MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV Listeners and Viewers Come Through During 2018 Mediathon for BackPack Buddies
MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV helped feed hungry kids in the Triangle thanks to generous listeners and viewers through the 3rd Annual Mediathon for BackPack Buddies. The 2018 daylong event took place on Wednesday, July 18, and to date has raised $193,500 for the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, with online and text donations continuing to come in. […]
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2018 WRAL Azalea Celebration
The 33rd Annual WRAL Azalea Celebration is now accepting applications from non-profits for the 2018 plant giveaway. Sponsored by WRAL-TV, MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM, FOX 50, WRAL.com and NC Beautiful, the Azalea Celebration promotes environmental education, beautification and stewardship by awarding azalea plants to non-profits in North Carolina. All applications must be received or postmarked by […]
WRAL First Night Raleigh Debuts This New Year’s Eve
Artsplosure announces expanded partnership with WRAL for its annual New Year’s Eve celebration Kacy Hunt, President of the Artsplosure Board of Directors, recently announced that First Night Raleigh’s celebratory New Year’s Eve festivities will return to downtown Raleigh as WRAL First Night Raleigh. “WRAL First Night Raleigh signifies our expanded partnership with a dynamic media […]
MIX 101.5 & WRAL-TV BackPack Buddies Mediathon this Wednesday
Did you know? 1 in 5 children in North Carolina is at risk of hunger Close to 500,000 children are going hungry across our state More than 118,000 children in the Food Shuttle’s 7-county service area applied to receive free and reduced price lunch. That’s almost 54% of school-aged children in these public school systems. North Carolina has the 10th […]
Mark Your Calendar: MIX 101.5 & WRAL-TV 2018 Mediathon For BackPack Buddies Set for July 18
MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV will once again join forces for the 3rd annual BackPack Buddies Mediathon Benefiting the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. The daylong event will take place on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, from 6:00am – 7:30pm. MIX 101.5 will be broadcasting live from the Food Lion off Lake Boone Trail in Raleigh, encouraging listeners […]
A Look Back at the Peabody That Started Bill Leslie’s TV Career
WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Bill Leslie will retire on Friday, June 29, 2018, after 39 years with the Big 5. In 2016, CBC History Researcher Pam Parris Allen, who actually directed Leslie’s audition to be an on-air Action News 5 anchor during her days in the newsroom, penned a CBC history piece about Leslie during his award-winning […]
HighSchoolOT Honors Inaugural Awards Ceremony A Touchdown, Homerun and Slam Dunk
Capitol Broadcasting Company expanded its high school football coverage in the fall of 2016 with “HighSchoolOT Live” and this summer expanded yet again with the first High School OT awards program. The winners were crowned at the HighSchoolOT Honors ceremony on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the Duek Energy Performing Arts Center in downtown Raleigh. […]
WRAL-TV News Anchor Bill Leslie Says Farewell with Multi-City tour and Week of On-Air Surprises and Tributes
Farewell Tour: June 18 – June 22 On-air surprises and tributes during newscasts: June 25 – June 29 30-minute special “Bill Leslie: An Extraordinary Career” airs June 28 at 7 p.m. Bill’s final day on the air: Friday, June 29 After 46 years in broadcasting, Bill Leslie is retiring from WRAL-TV at the end of June. […]
Retiring WRAL Anchor Honored by North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
WRAL anchor David Crabtree was named Best News Anchor during the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters luncheon at American Tobacco Campus Thursday afternoon, June 14, 2018, in Durham. Crabtree’s entry featured his coverage of a fire in downtown Raleigh, the opening of the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh and last year’s solar eclipse. WRAL’s radio station MIX 101.5 […]
WRAL-TV’s Fishel Comes Out Tops on Indy’s Best of Triangle 2018
In June, Independent Weekly released their Best of the Triangle 2018 list. Readers voted on the wide variety of categories, then Indy Week culled the list to finalists. Readers voted again. WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel won the Best Local TV Weatherperson. And several other CBC personalities and entities enjoyed spots as Finalists. Best Local Radio […]