How Team WRAL Raced for a Cure
A number of CBC employees, their family and friends ran or walked the 2016 Triangle Komen Race for the Cure with Team WRAL on Saturday, June 11. The venue moved to the Frontier in RTP, but CBC’ers remained steadfast in their support. The devotion of these staffers to the Race and its cause is proof […]
Indy Week Best of the Triangle 2016 Nods for CBC
Independent Weekly has released their 2016 Best of the Triangle, and CBC entities and personalities have made the list. With a new voting process this year, Indy Week says that the winners are more reflective than ever of their readers’ top choices. “Between the two rounds of our Best of the Triangle contest, we logged […]
“Then and Now” WRAL Master Control
A couple of pictures is worth a couple thousand words. Take a look at WRAL Master Control in September 1974. The picture looks more like the launch control command center in a cold war era diesel submarine. Fast forward to a picture of WRAL Master Control in 2013. It puts the bridge of Star Trek’s […]
CBC’ers Talk Tom
When the news broke that WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter was bringing his retirement full circle, stepping down from “Football Friday” and the “Extra Effort Award,” CBC’ers took to social media to laud the beloved sports guru. Although Suiter formally retired in 2008, WRAL-TV couldn’t let him completely leave. Suiter has been continuing to host […]
Tom Suiter Bids a Final Farewell to WRAL
WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter stepped down from the news desk several years ago, but in true Capitol Broadcasting fashion we couldn’t completely let him go. Suiter kindly stayed on to continue to host “Football Friday” each fall and continued presenting the Extra Effort Award to amazing student-athletes in the Triangle. But he is now […]
Transgender Life in North Carolina
New WRAL Documentary: Transformed Airs Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. What does it mean to be transgender? Is it a choice? Where can transgender persons get help? The new WRAL Documentary “Transformed” gives an eye-opening look at what it’s like to be a transgender person in North Carolina. The documentary, hosted by WRAL News […]
Crabtree Accepts Gabriel Award for WRAL-TV
For the third consecutive year WRAL-TV won the prestigious Gabriel Award for Secular Television Station of the Year. The presentation took place on Thursday, June 2, 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri, and WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter David Crabtree represented the station to accept the honor. The event is a long-standing tradition of the Roman Catholic Church Communications […]
Believe It or Not
1. ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, during his early years as a reporter with the network, visited Raleigh to_________. a) Present a lecture on journalism at NCSU. b) Visit WRAL and appear in promos with local news anchors. c) Be placed in a baseball dunking machine during a telethon to help raise money for lights […]
Refugees Relocate from Baghdad to North Carolina
New WRAL Documentary: Welcome to North Carolina Airs Thursday, June 2 at 7 p.m. Refugees from the Middle East and other parts of the world come to the United States every day. How do they get here? What happens to them when they arrive? How can we be sure they are not terrorists? The new […]
WRAL Staffers Trailblaze Pilot Mountain for Make-A-Wish
Hikers, including several WRAL-TV staffers, tackled the Sauratown Trail at Pilot Mountain on May 22, 2016, for a very special cause. The 24.8 hike was the inaugural Trailblaze Challenge, benefitting Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina. Hikers showed their endurance, both on the trail and in fundraising, to support providing joy and granting wishes for children with […]