WRAL Closes May Ratings Period with Wins in All Local Newscasts
WRAL News Tops Ratings in Raleigh-Durham Market, #1 in All Newscasts, All Day With the final numbers in for the May 2019 Nielsen ratings period, WRAL (Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville DMA) sealed its position as the Triangle’s top news station with the most viewers all day, every day. WRAL News was the most watched local news […]
WRAL Announces Weather Team Line-up
Elizabeth Gardner to continue on Mornings, Mike Maze and Kat Campbell to lead Evening Weather Coverage WRAL News viewers will continue to get the life-saving weather coverage they rely on as WRAL News announced their new on-air weather team. Familiar faces will headline the Triangle’s largest and most experienced team of meteorologists on WRAL. Elizabeth […]
WRAL’s Morning News on FOX 50 Expands with an Additional Hour Weekdays 9-10 a.m.
Ken Smith and Lena Tillett set to anchor the new hour of news beginning June 3 No matter when you wake up, WRAL News is there for you! Beginning June 3, it’s even easier to catch your favorite local news at a time that’s convenient for you when WRAL’s Morning News on FOX 50 expands […]
WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason Releases Fourth Book
WRAL-TV Specialty Reporter Scott Mason released his fourth book as the Tar Heel Traveler on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The series debuted on WRAL’s evening news in 2007, and Mason has amassed hundreds of stories over the years. He says each one is special. “Tar Heel Traveler: New Journeys Across North Carolina” includes more about […]
May 2019 WRAL Out And About TV Airs Wednesday
Tune in to WRAL-TV this Wednesday at 7:30pm for the May 2019 edition of WRAL’s Out and About TV. This month, check out a local bakery that mils local grains to make yummy bread and tasty pastries. Took a luthier’s workshop where a local crafter captures the look and sound of vintage pre-war guitars. Plus, find out […]
WRAL TechWire Features Rocky Mount Mills in Three-Part Series
Last week, WRAL TechWire posted a three-part series featuring the Rocky Mount Mills. The in-depth pieces explore the redevelopment of the 200-year-old Rocky Mount Mills, and the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the city of Rocky Mount. Read the WRAL TechWire articles: Rocky Mount, Raleigh’s rival? Some think so with launch of new live-work-play complex With […]
WRAL-TV Wins Regional Murrow Award for Innovation for Second Year in a Row
WRAL-TV has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation for the second year running. The station took home the 2019 honor for the news series “Presumption of Fear.” The Radio Television Digital News Association made the announcement on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. First presented in 1971, the Murrow Awards […]
WRAL’s Out and About Has Launched a Podcast
A great new offering from WRAL’s Out & About from Editor Kathy Hanrahan: When WRAL.com’s Out and About launched about 10 years ago, our goal was to spotlight some of the great events, restaurants and businesses in the Triangle. We are constantly looking a new ways to do that. We have introduced the Out and […]
Paddling Down the Neuse: WRAL-TV’s Richard Adkins Shares Behind the Scenes of New WRAL Doc
After working on the WRAL Documentary “New Trouble on the Neuse River,” WRAL photojournalist Richard Adkins takes WRAL-TV viewers and WRAL.com visitors for a multi-day, ground-level look at North Carolina’s important waterway. “New Trouble on the Neuse River” premieres on Thursday, April 18, 2019. In the new WRAL Documentary, 30 years after bi-partisan action saved the Neuse […]
Bill Leslie Revisits Troubles of Neuse River in New WRAL Documentary
Retired WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie will be back to discuss current problems for the Neuse River, a natural resource he first reported on 30 years ago. The WRAL Documentary “New Trouble on the Neuse River” premieres this Thursday, April 18, 2019, at 7pm on WRAL-TV. Leslie shares about the “Troubled Waters” documentary he created three […]