WRAL-TV Wins Outstanding News Operation, Multiple Top Honors, at RTDNAC Competition

WRAL-TV 2023 RTDNAC Winners

WRAL-TV came home with a news truck full of awards from the The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) annual awards luncheon last weekend. The station won 15 first place plaques, plus one for WRAL-TV News+ Anchor Grace Holland who won for a WFMY story, and 4 second place certificates. “I’m especially […]

Cloudy Day Means WRAL Weather Patio Gets Noon News Debut

Elizabeth Gardner

The WRAL Weather Patio got to make a second debut on Friday, November 10, 2023, thanks to Mother Nature.  The new outdoor studio will mainly be used during the 4p and 5p newscasts due to the location of the sun; the noon newscast will only be outside on cloudy days, due to the glare.  However, […]

WRAL Weather Patio Debuts During Thursday Evening Newscasts

WRAL Weather Patio - Kat Campbell

WRAL-TV is taking weather forecasting to where the weather is: outside! On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the station debuted the WRAL Weather Patio during the 4p and 5p newscasts. “It will be great to experience the weather first-hand instead of being indoors all day!” said WRAL-TV Meteorologist Mike Maze. The WRAL team does not remember […]

WRAL-TV Hosts Open House for Students Interested in Explorer Post 5

Chris Cormier

WRAL-TV hosted an Open House for students interested in the Explorer Post 5 program for the 2023-24 school year on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.  Students and parents could attend the event in the station’s Café 550, to learn more in person and hear directly from Post 5 advisors and news staff. WRAL-TV Anchors Reporters Gerald […]

New WRAL documentary ‘Ghosts in the Stadium’ debuts Oct. 25

WRAL Documentary - Ghosts in the Stadium

WRAL Documentary’s most recent project is Ghosts in the Stadium, a historical documentary that examines the unknown past of four iconic football stadiums in the Carolinas and their links to the painful history of race relations in the United States. WRAL Investigative Documentary Producer Cristin Severance and WRAL Sports Anchor Chris Lea set out to […]

Big Night In To Return for 4th Year on March 7

Big Night In 2024 - Save the Date

SAVE THE DATE! Big Night In for the Arts is back on March 7, 2024, to support the arts in the Triangle. The arts councils of Wake, Durham, Chatham, and Orange counties will partner again with WRAL-TV to present the televised production featuring a superstar line-up of locally and nationally known artists with local ties. […]

2023 WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards finalists announced – Cast your vote now!

WRAL Voters' Choice Awards

The highly anticipated WRAL Voters’ Choice Awards, presented by NeighborHealth, has returned for another exciting year and the finalists have been officially announced across more than 140 diverse categories. Voting is now open for you to champion your favorite local businesses and individuals in the Triangle region. The voting period runs from October 18, 2023, to November 19, […]

New WRAL Newsletter Focused on Raleigh Neighborhoods

New Newsletter Alert: Subscribe to the WRAL Raleigh: Data Trackers newsletter for data-driven updates about each of Raleigh’s 18 neighborhoods. Choose one or more neighborhood to get a weekly, hyper-local update on the data that drives your quality of life, from crime stats to real estate sales to construction or traffic. Compare trends over time […]