WRAL Digital Airs Entire NCAA Basketball Tournament
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2000 For more information, contact For more information, contact Susan Dahlin, 919-790-5720 E-mail:sdahlin@cbc-raleigh.com WRAL Digital Airs Entire NCAA Basketball Tournament Raleigh, NC — For the first time in television history, viewers can choose to watch any one of the games played during the NCAA basketball tournament on WRAL-TV5 and WRAL […]
Former WRAL-TV Anchor Featured In N&O
Former WRAL-TV Anchor Featured in N&O Charlie Gaddy is a retired WRAL-TV 5 employee who anchored the evening news for around 20 years. He shares some of his wisdom gained over the years with Carol Frey, a staff writer for the News and Observer Newspaper. Story from the News and Observer Web Site: February 20, […]
WRAL-TV Webcam Featured in Chapel Hill News
WRAL-TV Webcam Featured in Chapel Hill News WRAL Online’s placement of a Robocam or Webcam received some recognition in this write-up by The Chapel Hill News. John Conway, director of new media for WRAL-TV discusses the ways in which the camera is being used by WRAL Online viewers. Story from the The Chapel Hill News: […]
WRAL-TV Wins 9 Regional Emmy Awards
WRAL Wins 9 Regional Emmy Awards CBC was well represented at the event. On February 5, 2000, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) awarded their annual Regional Emmy Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The academy honors and inspires excellence through the internationally recognized Emmy Award, the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed […]
WRAL-HD Selects JVC’s Digital-S As Its Primary Tape Format
WRAL-HD Selects JVC’s Digital-S As Its Primary Tape Format From a January article in Television Broadcast Online Weekly JVC Professional Products Company has announced that WRAL-HD, based in Raleigh, NC, has selected JVC’s Digital-S as its primary tape format. The station’s owner, Capitol Broadcasting of Raleigh, recently purchased 26 pieces of Digital-S equipment to be […]
DTV Plus, WRAL-HD Datacast WRAL OnLine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2000 For more information, contact Sam Matheny, DTV Plus Vice President and General Manager Email: info@dtvplus.com Phone: 919-850-4540 www.dtvplus.com Satish Thatte, Director, LGERCA, Inc. Product Management and Standards Email: products@lgerca.com Phone: 609-716-3505 www.lgerca.com DTV Plus, WRAL-HD Datacast WRAL OnLine First Daily Datacast of Nation’s Number One Television Web Site Raleigh, […]
WRAL-TV Responds To The Governor’s Youth Violence & School Safety Task Force
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2000 For more information, contact Phyllis Parish, Senior Producer, (919) 821-8646 or Cindy Sink, Promotion Manager, (919) 821-86436 WRAL-TV Responds To The Governor’s Youth Violence & School Safety Task Force Raleigh, NC — In direct response to recommendations made by Governor Jim Hunt’s Task Force on Youth Violence and School […]
WRAL-TV Local Production Nabs Telly Award
WRAL-TV Local Production Nabs Telly Award Phyllis Parish WRAL-TV Senior Producer WRAL-TV Senior Producer Phyllis Parish won a silver Telly Award for her writing and producing the WRAL-TV special “Crisis in Kosovo: NC Reaches Out” this past February. The half-hour program, which originally aired in May 1999, won in the TV or Cable Information Program […]
WRAL-TV5 Helps Out WFSS FM in Fayetteville, NC
WRAL-TV5 Helps Out WFSS FM in Fayetteville, NC Continuing in Capitol Broadcasting’s long-standing commitment to public radio, WRAL-TV5 donated money to help a Fayetteville radio station repair a damaged antenna. Bill Peterson, vice president and general manager for WRAL-TV presented the Fayetteville State University public radio station WFSS a check in the amount of $27,425 […]
Kara Lusk – A “Cobra” Ready To Strike
Kara Lusk – A “Cobra” Ready To Strike Kara Lusk WRAL-TV News Writer Kara Lusk, a news writer for WRAL-TV5, was selected to become a member of the Cobra Dancer cheerleading squad of the Carolina Cobra Football team. The Cobras are part of a new sport called Arena Football. While similar in most respects to […]