Clear the Shelters: SPCA of Wake County cuts adoption fees in half

Clear the Shelters

The SPCA of Wake County is kicking off Clear the Shelters with a week-long adoption special. Beginning Monday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 5, the shelter is offering 50% off all adoptions. The half-price adoption fee includes spay or neuter, a microchip, vaccines and deworming. “Clear the Shelters is an incredible opportunity for these pets to find […]

“HSOT Live” Week One Perseveres Despite Interference From Mother Nature

Nick Stevens & Kat Campbell

HighSchoolOT Live returned on Friday, August 20, 2021, for the first regular fall season since 2019, but nothing about the night was routine. An Omen of the Craziness To Come HighSchoolOT.com Senior Editor Nick Stevens, the host of HSOT Live, suffered the evening’s first re-direct due to the stormy weather. He tweeted, “Someone just had […]

WRAL’s “Football Friday” and “HighSchoolOT” Live are Back Starting Tonight

Football Friday

High school football is back in its traditional season, and WRAL-TV and HighSchoolOT are ready to bring you all the highlights, scores and headlines.  Football Friday and HighSchoolOT Live kick off tonight, Friday, August 20, 2021. HighSchoolOT Live starts at 7pm.  Watch on the HighSchoolOT app or wherever you stream WRAL.  Nick Stevens and his […]

WRAL Nights of Lights returns to Dix Park

WRAL Nights of Lights

WRAL Nights of Lights at Dorothea Dix Park is back for a second year this 2021 holiday season. This new Raleigh holiday tradition is a joint effort between WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting Company and the City of Raleigh. WRAL Nights of Lights is the only downtown Raleigh drive-thru holiday light experience. Taking place inside Dorothea Dix […]

From 6,800 miles away, Durham Bulls social media strategist creates content for Tokyo Olympics

Ellie Whittington

WRAL-TV featured stories about local connections to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on the nightly half-hour Olympic Zone.  A story on Thursday, August 5, 2021, hits close to home for Capitol Broadcasting: an interview with Ellie Whittington, social media strategist for the Durham Bulls, who engaged audiences on social media for the 2020 Olympics: Ellie Whittington is a social […]

WRAL-TV Adds Franklinton to List of WRAL Live Cam Network

Franklinton WRAL Live Cam

The newest WRAL Live Cam debuted during WRAL-TV Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner’s weather segment on Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021. Franklinton now joins the list of 39 locations with cameras in the WRAL Live Cam Network. WRAL-TV Technical Project Coordinator/Training Supervisor Tony Gupton, the WRAL engineer who heads up the station’s Videstra Camera Network for News […]

New Episode of Follow The Truth Podcast Released

Mikaya Thurmond & Amanda Lamb

Another new episode of CBC/WRAL-TV’s Follow the Truth Podcast came out yesterday, Thursday, July 29, 2021.  WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb hosts this true crime podcast series, which she also exhaustively researched. In this latest episode, listeners learn more about Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan. WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Mikaya Thurmond recently interviewed Lamb about the new podcast […]