Scottie Stephenson as Told by Fred Fletcher
Many of us remember Scottie Stephenson. For new employees, Scottie was one of the founders of WRAL-TV and a long-time CBC employee – 58 years! She still has a prime parking spot beside the administrative building, something no one else possesses, even though she passed away April 15, 2002, at the age of 80. By […]
WRAL Begins Broadcasting in Next-Gen TV Technology
WRAL-TV on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, became the first commercially-licensed television station to broadcast its news under next-generation standards. Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, WRAL, launched its new ATSC 3.0 station by airing “Take Me Out to the Bulls’ Game,” a documentary shot, edited and post-produced in 4K/UHD HDR. Following the documentary, the station switched to […]
Road to Rio
From the blog of Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel, Note to Self: Competition concluded this weekend for the Powerade State Games of NC. Our home grown Olympic-style sports festival may not be a global spectacle like the Rio games in August, but this is where Olympic dreams take shape! A total of 12,000 participants […]
Sports Shop Moves to Buzz Morning Drive
Buzz Sports Radio will debut “The Sports Shop with Reese & Kmac” on Tuesday, July 5 from 6 to 9 a.m. Listeners have a variety of ways they can listen and watch the program including; 99.3FM/96.5FM/620AM/99.9HD2. The show will also stream (audio/video) at WRALSportsFan.com and with the WRALSportsFan App. The show billed as “urban sports […]
CBC Wins Big at PromaxBDA Local Awards Ceremony
The WRAL-TV Creative Services team went five for five in the 2016 PromaxBDA Local Awards, winning four Gold and one Bronze award among the five for which the station was nominated. FOX 50 also brought home a Bronze award in the prestigious national competition. The honors were presented during the 6th Annual PromaxBDA Station Summit […]
Not Quite Casey at the Bat, But Tate Revels in MIX 101.5 Night at the Bulls
Two CBC divisions joined forces for fun on Monday, June 22, 2016, as the Durham Bulls hosted MIX 101.5 Night. WRAL-FM Morning Show Producer Casey Tate got to take part in the fun, representing the CBC radio station at the annual event. “It was such a fun night!” said Tate. “Every year the Durham Bulls […]
A Closer Look at CBC’s Video Art Collection: 2016 CBC Employee WRAL Garden Photo Contest Winners
For the third time this year, Capitol Broadcasting Company held a spring contest among its employees. Capture the best shot of the WRAL Gardens. As the Gardens exploded with color, CBC’ers took to the winding paths and submitted breathtaking photos. From our seasoned news photographers to amateurs with their iphones, every picture was award-worthy. A […]
56 Years Ago
Take a look at this photo of WRAL-TV taken in 1960. WRAL signed-on the air December 15, 1956, but, there were no buildings at 2619 Western Boulevard. Live broadcasts came from a make-shift studio in a garage at the transmitter site near Garner while construction was underway at Western. It took about 18 months after […]
Hey Kids, Join Wool E. Bull’s All-Stars for Great Fun at the DBAP
It’s great to be a kid when it comes to the Durham Bulls. Go Ask Mom‘s Sarah Lindenfield Hall shares the scoop on the bonus fun kids get for joining Wool E. Bull’s All-Stars. (Go Ask Mom is a terrific feature for families on WRAL.com.) Check it out: Durham Bulls’ kids club members get tickets, […]
WRAL Apps for Roku, Fire TV ‘Set New Standard’ for OTT
WRAL’s newly launched apps for Roku and Amazon Fire TV offer users unparalleled access to live video and WRAL’s extensive archive of news, sports, documentaries and features. A leader in new and innovative technologies, WRAL released an upgraded over-the-top (OTT) app on Roku, and launched its first app for Amazon’s Fire TV. Soccer fans can […]