WRAL OnLine Now Available Via Cell Phone
WRALOnLine Now Available Via Cell Phone by John Conway WRAL-TV was one of the first stations to have a fully developed web site. WRAL OnLine also was one of the first stations to make its content available to Palm Pilot users. Now it is among the first — or perhaps the first — local TV […]
NAACP Honors WRAL-TV and Retiree J.D. Lewis
NAACP Honors WRAL-TV and Retiree J.D. Lewis The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) presented WRAL-TV5 with the Television Station of the Year Award and WRAL-TV retiree JD Lewis with the Humanitarian of the Year Award. The Awards were given by the Raleigh/Apex Branch of the NAACP during their annual Freedom Fund […]
John Harris Named News Director Of The Year
John Harris Named News Director Of The Year John Harris, who guided WRAL-TV’s award-winning and top-rated news department for 5 1/2 years, has been named News Director of the Year by the Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas. WRAL-TV News Director John Harris Harris, who now serves as the station’s director of special […]
WRAL-TV Names Parquet-Taylor News Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2000 For more information, contact Cindy Sink, Promotion Manager, (919) 821-8643 WRAL-TV Names Parquet-Taylor News Director Raleigh, NC — Andrea Parquet-Taylor has been named News Director for WRAL-TV5, announced Vice President and General Manager Bill Peterson. Parquet-Taylor joined WRAL as assistant News Director in September 1999 and was named acting […]
United Way Presents Anvil Of Caring Award To WRAL-TV5 And FOX 50
United Way Presents Anvil Of Caring Award To WRAL-TV5 and FOX 50 The Triangle United Way presented the 1999 Anvil of Caring Award to WRAL-TV5 and FOX 50 during their annual luncheon on Wednesday, March 29. The Triangle United Way created this new award to recognize media partners who support their efforts and their campaigns […]
WRAL-TV5 Completes Construction On Its Fourth Habitat For Humanity Home
WRAL-TV5 Completes Construction On Its Fourth Habitat For Humanity Home On Saturday, March 25th, WRAL-TV in partnership with Goldston’s Building Supply and UNC-Ch students, faculty, and staff celebrated the completion of Halina Morman’s newly-constructed Habitat home and ten other Habitat homes in Chapel Hill. The Morman dedication ceremony was part of Habitat’s Celebration 2000, a […]
WRAL’s New Digital Tower Signs On
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2000 For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com WRAL’s New Digital Tower Signs On Raleigh, NC — After lengthy delays created by hurricanes, snowstorms, and manufacturers, the new digital tower is now up and running, transmitting the WRAL Digital signal on its new assigned channel 53. In time for […]
Wilderness North Carolina Premieres at First High-Definition Theater in the Southeast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2000 For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com Nancy Walters, Museum of Natural Sciences, 919/733-7450 Wilderness North Carolina Premieres at First High-Definition Theater in the Southeast Raleigh, NC — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences premiered its first original movie -and the stars acted like real animals. The […]
WRAL OnLine Cited As Leader In Building Loyalty
WRAL OnLine Cited As Leader In Building Loyalty Philip Meyer, consultant for USA Today and a holder of the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina, discussed the issue of “viewer trust” in The Forum column of the Tuesday, March 21 issue of USA Today newspaper. In his article, “Extra, Extra! Local […]
Susan Dahlin Brings Wall Street Journal Readers Up To Speed On Digital Television
Susan Dahlin Brings Wall Street Journal Readers Up To Speed On Digital Susan Dahlin, marketing director for WRAL Digital, was interviewed by Joe Flint, staff writer for the Wall Street Journal for an article entitled: Stay Tuned High-definition TV was going to reinvent the medium. So, where is it? released on March 20, 2000. In […]