WRAL-TV’s Brain Game Production – the Virtual Experience
The smartest half-hour of television continues to carry on despite COVID. On Saturday, January 9, 2021, WRAL-TV’s Local Production team recorded three episodes of Brain Game in a virtual format using Zoom. “This is an amazing example of perseverance and innovation that I’m very glad to say runs deep at CBC,” said WRAL-TV Local Production […]
WRAL Documentary: MaryAnn Premieres Wednesday, Jan. 13th at 7:30pm on WRAL
Warm. Giving, Caring. Compassionate. Those are just some of the adjectives used to describe MaryAnn Black from people who knew and worked with her. “MaryAnn” premieres on WRAL-TV in Raleigh and WILM-TV in Wilmington on Wednesday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m. and on WRAZ Fox 50 on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. Black was […]
WRAL and FOX 50 Are No Longer Being Carried on DISH, Carriage Extension Expired
WRAL and FOX 50 removed from DISH lineup, removes key local news and community programming during pandemic and winter weather months Effective Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 at 5 p.m. ET, WRAL and FOX 50 are no longer being carried on DISH. WRAL and FOX 50 have fallen victim to the same fate as hundreds of […]
Fun Memories: WRAL-TV’s Armstrong Finds Mailman Photo From WRAL Children’s Show
Mail deliverers have been front and center during the pandemic, particularly during this holiday season. One CBC employee recently recalled a fun memory of playing a postman on TV, a role he never expected when he joined the WRAL team over four decades ago. Capitol Broadcasting celebrates long term employees, staffers with five or more […]
Tune In: Carolina Ballet’s Nutcracker on WRAL-TV on Christmas Day
Don’t forget to tune in for a special holiday presentation! On Christmas Night, Dec. 25, 2020, WRAL will broadcast an exclusive TV event: The Nutcracker, presented by PNC Bank and performed by the Carolina Ballet, the area’s only professional ballet company. WRAL Out & About: WRAL, Carolina Ballet partner for ‘Nutcracker’ broadcast on Christmas The premiere […]
A CBC Christmas Classic: Fred Fletcher and My Two Front Teeth
Fred Fletcher, son of Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher, helped launch WRAL-AM in 1939 and went on to play a variety of leadership roles as CBC expanded into television. Besides serving as General Manager, Fletcher was known for his love of performing. He played various radio roles on his show “Tempus Fugit” and later his […]
Good Eats, a News Pup and a Fictional Crime Reporter, From A Trio of WRAL Authors
Several WRAL-TV News Reporters are also published authors. WRAL-TV reporters Amanda Lamb, Scott Mason and Kasey Cunningham all have new books out in 2020. Here’s the scoop: Tar Heel Traveler’s Good Eats: 101 Down-Home North Carolina Classics by Scott Mason WRAL-TV Specialty Reporter Scott Mason released a new book in the Tar Heel Traveler series […]
WRAL-TV, WRAZ-TV and WARZ-TV Continue Capitol Broadcasting Legacy of Technology and Innovation with Launch of NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0)
WUNC-TV Set to Launch, pending FCC approval, joins elite group in “most significant broadcast technology upgrade ever” WRAL (NBC) and WRAZ (FOX), a part of Capitol Broadcasting Company (CBC), in partnership with WARZ, began broadcasting NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) on December 15th, 2020. Additionally, WUNC (UNC-TV), is also set to launch NEXTGEN TV, pending FCC […]
Golden Years Holiday Celebration Cancelled, But Seniors Remembered with Special Mailing from CBC & City of Raleigh
Capitol Broadcasting Company and the City of Raleigh have been jointly sponsoring a holiday event for Raleigh seniors for the past 62 years. As with every in-person event this season, the 63rd Annual Golden Years Holiday Celebration has been cancelled. But CBC and the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department wanted to make sure […]
Share Some Warmth This Holiday Season with WRAL Coats for the Children Day of Giving
Today, Friday, December 11, 2020, WRAL-TV will celebrate the “Day of Giving” to focus on the station’s 32nd Annual Coats for the Children Campaign. The day will include a one-hour special on WRAL at 1pm and a half-hour special at 7pm. Donations made by Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, will be matched up to $75,000 by […]