WRAL-TV & WRAL-FM Rack Up Metro Honors
WRAL-TV & WRAL-FM Rack Up Metro Honors The Triangle’s Metro Magazine recently published its Metro Bravo Awards for 2004, and several CBC personalities ranked among its list of the “Best of the Best.” The annual poll appeared in the publication’s June and July issues, a result of what Metro readers say are the stop services, […]
WRAL Azalea Celebration Now Accepting Applications
WRAL Azalea Celebration Now Accepting Applications The 19th Annual Azalea Celebration recently began accepting applications from non-profits for over 10,000 azalea plants. WRAL-TV, WRAL-FM and NC Beautiful have once again partnered in the giveaway intended to further beautify the state of North Carolina. Winning groups will be notified after the close of the application time […]
WRAL Newscasts Dominate Ratings for May Sweeps
WRAL Newscasts Dominate Ratings for May Sweeps WRAL-TV & FOX50 Win Key Time Periods Viewers recognize the excellence of the WRAL-TV and FOX50 newscasts as evidenced by the results of the May sweeps season for 2004. The numbers are in and show that WRAL-TV’s newscasts on both stations are dominating the Triangle. The ratings story […]
WRAL To Air Gubernatorial Debate
WRAL To Air Gubernatorial Debate On Saturday, July 10, 2004, at 7pm, the six Republicans who will vie to be their party’s candidate for North Carolina Governor will go head to head on WRAL-TV. As part of WRAL’s Candidates and Issues Forum, that station will air a one-hour commercial-free debate. Each candidate will have one […]
WRAL-TV and Communities In Schools Launch 3rd Annual School Stuff Campaign
WRAL-TV and Communities In Schools Launch 3rd Annual School Stuff Campaign For the third year, WRAL-TV has partnered with Communities In Schools to collect school supplies for students who need them. School Stuff, part of WRAL’s For the Children campaign, began Thursday, July 1, 2004, when collection barrels began appearing in participating The UPS Store […]
Parish Wins Gracie For Super-size Documentary
Parish Wins Gracie For Super-size Documentary WRAL-TV Senior Producer Phyllis Parish has won an esteemed Gracie Allen Award for her documentary “Super-Sizing Our Kids: NC’s Epidemic of Overweight Children.” She received the award at a ceremony at the New York Hilton on Monday, June 21, 2004. WRAL’s Phyllis Parish points out her favorite sponsor of […]
US Army’s Hickman Ends Tour at WRAL-TV
US Army’s Hickman Ends Tour at WRAL-TV Major Rob Hickman (left) presents a token of thanks to WRAL-TV’s Jim Hefner. Major Rob Hickman of the 4th Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort Bragg said farewell to WRAL-TV on Friday, June 11, 2004, after almost 10 months of training. He came to the station as part of […]
PROMAX Awards CBC Stations’ Promotions
PROMAX Awards CBC Stations’ Promotions PROMAX announced its 2004 winners for the PROMAX Promotion and Marketing Awards in New York on Thursday, June 25, 2004. Both WRAL-TV and WRAZ-TV/FOX 50 came home with several of the prestigious Muses. And the winners are…. GOLD MEDALLION Copywriting – “War is About People” – WRAL-TV WRAL-TV Producer Shelly […]
WRAL To Air Original Documentary on School ReSegregation
WRAL To Air Original Documentary on School ReSegregation WRAL-TV will air its latest documentary tonight, Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at 9pm. “Reading, Writing and Race” examines the trend towards “resegregation” of public schools in North Carolina 50 years after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision in which the US Supreme Court declared racial […]
WRAL’s “Candidates & Issues” Puts the Issues Out Front
WRAL’s “Candidates & Issues” Puts the Issues Out Front In a typical campaign season, voters may grow weary of seeing political messages from candidates, many of them very negative and attacking. WRAL’s “Candidates & Issues” aims to provide voters with an alternative way to learn about the candidates, and where they stand on the issues. […]