MIX 101.5 Fills Holiday Season with Toys, Radiothon and Christmas Choirs

MIX 101.5 Toy Drive

MIX 101.5 is pulling out all the stops for the holidays.  The radio staffers are busier than Santa’s elves with multiple events to support our community, including the upcoming Radiothon.  We checked in with WRAL-FM Promotions Director Jason Newton and he gave us the latest on what the MIX crew is up to: Toyland 3,000 […]

Cooper Helps Bulls Celebrate Triple-A Championship Title

Roy Cooper

Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday honored the Durham Bulls as they celebrated their Triple-A championship title. The celebration gave Durham leaders a chance to highlight the team’s importance to the Bull City’s economy and quality of life as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. In the past 20 years, the Bulls have won two national titles, 13 […]

Durham Bulls Extend Partnership with Tampa Bay Rays

Durham Bulls Tampa Bay Rays

Bulls, Rays to Continue Player Development Contract Through 2020 Season The Durham Bulls have announced the extension of their Player Development Contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, which will lengthen the Bulls’ affiliation with the Rays through the end of the 2020 season. The two-year extension of the partnership comes on the heels of four-year […]

Capitol Broadcasting Leads Investors in New Coding Firm Momentum Learning

Jessica Mitsch

Capitol Broadcasting is the lead investor in a new coding school startup, Momentum Learning, that will be operate in Durham and Raleigh. Momentum is led by two former executives with The Iron Yard, a coding school that has ceased operations. It offered courses in the Triangle. Jessica Mitsch, the founding CEO, confirmed that CBC, which is […]

We Three Directors

Pam Allen, Leesa Moore & Keyetta Mangum

Capitol Broadcasting Company has been on the leading edge in so many areas of broadcasting. These “firsts” are most evident to the public on WRAL simply because viewers can see when we introduce new technology. But, there are “firsts” going on behind the scenes as well, especially in terms of human resources. Today we’ll take […]

American Tobacco To Light Lucky Strike Tower for Holidays at Friday Celebration

ATC Tower Lighting

Join American Tobacco for the count down to the start of the holidays with the annual American Tobacco Tower Lighting celebration. There is always a chance of snow, along with sensational community choral groups and other surprises! The 13th Annual Lighting will take place on Friday, December 1, 2017, with the fun beginning at 6pm. […]

CBC Towers in Raleigh, Durham Light Way to the Holidays

WRAL Tower

A Christmas tree 300 feet tall? No, it’s the WRAL-TV tower , alight for the Christmas season. In 2017, the annual tower lighting tradition gets glowing on Dec. 1 in both Raleigh, at WRAL Studios, and in Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District. In each location, carols and Christmas stories precede the lighting of the tower. […]

Capitol Broadcasting Company Purchases Holly Springs Salamanders

Holly Springs Salamanders

Coastal Plain League Baseball Team Acquired by CBC as Company Announces Promotions Capitol Broadcasting Company Inc. has purchased the Holly Springs Salamanders, a summer collegiate baseball team that competes in the Coastal Plain League. The Salamanders, who were previously owned by Coastal Plain League co-founder Jerry Pettit, join the Durham Bulls as CBC-owned baseball properties. […]

Voting Now Open for 2017 MIX 101.5 Christmas Choir Competition

MIX Christmas Choir Competition

MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM announced the first set of semi-finalists for the 2017 Christmas Choir Competition on Monday, November 27, 2017.  Listeners can vote throughout the the day for the first three Division I semi-finalists, which includes grades K-8.  More semi-finalists will be unveiled throughout the week, with the three finalists competing on Thursday, and the […]

MIX 101.5 Tripling Its Toy Drive Goal for 2017

MIX 101.5 3,000 Toys For Girls and Boys

WRAL-FM’s Two Men and Mom are once again teaming up to make the holidays brighter for some area children in need.  Last year, Kyle, Bryan, and Sarah learned that many children in the Triangle may not have the joy of opening presents on Christmas Day — and they mobilized to collect A Thousand Toys for […]