WRAL Brings Home Three Regional Emmys
WRAL-TV’s Christian McIlwain (l to r), Phyllis Parish & Shan Zhong show off their Emmys. WRAL-TV has once again come home with multiple Regional Emmys Awards. The Triangle’s news leader nabbed 3 statuettes at the 21st Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards at a ceremony on Saturday, January 27, 2007. A formal dinner and awards […]
18th Annual Coats for Children Campaign a Success Thanks to WRAL Viewers
WRAL-TV viewers once again have come through to make sure needy Triangle children will be warm this winter. WRAL-TV’s 18th annual Coats for the Children collected over 5,000 coats and raised nearly $80,000 for Salvation Army families in need. The campaign ran from November 18 – December 31, 2006, and included a Coats for […]
Winning WRAL Docs Featured in N&O
WRAL-TV’s Clay Johnson (at podium) accepts the duPont award at the January 17th ceremony in New York. In honor of WRAL-TV’s recent win of the prestigious DuPont-Columbia University Award for two documentaries, the News & Observer featured WRAL Documentary Producer Clay Johnson and the docs. N&O Staff Writer Danny Hooley wrote the piece about […]
WRAL Wins Prestigious National Journalism Award
WRAL Wins Prestigious National Journalism Award Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award Honors Two Documentaries Columbia University has announced that WRAL-TV is among 14 winners of the 2007 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for broadcast journalism. The award is for two documentaries in WRAL-TV’s “Focal Point” series, “Standards of Living” and “Paper Thin Promise”. See […]
WRAL-FM & WRAL-TV Voted Family Favorites
Whether tuning into the radio or turning on the television set, Triangle families love CBC. Both WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV recently received top honors in Carolina Parent magazine as Family-Favorite winners. Readers were asked to vote on what stores, services and destinations and people they trust and turn to most often. Hundreds of parents in […]
Share Your Lights! And Enjoy Some Others
Share Your Lights! And Enjoy Some Others Both WRAL-TV and FOX 50 have taken to the Web waves to share some of the best, and brightest, holiday lights in North Carolina. Take a picture of your yard and submit it, or simply browse the dozens of great holiday light photos on WRAL.com and FOX50.com. […]
WRAL-TV Turns 50
WRAL-TV Turns 50 Two Long-Term Employees Remember Humble Beginnings & Great Opportunities A.J. Fletcher celebrates putting WRAL-TV on the air in 1956. It all began 50 years ago today – December 15, 1956 – in what was basically a garage. CBC founder A.J. Fletcher flipped the switch to put WRAL-TV on the air for […]
Happy Birthday WRAL-TV: WRAL.com Re-Launches Web Site
Happy Birthday WRAL-TV: WRAL.com Re-Launches Web Site WRAL.com has a new look just in time for WRAL-TV’s 50th anniversary. WRAL.com, one of the nation’s most popular local media Web sites, re-launched its Web site Friday, December 15, 2006, on the 50th birthday of WRAL-TV, introducing a sleek new look, streamlined navigation, enhanced video players, a […]
WRAL-TV Raises $70,743 With Coats for Children Telethon
WRAL-TV Raises $70,743 With Coats for Children Telethon Two half-hour specials at 12:30pm & 7pm anchor the daylong WRAL’s Coats for the Children Telethon. WRAL-TV’s 18th Annual Coats for the Children will go down in the history books as a huge success, bringing in $70,743.08 to help clothe needy Triangle children for the winter. […]
New WRAL Documentary Examines High Military Divorce Rate
FOCAL POINT: Divided We Fall New WRAL Documentary Examines High Military Divorce Rate Airs Wednesday December 13 at 7pm Troop deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq led to a dramatic increase in divorce among Army couples between 2001 and 2004, including many stationed at Ft. Bragg. WRAL’s new Focal Point documentary “Divided We Fall” examines […]