WRAL-TV – WRAZ-TV To Broadcast Simultaneous NCAA Tournament Games on Friday, March 25
WRAL-TV and WRAZ-TV (FOX50) have announced that the two Triangle stations will broadcast simultaneous NCAA basketball tournament games Friday night, March 25, 2005. The broadcasts provide college basketball fans in the Raleigh-Durham television market the opportunity to watch both the Duke vs. Michigan State and NC State vs. Wisconsin games. WRAL today secured special permission […]
WRAL-TV Participates in N&O’s Kids Day
On Saturday, March 12, 2005, as part of the News & Observer‘s annual Kids Day fundraiser, a Penny Jar Championship event took place at Crabtree Valley Mall. WRAL-TV’s Valonda Calloway emceed the event and thanked each and every child who donated pennies to support children’s emergency services at WakeMed. Nearly $5,000 was collected at […]
WRAL To Continue March Madness Multicast Tradition
With the ACC Tournament and Selection Sunday behind us, Triangle viewers can now turn their attention to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For the fifth year in a row, college basketball fans will be able to watch any one of the 63 NCAA basketball tournament games on WRAL-TV5 and WRAL-Digital. The two local stations will […]
WRAL & CBC Brighten Property With New Signage
CBC & WRAL-TV recently added new signage at their headquarters & studios. If you have recently visited Capitol Broadcasting Company’s main campus in Raleigh, then you will notice a new look. CBC Vice President of Community Affairs Paul Pope and CBC Property Management Manager Tim Grissom had a vision for the property, which houses both […]
WRAL Provide Viewers With Attorneys on Call
Attorneys from the N.C. Bar Association answer calls from WRAL viewers. WRAL-TV transferred its newsroom into an active law office for two hours on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 1, 2005. WRAL’s Five On Your Side, the consumer advocate division in news, hosted a group of attorneys representing the NC Bar Association. These lawyers, who […]
WRAL-TV’s Cullen Browder Receives Award for 9-1-1 Reporting
WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Cullen Browder The E9-1-1- Institute in Washington, DC, recently named WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Cullen Browder as winner of their 2005 Media/Entertainment Excellence Award for increasing public understanding of the importance of 9-1-1 services. Browder received the award at a presentation in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. The ceremony took place in […]
WRAL’s Brain Game Goes Overseas
With so many North Carolina soldiers, sailors and Marines deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere , many moms and dads may miss important events in their children’s’ lives. Few events are as memorable as seeing your kids on TV. On several occasions this school year parents have requested copies of […]
WRAL Documentary Focuses on Affordable Housing Shortage
Like food and water, shelter is a basic human need. But for many working families in North Carolina finding an affordable place to live can be difficult, if not impossible. The latest episode of WRAL-TV’s “Focal Point” documentary series explores North Carolina’s affordable housing shortage and profiles working people in our communities who can’t afford […]
WRAL Launches Online Community Calendar
In its ongoing effort to serve all its viewers, WRAL-TV has created a new tool on the station’s Web site. WRAL.com recently launched the WRAL Community Calendar. In the past the calendar only included information about station campaigns and other WRAL-sponsored community events. Now the calendar listings that air weekly on WRAL’s weekly on-air calendars, […]
Top Red Cross Official Thanks WRAL For Tsunami Campaign
American Red Cross National Board of Governors Chair Bonnie McElewyn Hunter (center) presented the Humanitarian Award to WRAL. CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon (left) and WRAL-TV VP & GM Jim Hefner accepted the award. In January WRAL-TV and several other CBC divisions began urging viewers and listeners to give to the American Red Cross […]