MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV Beat Heat For Successful Mediathon for BackPack Buddies

2017 Mediathon

Much like the summer heat, WRAL-TV viewers and MIX 101.5 listeners kept the phone lines and Triangle parking lots hot on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, bringing in donations during the stations’ second annual Mediathon for the BackPack Buddies.  The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle worked with the Big 5 and WRAL-FM to help keep hungry kids fed. […]

BackPack Buddies Mediathon this Wednesday

2017 BackPack Buddies Mediathon

Did you know that one in four children is at risk of hunger in North Carolina? Thanks to amazing programs such as the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s BackPack Buddies, that hunger is kept at bay for some. The program provides 2,100 children, who qualify for free school breakfasts and lunches, with weekend meals during the school […]

DREAMS OF GOLD. The Olympic Festival 1987

Bob Holliday & Jay Jennings

Everyone is familiar with the Olympics, summer and winter. But did you know there was an event, a warmup of sorts, for the Olympics? It was called the U.S. Olympic festival. This amateur sport spectacular started in 1978 and was originally called the National Sports Festival. It was the nation’s largest amateur sporting competition. The […]

Learn Listen, Watch, Give – On July 19th

2017 BackPack Buddies Mediathon

WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV BackPack Buddies Mediathon On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV will join forces to raise money and food in a day-long community event on TV, radio, and social media. The food and funds benefit Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s child hunger programs. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is feeding children at risk of hunger […]

Second Annual WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV Mediathon For BackPack Buddies Slated for July 19

BackPack Buddies MediaThon

For the second year, MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV will join forces to help feed hungry kids in the Triangle.  The MIX 101.5/WRAL-TV BackPack Buddies Mediathon will take place on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, benefitting the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM will be on-site broadcasting live at two different locations collecting non-perishable food items […]

National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation Honors WRAL-TV with Service to Community Award for “Black and Blue” Project

NABEF 2017 Service to Community Award

The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) honored Capitol Broadcasting Company with the coveted Service to Community Award at its annual Celebration of Service to America gala in Washington, DC on June 20, 2017. The award recognized WRAL’s unprecedented multi-platform community event, “Black and Blue” focused on the increasing violence between the African American […]

CBC History 101 Trivia Quiz

WRAL reunion newscast

The CBC History website showcases the life and time of all the divisions of Capitol Broadcasting. Every day we continue to add another video, another picture, another story that documents the mission, in part, to provide the highest level of service and expertise to our viewers, listeners and clients. Please peruse the website and feel […]