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 […]
WRAL-TV’s Smith and Williams Meet the Sir Walters of Combs Elementary
“I was honored to be in the company of these future leaders and pledge to assist them in any way I personally can.” — WRAL-TV retiree Clarence Williams When Corp Director of Content Andrea Osborne saw The Sir Walters at their debut at the A.B. Combs Elementary Leadership Day in April, she immediately thought of […]
New WRAL.com Feature Brings Lawmaker Details into Focus
WRAL.com Public Records Researcher/Reporter Tyler Dukes introduced a new WRAL.com tool on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Here is the article he wrote about the new feature that helps WRAL viewers and visitors easily find more about state lawmakers: Whether they’re convened on Jones Street or not, the 170 members of the North Carolina General Assembly generate a lot […]
WRAL-AM Marketing and Another WRAL 1st!
“Grass Roots” marketing must have originated at WRAL-AM. The station signed-on March 22, 1939, from studios at 130 South Salisbury Street in Raleigh. At that point in time, WRAL-AM was a 250 watt underdog to the 50,000 watt dominant WPTF radio station. It was going to be a tough row to hoe. Fred Fletcher, CBC […]
WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest is This Weekend
GoAskMom’s Sarah Lindenfeld Hall put together a great guide for the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest which is coming to Fuquay-Varina this weekend. Here’s what she had to say: I grew up in upstate New York where you saw hot air balloons almost daily in the spring, summer and fall. So I’m so excited to check […]
WRAL-TV & FOX 50 Receive Ten Nominations for PromaxBDA Local Awards
PromaxBDA has now announced the finalists for the PromaxBDA 2016 Local Awards, and the FOX 50 and WRAL-TV Creative Services teams have racked up a total of ten nods. Each CBC station received five nominations. The annual PromaxBDA Local Awards celebrates and honors the best in local media, marketing and design, driving excellence, creativity and […]
Raleigh Charter High School Crowned WRAL’s Brain Game Champs
Are you smarter than a high school student? Probably not, if we’re talking about Raleigh Charter High School. WRAL-TV recently crowned the Raleigh Charter Team as the 2016 Brain Game Champions. On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, Brain Game Host Mark Roberts visited Raleigh Charter to present Ben Rutherford, Prakruth Adari, Alicia Chen, and Kim Sharp […]
High Definition. We Were 1st!
1. WRAL-TV obtained the first experimental HDTV (high-definition television) license in June of what year? a) 1994 b) 1995 c) 1996 d) 1997 2. When did WRAL-TV become the first commercial television station in the nation to broadcast an HDTV signal? a) 1994 b) 1995 c) 1996 d) 1997 3. In 1998, WRAL’s digital experimentation […]
Join Team WRAL to Race for a Cure for Breast Cancer
WRAL-TV will once again support the Triangle Komen Race for the Cure and would love for you to join us at a brand new race location! Team WRAL will participate in the 20th anniversary race at The Frontier in RTP (800 Park Offices Drive) on Saturday, June 11, 2016. This year besides the new location, […]