MIX 101.5 2nd Annual Pumpkin Event A Smashing Success

2017 MIX Pumpkin Smash

A good number of WRAL-FM listeners and staffers won’t have to worry about their Halloween jack-o-lanterns rotting on the front porch this week.  MIX 101.5 sponsored a unique way to get rid of October pumpkins on Saturday, November 4, 2017. “Our 2nd Annual MIX 101.5 Great Pumpkin Smash was a hit!” explained WRAL-FM Promotions Director […]

American Tobacco Now Accepting Donations for Tree of Bikes

ATC Tree of Bikes

Help American Tobacco gift 250 new bikes to deserving Durham kids this holiday season!  Bikes and helmets are now being collected for the third year the downtown Durham campus has sponsored the Tree of Bikes. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Buy a NEW, fully assembled bike for a 4-13 year old child. (Don’t forget the helmet.) Drop […]

Rocky Mount Mills Water Tower Restored to Former Glory

Rocky Mount Mills Water Tower

A Photo Story The water tower at Rocky Mount Mills is now looking just like it did back in the day.  Artist Michael Brown painted the lettering and completed the tall task on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.  The tower was erected in 1929.  The Mill itself was established in 1818.   Thanks to RMM’s Julie […]

Legendary NC Sports Columnist Caulton Tudor Dies

Carlton Tudor

Legendary Triangle sports columnist Caulton Tudor, who has contributed to WRAL-TV and WRALSportsFan.com since 2013, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017. He was 70. Tudor’s family confirmed the news to WRAL Wednesday morning. Prior to joining WRALSportsFan.com, Tudor was a writer and columnist with Raleigh Times and the News & Observer for nearly 40 years. […]

November Out and About TV Airs Wednesday

WRAL Out & About TV - November 2017

Bake an apple and cranberry pie with Yellow Dog Bread Company. Get a taste of friendship at Angie’s in Garner. The NCMA’s first ever fashion show will blow you away. And it’s the perfect time to work in your garden and WRAL’s Tim Grissom shows us the right way to plant your Encore Azaleas! The […]

Behind the Scenes with WRAL-TV’s “Brain Game”: New Season Begins with Taping

"Brain Game"

The smartest 30 minutes on television recently got geared up for a new season on WRAL-TV.  The 21st season of WRAL-TV’s Brain Game kicked off with the taping of the first competition.  Brain Game Host Mark Roberts welcomed students from nine schools to the station on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, to record the first games […]

Listen and Learn with WRAL-FM’s Caskey & King: New Podcast “Wine + Dandy”

Wine + Dandy

Wine is not just for snobs.  That’s the crux of a new podcast by two MIX 101.5 vino fans.  WRAL-FM Air Personality Sarah King brings her considerable wine expertise to share with wine lover but neophyte WRAL-FM Copywriter/Air Personality Jami Caskey.  The pair gab about all things decanted on their new podcast Wine + Dandy. […]

Halloween in the Air, in the Studio, on the Ground!

Frank Beall

When you allow television folks a little free rein; watch-out! Halloween provides the perfect cover to mask a little tomfoolery. Check out some WRAL blasts from the Halloween past. First up is from October, 1986. SKY 5 pilot Frank Beall decides to spook legendary WRAL weatherman Bob DeBardelaben by donning a vampire mask while flying […]

WRAL’s Holiday Traditions Continue Again This Year

2017 Raleigh Christmas Parade

Plans include the 44th Year of Televising the Raleigh Christmas Parade For decades, WRAL has been THE station for live coverage of major holiday events across the community, and this year will be no different. On November 18th, the 2017 Raleigh Christmas Parade, a WRAL holiday tradition for 44 years, will be broadcast to families […]