD/TWC Million Dollar Bracket Challenge on wralsportsfan.com Live Play-By-Play Tournament Coverage on 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio Schedules, Scores and Video on WRAL Mobile In March, the […]

CBC To Honor Duke Coach & See WRAL Legend Awarded at Great Raleigh Sports Banquet

On Thursday, March 5, 2009, Capitol Broadcasting will help honor one of the Triangle’s legendary basketball coaches, as well as witness the recognition of one of their own.   Duke Basketball Men’s Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski will be presented the CBC Sports Person of the Year Award at the Greater Raleigh Sports Council Evening of […]

New WRAL-TV Documentary Examines NC’s High Rate of Teen Auto Fatalities

Focal Point: “In a Flash” New WRAL-TV Documentary Examines NC’s High Rate of Teen Auto Fatalities Airs Wednesday Feb 25, 2009, 7pm  “Basically he was an excellent child and he made one fatal mistake by getting in that car that night.”  — Steven George on his 17-year-old son who was killed in an automobile crash […]

Digital Transition Delayed: CBC Waits for New Deadline to Cease Analog

Digital Transition Delayed:  CBC Waits for New Deadline to Cease Analog Tuesday, February 17, 2009, was to be the date analog signals across the U.S. went dark as all the nation’s television stations completed their conversion to digital.   However, a change in the deadline from the Federal government means that some stations went ahead […]

Students Learn About News Business at Groundhog Shadow Day

WRAL-TV VP & GM Steve Hammel talks to middle & high school students who are visiting WRAL for Groundhog Shadow Day. Several new faces could be seen in the halls at WRAL-TV on Friday, February 6, 2009.   Some could be future anchors, news directors or crew members.  So why were they here now?  A […]

Environmental Writer Wins Award in Memory of WRAL Farm Reporter

Environmental Writer Wins Award in Memory of WRAL Farm Reporter Leggett-Roberson Receives Dan Wilkinson Award North Carolina writer Gail Leggett-Roberson shows off her Dan Wilkinson WRAL Conservation Communication Award. Dan Wilkinson covered stories on eastern North Carolina farms for two decade for Capitol Broadcasting on both radio & television.   After his sudden death in […]

WRAL-TV Dominates Regional Emmys with 12 Awards

WRAL-TV Dominates Regional Emmys with 12 Awards WRAL-TV Supervising Director James Ford shows off one of WRAL’s 12 Emmys at the ceremony on January 24th. WRAL-TV trounced the competition at the 23rd Annual MidSouth Regional Emmy Awards winning 12 categories, more than any other station in the competition.   The ceremony took place in Nashville, […]

News Over Wireless: WRAL iPhone App Enters Top 10

The WRAL iPhone application has taken the App Store by storm, entering the Top 10 with a No. 9 ranking among free news apps in just three weeks. The WRAL iPhone application now ranks in the Top 10 in the App Store, after only three weeks. The app, designed by News Over Wireless (NOW), takes […]

WRAL-TV and MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM Announce New Morning Lineups

WRAL-TV and MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM Announce New Morning Lineups Capitol Broadcasting announces on-air talent changes, bringing a new morning synergy to Triangle television viewers and radio listeners.    Effective Monday, January 26, 2009: WRAL-TV Morning News anchor Lynda Loveland joins the MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM Morning Show with Bill Jordan. WRAL News weekend anchor/reporter Kelcey Carlson […]

Gaddy & Morgan To Pair Up for Presentation at Raleigh Museum

Gaddy & Morgan To Pair Up for Presentation at Raleigh Museum Former WRAL-TV Anchor Charlie Gaddy (left) & current WRAL-TV Anchor Debra Morgan will team up for a special presentation at the Raleigh Museum on Sat, Jan 24th. WRAL-TV has a new anchor team, at least for one afternoon.   The past and present will […]