New WRAL Documentary Examines the State of Mental Health Care in N.C.
Focal Point: “State of Minds ” New WRAL Documentary Examines the State of Mental Health Care in N.C. Airs Wednesday September 26, 2007, 7pm “It’s a system that doesn’t support you when you need it and there’s no hope in the system.” — Chantel Brown, Patient with Bi-polar Disorder WRAL-TV is looking at the plight […]
WRAL Listens to Raleigh
WRAListens recently went to Wake County to find out what are the most pressing issues to community leaders. The group met at the Raleigh City Museum where they talked about the revitalization of downtown Raleigh and the challenges of handling the county’s rapidly growing population and the demands on the area’s infrastructure. Former WRAL-TV Anchor […]
WRAL-TV Launches a New Invention in Doppler Technology
WRAL-TV Launches a New Invention in Doppler Technology Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel Premieres DUALDoppler5000 Continuing its long history of technical innovation, WRAL-TV debuted the most powerful and accurate broadcast radar ever built, during WRAL News at 5:00 on September 12, 2007. With a million watts of power and newly invented dual polarization technology, the all-new […]
Longtime Traffic Reporter Mark Roberts To Leave WRAL News
Longtime Traffic Reporter Mark Roberts To Leave WRAL News WRAL-TV Trafficologist Mark Roberts The face of Triangle television’s morning rush-hour is set to change next month when longtime traffic reporter Mark Roberts leaves the WRAL-TV news team to form his own media and communications company. The new venture–Mark Roberts Enterprises, Inc.—will give the 17-year […]
Pops In the Park A Success, Even Without Fireworks
Triangle Singer/Songwriter Tift Merritt wows the crowd at WRAL’s Pops in the Park. WRAL-TV has traditionally been harangued by rain for its annual Labor Day event, Pops in the Park. In the past decade, several years in a row have been cancelled due to the wet weather. 2007 made a change in the history […]
Football Friday Kicks Off on WRAL
Close Window And they’re off. Today, Friday, August 24, 2007, marks the official start of the 2007 high school football season. And WRAL-TV kicks off the 27th season of Football Friday. The WRAL-TV team covers 27 or 28 area games each week with a strong line-up of camera crews and reporters and assistants. WRAL-TV […]
Tift Merritt to Perform LIVE with NC Symphony at WRAL’s Pops in the Park
Close Window Tift Merritt to Perform LIVE with NC Symphony at WRAL’s Pops in the Park FREE Concert Sunday, September 2 at 7pm WRAL-TV Broadcast on Monday, September 3 at 7pm UNC-TV Broadcast on Thursday, September 20 at 10pm Music lovers are invited to join WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Symphony for an evening of […]
Are You Ready for Digital TV?
Close Window Are You Ready for Digital TV? Capitol’s Deal with New Network Shows Change Is Upon Us Thanks to Local Tech Wire’s Business & Technology Manager Rick Smith for this capcom article. This entry appeared in the August 16, 2007 edition of Smith’s blog on WRAL.com’s Local Tech Wire. If you haven’t been tracking […]
WRAL Anchor Reflects on Visit to D-Day Locations
Close Window WRAL Anchor Reflects on Visit to D-Day Locations WRAL-TV Anchor & Reporter David Crabtree WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter David Crabtree traveled to France with UNC-TV this past April as part of documentary on World War II. Crabtree is helping the public television station catalogue the stories of WWII veterans from North Carolina. Those remaining 75,000-80,000 […]
WRAL-TV Reporter Writes Hard-Hitting Story…About the Trials of Motherhood
Close Window WRAL-TV Reporter Writes Hard-Hitting Story…About the Trials of Motherhood WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb pounds the pavement every day chasing stories for WRAL-TV. But she also moonlights as a mother of two young daughters. Her adventures at home have inspired her to put pen to paper, and her new […]