Volunteer for the WRAL Motivation Station at Rock ‘n’ Roll Raleigh!
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Raleigh Marathon and ½ Marathon is back on April 10, and WRAL is once again hosting Water Station 9 on the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon course. WRAL is at about the half-way mark for the full marathon runners, a key location for much needed motivation and hydration, and we need your […]
WRAL News Sets Through the Years
Our WRAL/Action News 5 news sets have morphed from a simple curtain backdrop to a high tech news gathering center. We’ve come a long way. During the ‘70s, many stations introduced the curved “gull wing” anchor desk and sleek architecture. The “gull wing” created better camera angles to transition from one anchor to another and […]
WRAL Reporter Wins NC Open Government Award
WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes was honored with a journalism award Monday, March 14, 2016, at the North Carolina Open Government Coalition’s annual Sunshine Day event, which celebrates government transparency. Dukes was recognized for his efforts to make thousands of UNC academic fraud records more accessible to the public and for his reporting on the death […]
WRAL.com’s Hanrahan Comes Full Circle with Garth Brooks
NMG Out & About Editor Kathy Hanrahan loves photographing concerts, and she recently got to meet the man that started it all: Garth Brooks. When the country singer came to the Triangle on Friday, March 11, 2016, Hanrahan was there. She got to interview Brooks and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, for WRAL.com’s Out & About and […]
WRAL-TV and NBC Continue Strong Ratings Together
The combination of NBC and WRAL-TV continues to prove fruitful. The first day delivered great ratings (NBC joined the WRAL-TV family on Monday, February 29th) and now the numbers are showing Sunday night is a winner as well. According to TV Week, for the first time in almost 12 years, NBC won an “in-season Sunday […]
Looking for Some NBC Swag?
When we think of “logo swag,” we usually think of t-shirts, caps, cups, pens, etc. Back-in-the-day, swag also included something that is rarely seen anymore; matchbooks! Take a look at this clever WRAL-TV/NBC matchbook! WRAL-AM radio was featured on the back. For those who preferred to flash the ABC swag, we provided the ABC version […]
RailHawks Sign Multiyear Local Broadcast Partnership With Capitol Broadcasting Company
RailHawks become the first professional soccer team in North Carolina to broadcast all regular season matches on television, radio, and online For the first time in their 10-year history, the Carolina RailHawks in partnership with Capitol Broadcasting Company will broadcast all 2016 RailHawks home and away games live via CBC’s platforms. A minimum of two games […]
Television Alphabet Soup
Television, NASA and the military definitely have one thing in common; acronyms and odd terms. Today we are going to test your knowledge about the short cut language used in television. Some terms are still in use today. Are you ready? GO! What do the letters ENG stand for? What do the letters CONUS stand […]
WRAL Kicks Off Day One with NBC with Record-Breaking Ratings
NBC joined the WRAL-TV family on Monday, February 29, 2016, a day of celebrations that began when CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon flipped the switch in Master Control to broadcast The Today Show. WRAL-TV Creative Director Shelly Leslie described the day best: “How big was day one of #NBConWRAL? It was epic. Record breaking, […]
WRAL-TV Wins Seven Regional Emmys, Including News Excellence
WRAL-TV had a busy weekend for two reasons. As staffers prepared the station for the change to NBC on Monday, several WRAL-TV employees traveled to Nashville to attend the 30th Regional Emmy Awards. They picked up 7 statuettes for the station during the annual awards presentation on Saturday, February 27, 2016. WRAL-TV won the prestigious […]