HSOT Honors finalists named, voting now open until May 15
Voting is now open for the 2022 version of HighSchoolOT Honors presented by Auction Direct USA. High school sports fans can vote once per day in each category at HighSchoolOT.com/Honors now through 11:59 p.m. on May 15. Throughout the school year, HighSchoolOT has accepted nominations from the public for each category in HighSchoolOT Honors. A selection committee sat down to […]
WRAL-TV’s Pete Sockett Honored by NAB in Las Vegas
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) presented their 2022 Television Engineering Achievement Award to WRAL-TV Director of Engineering & Operations Pete Sockett at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Sockett had a team of Capitol Broadcasting colleagues in attendance to cheer him on, including Corp President & COO Jimmy Goodmon, […]
Current & Former WRAL Staffers Celebrate Tom Suiter’s Induction into NC Sports Hall of Fame
A veritable who’s who of WRAL staffers past and present came together to support legendary sports anchor Tom Suiter at his induction into the NC Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, April 22, 2022. The event took place at the Raleigh Convention Center. The retired Suiter sat on the dais with his wife, Julie, while […]
Reflecting on Tom Suiter & Football Friday Before Hall of Fame Induction
Legendary WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter will be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, April 22, 2022. To celebrate his long and storied career in broadcasting, 99.9 The Fan Sports Talk Host Joe Ovies features Suiter on the new A Brief History of Triangle Sports podcast. The podcast is produced […]
Jimmy Goodmon Named to Broadcast Television’s Best Leader List for 2022
Radio+Television Business Report has named CBC President & COO Jimmy Goodmon to the publication’s Broadcast Television’s Best Business Leaders of 2022. A feature about Goodmon appeared in the Spring 2022 edition of the publication. “For the fourth consecutive year, nominations made by RBR+TVBR readers — in other words, people who know the television industry from […]
UNC journalism studio named in honor of CBC CEO Jim Goodmon
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school pulled off a big surprise for CBC CEO & Board Chair Jim Goodmon. The state-of-the-art studio in the Curtis Media Center is now named for him, in a nod to his contributions to the school. The official name is the James F. Goodmon Studio. The […]
New WRAL Documentary “Pandemic Generation: Kids in Crisis” Debuts April 20th
New WRAL Documentary investigates the lasting impacts of remote learning, quarantine, and the uncertainty children endured over the pandemic COVID cases continue to be on the decline in North Carolina, but one lasting issue from the pandemic is what it did to our kids. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Surgeon General declared a national state […]
Candidates for US Senate to Debate on WRAL
WRAL News will host a debate between former governor Pat McCrory and former congressman Mark Walker, two of the three front runners in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, this Thursday night, April 14, 2022. WRAL also invited Congressman Ted Budd, but he did not accept the invitation. WRAL’s latest story on the primary race for the […]
Spring Blooming in the WRAL Gardens
Spring blooms are exploding all over the WRAL Azalea Gardens. From tulips to the signature azaleas, the gardens are ariot with color. Take a look at the colorful landscape in these photos from Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The gardens are constantly changing. Visiting the WRAL Azalea Gardens The WRAL Gardens are located behind the WRAL-TV […]
WRAL Photojournalist Flies High Over Dreamville
WRAL-TV New Photographer 2 Richard Adkins had a unique vantage point for the Dreamville Festival at Dix Park on Saturday, April 2, 2022. You might say he was in the nosebleed section, but definitely not the cheap seats. Adkins was high aloft in Sky 5, focusing his camera on the stage and the crowd, covering […]