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. […]
WRAListens Visits Wayne County
WRAListens Visits Wayne County WRAL-TV continued its tour of areas in its viewing audience in May, with a stop in Wayne County. WRAL-TV staffers held a town meeting in Goldsboro with several representatives of Wayne County to hear their views on the latest leg of its WRAListens Tour. Nine panelists discussed a variety of Wayne […]
WRAL-TV & NCNN Win Honors From The ENAC
WRAL-TV & NCNN Win Honors From The ENAC WRAL-TV and the North Carolina News Network were big winners when The Electronic News Association of the Carolinas held its 2004 competition. The ENAC, formerly known as the Radio and Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas, brings together electronic media professionals to improve cable and news […]
Explorer Post 5 Wins News Awards
Explorer Post 5 Wins News Awards The National Student Television Award of Excellence Awards are in, and WRAL-TV’s Explorer Post 5 made the list. Post 5 received an honorable mention in the news category for their “Local Music Venues” production. These regional awards are presented by the National Television Academy, an organization committed to inspiring […]
Post 5 Member Remembered With Dedication
Post 5 Member Remembered With Dedication Jared Meyers A former WRAL Post 5 member will be remembered this weekend. Jared Meyers died tragically in a car accident a few years ago and now a computer center will be dedicated in his memory at the Longview Center in downtown Raleigh. “Jared was the first person to […]
Jared Meyers Tribute
Post 5 Member Remembered With Dedication A Tribute by WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams Jared Meyers “I learned a lesson about not pre-judging a person’s ability or drive.” – WRAL-TV’s Clarence Williams. I will always remember receiving a telephone call from Terri Meyers, inquiring about WRAL-TV Post 5. She told me about her son Jared, who had […]