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 […]

Rodin Special To Air on WRAL-TV

Rodin Special To Air On WRAL-TV “Rodin: A Man of Passion” will air this Saturday, August 5, at 7:30pm on WRAL-TV. Produced by UNC-TV and edited for presentation on WRAL by TV5’s Local Production Senior Producer Phyllis Parish and Chief Photographer Bob Sadler, the program focuses on the life and works of French sculptor Auguste […]

WRAL Hosts A Survivor

WRAL Hosts A Survivor Radio listeners, TV viewers and Internet surfers in the Triangle all got a chance to see CBS Survivor’s Gervase Petersen yesterday. The YMCA basketball coach was slated for a full day of activities at WRAL-TV and WRAL-FM, including an Online chat at WRAL OnLine. Bill and Gervase on WRAL-FM Morning Show […]

Saulsby Writes Article For Oak Ranch

Saulsby Writes Article For Oak Ranch Pam Saulsby WRAL-TV News Anchor WRAL-TV News Anchor Pam Saulsby recently wrote an article for the Summer 2000, edition of the Oak Ranch newsletter, “treehouse.” Located in Sanford, North Carolina, Oak Ranch is a Christian home for troubled, abused or neglected children, ages 6 to 16, who need a […]

Stevenson Selected For NABJ Student Project

Stevenson Selected For NABJ Student Project WRAL-TV Editor Taunia Stevenson recently received an honor from the National Association of Black Journalists. The NABJ invited her to take part in the NABJ TV Student Project at their annual convention in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 16 – 20. Stevenson was selected from a field of hundreds by […]

WRAL-TV Business Manager Helps Clarify Music Reporting

WRAL-TV Business Manager Helps Clarify Music Reporting WRAL-TV Business Manager Jill Morris had an article published in the July 2000 edition of the Music Reports, Inc. (MRI) newsletter. Entitled “From Blanket to Per Program: One Station’s Journey,” her story dealt with WRAL’s experience of converting from blanket licensing to per program licensing (PPL). Morris volunteered […]