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 […]
Quick Thinking Secures Soweto Choir for Spiritual Awakening
The Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa appears on WRAL’s Spiritual Awakening. The Soweto Gospel Choir visited WRAL-TV while in the Triangle as part of their 2005 United States performance tour and managed to work an impromptu television show taping into their busy schedule while they were here. The Soweto Gospel Choir performed at Duke […]
WRAL’s Jeff Gravley Honored for Motorsports Reporting
NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace (left) presented WRAL-TV’s Jeff Gravley with an award for motorsports reporting. WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Jeff Gravley recently received recognition for his sports reporting by winning the coveted Russ Catlin Award in the broadcast-local category. The 20th annual presentation of the Miller Lite Motorsports Journalism Awards of Excellence took place on Wednesday, […]
CBC Broadcasters See Their Shadows For Annual Wake County Job Shadow Day
Students watch the workings of the newsroom from the balcony above. While the world waited for the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil, Wake County students visited CBC to learn about the broadcasting industry. The groundhog saw his shadow which means six more weeks of winter weather, but the shadows seen at WRAL-TV and WRAL-FM were a […]