Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV
Helms Makes Announcement Not To Run Again On WRAL-TV All eyes were on WRAL-TV on Wednesday, August 22, as U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC) made his announcement not to seek reelection in 2002. Satellite trucks lined Western Boulevard as national and statewide media watched Senator Helms enter the station to tape his statement. A former […]
Helms To Make Announcement About Future On WRAL-TV
Helms To Make Announcement About Future On WRAL-TV Senator Jesse Helms will make an announcement about his future on WRAL-TV. U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC) will make an announcement about his future plans tonight on WRAL-TV. The broadcast will take place during the 6:00pm newscast today, Wednesday, August 22. The station also plans to air […]
Senator Helms Announces His Decision To Return Or Retire Wednesday at 6pm on WRAL-TV5
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2001 For more information, contact Bill Peterson, WRAL General Manager, 919-821-8568 Senator Helms Announces His Decision to Return or Retire Wednesday at 6pm on WRAL-TV5 Raleigh, NC–North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms will announce his plans for the future Wednesday night on WRAL-TV5’s 6:00 News. WRAL will also air a 1-hour […]
CBS Partners With Sears & Samsung To Bring College Football Into The Digital Age
CBS Partners With Sears & Samsung To Bring College Football Into The Digital Age CBS Television announced on August 1, that the corporation will team with Samsung Electronics and Sears, Roebuck & Co. to broadcast the 2001 season of leading college football games in HDTV. The collaboration marks the first time such games have been […]
WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual School Stuff Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2001 For more information, contact John Harris, Director of Special Projects (919) 821-8662, jharris@wral.com WRAL Launches 24-hour News Channel WRAL-TV has launched an exclusive 24-hour local news and information service for digital television viewers in the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville television market. The “WRAL NewsChannel” can now be viewed over the air on […]
WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual School Stuff Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 27, 2001 For more information about the “School Stuff” campaign, contact Loretta Harper-Arnold, WRAL-TV Community Relations Director (919) 821-8652 lharper@wral.com For more information about CIS volunteer opportunities, contact Juanita Davis, Communities In Schools of NC (919) 832-2700 jdavis@cisnc.org WRAL and Communities In Schools Launch the First Annual “School Stuff” Campaign RALEIGH, […]
Tom Suiter Honored For Broadcasting Career
Tom Suiter Honored For Broadcasting Career WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter received induction into the prestigious Silver Circle by the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Saturday, June 30. The induction recognized Suiter’s 30 years in television at a banquet at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza […]
SAP Translation of WRAL-TV Hits The Airwaves
SAP Translation of WRAL-TV Hits The Airwaves WRAL-TV officially launched its Spanish simulcast of the WRAL 6:00pm News on Monday, June 18. With a project that had been a year in the making, the translation of the news on the Second Audio Program (SAP) channel made WRAL the first station in North Carolina to simulcast […]
Dan Wilkinson Receives FFA Award
WRAL-TV Reporter Honored By NC FFA The North Carolina FFA bestowed WRAL-TV Reporter Dan Wilkinson with an “Honorary State FFA Degree” on Tuesday, June 12th during the NC FFA State Convention. WRAL-TV’s Dan Wilkinson The Honorary FFA Degree recognizes supporters of the NC FFA organization. Wilkinson has judged competition events for four years and has […]
WRAL-TV Documentary: “Organ Donation, The Gift of Life”
WRAL-TV Encourages Organ Donation With Documentary WRAL-TV sets out to inform and educate viewers with its many original documentaries. That mission will continue with “Organ Donation, The Gift of Life” set to re-air on WRAL-TV on Saturday, June 2, at 7:30pm. First broadcast during “Organ Donation Awareness Month” on April 24th, the documentary received high […]