WRAL’s Football Friday Turns 25
WRAL’s Football Friday Turns 25 High school football season is in full-swing, and WRAL-TV’s Football Friday is keeping pace with the games yard-for-yard. The show runs each Friday on WRAL-TV at 11:35pm, and on August 26th the program kicked off its 25th season of covering high school football. “To celebrate,” said WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom […]
Assignment Editor Pens WRAL’s Gulf Coast Diary
Assignment Editor Pens WRAL’s Gulf Coast Diary WRAL News Teams Cover Local Ties To Katrina WRAL-TV Assignment Editor Brad Grantham As the Gulf Coast cities and towns begin the process of digging out of the destruction from Hurricane Katrina, WRAL-TV Assignment Editor Brad Grantham is giving WRAL.com visitors a first hand view of the disaster. […]
Central N.C. Fills Multiple 18-Wheelers To Help Katrina Victims
Close Window Central N.C. Fills Multiple 18-Wheelers To Help Katrina Victims CBC’s Operation Storm Relief Teams Stations for Food Drive People showed up to the Operation Storm Relief Food Drive with carloads of donations. WRAL-TV, FOX 50 and WRAL-FM MIX 101.5 joined forces with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina on Thursday, […]
WRAL Viewers Call In $107,000 During Telethon for Katrina Victims
WRAL Viewers Call In $107,000 During Telethon for Katrina Victims A variety of local celebrities helped man the phones for WRAL-TV’s telethon to help Katrina victims. UNC Women’s Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell took time out to help. WRAL-TV viewers stepped up to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina in a big way on Tuesday, September […]
CBC Drive Brings in Over $200,000 for Katrina Relief
Close Window CBC Drive Brings in Over $200,000 for Katrina Relief With Operation Storm Relief, several CBC stations have raised over $202,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, thanks to viewers and listeners in the Triangle. A joint venture of MIX 101.5, WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV, the fundraiser for the American Red Cross took place […]
WRAL’s Pops Raises Over $5,000 for Katrina Victims
Over 7,000 enjoy an evening with the NC Symphony at Pops in the Park. A crowd of over 7,000 helped WRAL-TV carry on its annual tradition of Pops in the Park on Labor Day Sunday, September 4, 2005. The 26th annual edition of the event took place at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre and featured the […]
CBC Stations Coordinate Food Drive for Katrina Victims
CBC’s Triangle stations are banding together with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina to hold a food drive to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The drive is taking place today, Thursday, September 8th at multiple central NC locations. WRAL-TV, FOX50, and WRAL-FM are working together in this effort. Thursday, September 8 […]
WRAL Documentary To Examine Needle Exchange
WRAL Documentary To Examine Needle Exchange Airs Wednesday, September 7 at 7:30pm In the last two decades, 27,000 North Carolinians have been infected with HIV and AIDS. Thousands were IV drug users who got the disease by sharing tainted needles with other addicts. Public health officials argue that one way to slow the spread of […]
CBC Divisions Join Forces for Hurricane Katrina Relief Drive
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Capitol Broadcasting Company will use its diversified companies and public events to raise money for the American Red Cross and collect food in partnership with the North Carolina Food Bank. WRAL-TV, FOX50, WILM-TV and WRAL-FM are donating air time to publicize the fundraising drive. Friday, September 2 6:00 am […]
How To Help Katrina Victims
You can help the victims of Hurricane Katrina by giving to the American Red Cross. Make your check payable to: American Red Cross 100 North Peartree Lane Raleigh, NC 27610 Please write “WRAL Disaster Relief” in the memo line. Other Ways to Help: The Helping Hand organization is currently collecting gloves, shovels, water, toiletries, and […]