The Cape Light: Away from the Edge
The Cape Light: Away from the Edge By Scott Mason, WRAL-TV Imagine lifting up and moving the tallest lighthouse in America – the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse – 208 feet high, 10 million pounds of brick and granite. It is a structural masterpiece, moving the lighthouse an engineering marvel. WRAL-TV5 documents the move in a one-hour […]
WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal
WRAL-OnLine Helps Capture a Criminal WRAL-OnLine proves how invaluable the Internet can be, and just what potential it has. On June 3, 1997, Francisco Carrasco-Gutierrez, a transient, was shot as he slept beneath the Boylan Avenue Bridge at a transient camp along the railroad tracks west of downtown Raleigh, NC. The shooting had gone unsolved […]
Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production
Randy Mews Receives Award for Best Commercial Production At the annual North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) convention held in Myrtle Beach in early August, Randy Mews (currently with WRAL-TV) was presented with an award for the best commercial produced in North Carolina by the NCAB. The “Best of the Best” awards banquet is held […]
CBC and WRAL-TV5 Recieve Award for “Empowering People with Disabilities”
CBC and WRAL-TV5 Recieve Award for “Empowering People with Disabilities” On Thursday, July 22, both Capitol Broadcasting Company and WRAL-TV5 were honored for our outstanding philanthropy and empowering people with disabilities by the Orange County Disability Awareness Council during their Ninth Annual Americans with Disabilities Act Celebration. These Awards were established 25 years ago under […]
WRAL-HD’s Digital Dynamos
WRAL-HD’s Digital Dynamos RTNDA Communicator, a monthly publication by Radio-Television News Directors Association, published an article in their April 1999 issue called, “Digital Dynamos.” Written by Jill Geisler, it provides an in-depth look at the people behind WRAL-HD’s pioneering exploits into the world of HD. The article focuses on: Tom Beauchamp, director of engineering; Jay […]
WRAL-HD Produces centralXpress.com in HDTV
WRAL-HD Produces centralXpress.com in HDTV centralXpress.com, produced by WRAL-TV 5 in Raleigh, has just added another milestone to its list of accolades by becoming the first locally produced drama to be produced in HDTV. The program has already won three recent regional Emmy awards and two national Iris awards. The episode “Down and Going Up” […]
Jeff Gravley Elected as NC Sportscaster of the Year for 1998
Jeff Gravley Elected as NC Sportscaster of the Year for 1998 Jeff Gravley, FOX50 and WRAL TV5 sportscaster has been elected the North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year for 1998 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He will be honored with other winners on the evening of April 26 at the Historic Salisbury Depot […]
WRAL-TV Donates Proceeds from Cookbook Sales to Charity
WRAL-TV Donates Proceeds from Cookbook Sales to Charity On March 16th at 1pm, WRAL-TV5 and Hannaford presented proceeds from “Never Diet Again” cookbook sales, totaling $24,758, to local nonprofit organizations, which included InterFaith Food Shuttle, Food Bank of NC and NC Nutrition Network. WRAL-TV, in partnership with Hannaford, sold more than 7600 “Never Diet Again” […]
48 Hours: First News Magazine Program to be Shot in HD
48 Hours: First News Magazine Program to be Shot in HD The first news magazine program shot in High Definition television (HDTV), 48 Hours, will air on WRAL-HD at 10:00pm on April 1st. The CBS award winning broadcast will focus on the topic — Striking it Rich. “It is important that 48 Hours, which stands […]
Goodmon Recieves National Award for Digital Leadership WRAL-HD Once Again in Spotlight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 1999 Contact: Susan Dahlin Marketing Director 919-790-5720 Goodmon Recieves National Award for Digital Leadership WRAL-HD Once Again in Spotlight Raleigh, NC — James F. Goodmon, CEO and President of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., Raleigh NC (CBC), is the recipient of the Digital Television Pioneer Award to be presented this April […]