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 […]
WRAL’s Out and About TV Gets into Holiday Spirit, Airs December 9
WRAL’s Out and About TV gets into the holiday spirit with The Carolina Ballet’s Nutcracker and a virtual trip around the Triangle on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The half-hour program features the Fuquay-Varina Arts Center and downtown, Ashley’s Harvest Moon in Holly Springs, Pat Murnane’s Irish Pub in Wake Forest and Donovan’s Dish in Apex. […]
WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards event goes virtual in January
The annual WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards event will be held as a virtual event on Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by WRAL’s Mikaya Thurmond and Kat Campbell, the winners in more than 100 categories will be announced during the livestream. Finalists and anyone who wishes to watch the awards are encouraged to register now to […]
Amazon to stream WRAL-produced series on murder of Michael Jordan’s father
Amazon Studios will air a docuseries co-produced by the WRAL documentary team, Capitol Broadcasting Co., WRAL’s parent, and Los Angeles-based production company Bow and Arrow Entertainment. “Moment of Truth: The Killing of James Jordan” tells the never-before-seen story behind the murder of James Jordan, father of NBA legend Michael Jordan. The five-part series re-examines the […]
Making the Season Merry, Festive and Safe: Behind the Scenes of the WRAL Tower Lighting Special
“Producing the WRAL Tower Lighting is my favorite assignment every year. Every year, it’s amazing how many people from various departments come together for this project.” – WRAL-TV News Producer Kelly Riner WRAL-TV supersized the tower lighting for 2020, combining the lighting celebrations from American Tobacco’s Lucky Strike Tower, the Rocky Mount Mills Water Tower […]
Get the story behind Nights of Lights
The weekly podcast by WRAL’s Out and About Editor Kathy Hanrahan features the WRAL Nights of Lights: Brighten your holiday season with the first ever Nights of Lights Drive-Thru Light Show at Dorothea Dix Park brought to you by WRAL/Capitol Broadcasting in partnership the City of Raleigh. Towering oaks, rolling hills and open fields will be the […]
WRAL-TV Receives Multiple Midsouth Emmy Nominations, Including Overall News Excellence
The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 35th Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards on Friday, November 27, 2020, and WRAL-TV received fifteen nods, including a nomination for News Excellence. The Midsouth NATAS received over 900 entries from which the nominees were selected. The award winners will […]
Annual WRAL Tower Lighting Special Expands to Include American Tobacco & Rocky Mount Mills
While some holiday traditions will suffer in 2020, the annual lighting of the WRAL-TV tower is getting bigger and better. Tune in on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. for a Tower Lighting Special, brought to you from three locations – WRAL’s Western Boulevard station, American Tobacco Campus in Durham and Rocky Mount Mills. WRAL is […]
WRAL’s Brain Game Celebrates 25th Season
WRAL’s Local High School Quiz Show Celebrates 25th Season Kickoff Last Saturday, November 21st WRAL is thrilled to celebrate the 25th Season of Brain Game in a year like no other. Brain Game is WRAL’s own local high school quiz show where local schools compete against one another. This past Saturday, November 21st at Noon, […]