Ring in the New Year with WRAL First Night 2019
Two of Raleigh’s biggest entities are joining forces to ring in the New Year in a big way. For the first time this year the 28th Annual New Year’s Eve celebration will be known as WRAL First Night Raleigh 2019! Join WRAL-TV and Artsplosure will present this Triangle staple, with 20+ blocks of programming throughout […]
INDY Week Features Family Holiday Recipe Shared by WRAL-TV’s Ken Smith
If you’re looking for a new and unique side for your holiday meal, look no further than the recipe book of WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Ken Smith. INDY Week, the free local Triangle publication, invited Smith to contribute to a recent virtual potluck. “The publisher asked me and others like Mayor McFarlane about family holiday traditions and […]
MIX 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition Winners to Appear on WRAL News on FOX 50
The winners have been selected in the MIX 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition and will soon be coming to a television near you. While WRAL-FM continues to play to semi-finalists in their MIX of holiday music on the radio, the winning choirs have all come to WRAL-TV’s Studio A to sing for the cameras. Tune in […]
WRAL-TV Coats Telethon Marks 30 Years, Final Production for Parish and On Track to Break Campaign Record
WRAL-TV’s Coats for the Children Telethon marked two milestones at the daylong event on Friday, December 14, 2018. First, the Telethon celebrated 30 years of working to keep Triangle children warm, and the second, the broadcast would be the final run for WRAL-TV Director of Local Production Phyllis Parish. Parish will be retiring in March […]
Help Keep Kids Warm This Winter: WRAL-TV’s 30th Annual Coats for the Children Telethon Today
WRAL’s 30th Annual Coats for the Children Telethon is taking place today, Friday, December 14th, raising money to buy new winter clothing for local children in need. The telethon takes place from 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The big event kicks off at 6 a.m., with special coverage at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m on […]
Cold Weather Provides Perfect Backdrop for WRAL’s Coats For Children Telethon Coming This Friday
On Friday, Dec. 14, WRAL-TV will broadcast its 30th Annual Coats for the Children Telethon, raising money to buy new, warm winter clothing and undergarments for Salvation Army children in need. Telethon operators will accept pledges from 6 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. The telethon includes a one-hour live special at 1 p.m. and a half-hour […]
WRAL-TV Celebrates 60th Tower Lighting with Half-Hour Special, Client Reception
WRAL-TV lit the 300-foot tower for the 60th time on Monday, December 3, 2018. The evening began with weather reports from the fountain out front, continuing throughout the newscasts and culminating with a half-hour special at 7pm. Several special guests helped with the lighting, including WRAL legend Charlie Gaddy, recently retired anchor Bill Leslie, cast […]
WRAL Multimedia, Investigative Series Raises Questions About North Carolina Castle Doctrine
WRAL is taking in-depth investigative reporting to a new level this week, with a five-part digital and television look at North Carolina’s Castle Doctrine through the lens of a Harnett County case. WRAL reporters Tyler Dukes and Mandy Mitchell began exploring the case of Christian Griggs and the Rev. Pat Chisenhall in the spring of […]
CBC to Light Three Towers for Holidays, Starting Friday in Durham
Things are about to get brighter at three CBC locations as two campuses carry on an annual tradition and one joins the fun for the first time. American Tobacco kicks off the events with their 14th annual lighting of the Lucky Strike Tower on Friday, November 30, 2018. Rocky Mount Mills will light their water […]
New WRAL Documentary: 75 Hours Premieres Thursday, November 29 at 7 p.m.
Hurricane Florence sat on top of North Carolina for four days, battering the state with relentless rain and wind. WRAL News streamed live continuous coverage for 75 hours during those four days. The documentary “75 Hours” is the hurricane story you haven’t seen, told first person by the 64 journalists who covered the storm on television, web and social media. They gave life saving information while trying […]