WRAL-TV Anchor Inducted Into YWCA Academy Of Women

WRAL-TV Anchor Inducted Into YWCA Academy Of Women “Find something that gives you goosebumps…and go do it.” –Stephanie Fanjul, Academy of Women Inductee 2000, Government Catherine Thomas of CP&L with WRAL-TV Anchor Pam Saulsby. The YWCA of Wake County inducted WRAL-TV Anchor Pam Saulsby into its Academy of Women at a celebration on Thursday evening, […]

Academy of Digital Television Pioneers Honors WRAL

Academy of Digital Television Pioneers Honors WRAL Goodmon Offers Opening Speech WRAL-DT has achieved another first; the station won the “Best Local Broadcaster” distinction in the first annual Academy of Digital Television Pioneers Awards. A ceremony honoring the award recipients took place during the “Delivering on the DTV Promise” conference in New York City on […]

Monica Laliberte In The Spotlight In The N&O

Monica Laliberte In The Spotlight In The N&O Monica Laliberte WRAL-TV Consumer Reporter Raleigh’s News & Observer recently featured WRAL Reporter Monica Laliberte in an article about consumer reporting. N&O Staff writer Adrienne Johnson’s piece, “Taped crusaders: Local consumer reporters try to win viewers by nabbing the bad guys” appeared in the Monday, October 23 […]

WRAL-TV Completes the World’s First All-HD Newscast

WRAL-TV Completes the World’s First All-HD Newscast A bevy of activity took place in the WRAL camp at the N.C. State Fairgrounds on Friday, October 13th, as WRAL produced the first all High Definition newscast in the history of the world. The 30-minute newscast went live at 5:00pm. WRAL will launch its full-time HDTV newscasts […]

WRAL-TV Makes More High Definition History

WRAL-TV Makes More High Definition History Since WRAL-TV received the nation’s first high definition television (HDTV) experimental license in 1996, the station has been working towards producing news solely in HD. The years of hard work have brought that dream to fruition, as WRAL will be airing the world’s first complete newscast in HD at […]

WRAL-TV News Operation Goes All-HDTV With Panasonic DVCPRO HD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10, 2000 For more information, contact Cindy Sink, Creative Services Manager ( 919) 821-8643 WRAL-TV News Operation Goes All-HDTV With Panasonic DVCPRO HD World’s First All-HD Newscast Set For October 13th From North Carolina State Fair LOS ANGELES, CA (October 10, 2000) — Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company today announced […]

WRAL OnLine Ranked #1 in LostRemote

WRAL OnLine Ranked #1 in LostRemote WRAL OnLine is in the news again, grabbing a headline on the website LostRemote.com for having the most unique visitors of any TV station web site in September. WRAL OnLine had 196,000 unique visitors, which was well ahead of the number two site, channel2000.com which had 187,000 unique visitors […]

WRAL-TV Anchor Shares His Musical Side

WRAL-TV Anchor Shares His Musical Side WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie does more than get up before roosters to broadcast the morning news to Triangle residents. Leslie has just produced a new CD entitled “Grace In Stone,” a collection of all original and mostly instrumental Celtic tunes. Leslie created the album as part of a trio […]

WRAL-TV To Air “The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards” In Spanish

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2000 For more information, contact Cindy Sink, Creative Services Manager ( 919) 821-8643 For CBS: Susan J. Marks (323) 575-2118 or Pam Gorode (212) 975-3163 WRAL-TV To Air “The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards” In Spanish On Wednesday, September 13th CBS Provides Its Owned and Affiliated Stations With Means Of […]

Pops In The Park With The North Carolina Symphony

Pops In The Park With The North Carolina Symphony A Labor Day Tradition For Area Families Labor Day weekend will once again bring together almost 40,000 people celebrating the sounds of live music and the community’s spirit of generosity. WRAL-TV’s annual Pops in the Park concert, featuring the North Carolina Symphony, is a free, outdoor […]