WRAL-TV To Offer Expansive Coverage of NCAA Tournament
WRAL-TV To Offer Expansive Coverage of NCAA Tournament For the third year running, WRAL-TV will offer all of the 63 NCAA games on CBS between its analog and digital channels. NCAA coverage begins this Thursday, March 14th, with the Kentucky-Valpariso matchup in the East, the Oklahoma State-Kent State matchup in the South and the Miami-Missouri […]
WRAL To Air CBS Sept. 11 Documentary
WRAL To Air CBS Sept. 11 Documentary “9-11” Will Air Without Commercial Interruption French filmmakers & brothers Gedeon and Jules Naudet happened to be filming a documentary about New York firefighters on the day of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They have now created a stunning documentary with never before-broadcast video of […]
WRAL-TV To Offer Unique ACC Basketball Tournament Coverage
WRAL-TV To Offer Unique ACC Basketball Tournament Coverage The ACC Tournament begins tonight, March 7, 2002, at the Charlotte Coliseum, and WRAL-TV will be there to cover the event in high-definition. Although Raycom/Jefferson Productions is not offering the games in HD, WRAL-TV will be doing sportscasts and highlights in HD. Also, for the first time […]
WRAL-TV News Director Puts Grandmother’s Insprirational Life On The Stage
WRAL-TV News Director Puts Grandmother’s Inspirational Life On The Stage “Reach for the stars, but if you fall on the moon, you’re still on higher ground.”-Alma Jenkins WRAL-TV’s Spencer Jenkins wrote “Burdens To Bear” to share the inpiration his grandmother, Alma Jenkins, has been to him. WRAL-TV’s Spencer Jenkins not only directs WRAL-TV’s morning newscasts, […]
WRAL-TV Wins Nine Regional Emmys
WRAL-TV Wins Nine Regional Emmys WRAL-TV brought home the gold this past weekend, as the station nabbed nine Regional Emmy Awards from the 16th Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards in Nashville on Saturday, February 2, 2002. The statues were presented at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center at the annual banquet and telecast. WRAL-TV […]
Wake County Students Explore Careers in Television For A Day
Wake County Students Explore Careers in Television For A Day Dillard Drive Middle School 8th grader Scott Victor (right) gets some tips on becoming a reporter from WRAL’s Len Besthoff. Before Punxsutawney Phil even stepped out of his burrow, some WRAL-TV employees were seeing their shadows. WRAL-TV participated in the Groundhog Shadow Day for Wake […]
Spanish Radio Station To Broadcast WRAL News
Spanish Radio Station To Broadcast WRAL News WRAL-TV’s Spanish simulcast of the 6:00pm weekday news is getting to more listeners in North Carolina. Rocky Mount radio station WEED-AM plans to begin carrying the audio of the simulcast next week. Rocky Mount’s WEED-AM will carry WRAL-TV’s Spanish simulcast of the 6:00pm news. Community Relations Director Loretta […]
WRAL-TV Names New General Manager
WRAL-TV Names New General Manager Beginning March 4, 2002, WRAL-TV will have a new Vice President and General Manager. Capitol Broadcasting Company President & CEO Jim Goodmon announced on January 18, that Jim Hefner, currently president and general manager of Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE-TV, will take the reigns at the Raleigh station. Jim Hefner A […]
WRAL-TV’s 2001 Coats For The Children Comes To A Successful End
WRAL-TV’s 2001 Coats For The Children Comes To A Successful End WRAL-TV wrapped up the 2001 Coats For The Children Campaign, collecting over 3,000 coats and receiving pledges of $58,000. 2001 marks the 13th year WRAL-TV and principle sponsors have raised money and collected new and used winter coats for the Salvation Army to distribute […]
WRAL-TV Broadcasts 13th Annual Coats For The Children Telethon
WRAL-TV Broadcasts 13th Annual Coats For The Children Telethon At 5:30am on Friday, December 7, WRAL-TV will turn its airwaves over to the station’s annual campaign to make a warm difference for the children of the central North Carolina. The 13th Annual Coats For The Children Telethon will run through midnight to raise funds for […]