WRAL Makes A Slam Dunk With March Madness and April Championship Games
The NCAA Tournament featured not one, but three ACC teams from the Triangle, and WRAL-TV worked overtime to bring the games, fan reaction, press conferences with coaches and players, and more to viewers. Despite a #10-seeding, NC State beat the odds and went two games deep in the brackets, and Duke won two games in […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Sweep February Ratings Again
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 both delivered solid ratings in the February sweeps book for 2005. Each started out the year strong, with the WRAL newscasts and prime time programming. WRAL-TV WRAL-TV celebrated its 49th consecutive rating period win for the WRAL 5:00pm news in household ratings, and the 46th consecutive ratings period win for both […]
WRAL-TV – WRAZ-TV To Broadcast Simultaneous NCAA Tournament Games on Friday, March 25
WRAL-TV and WRAZ-TV (FOX50) have announced that the two Triangle stations will broadcast simultaneous NCAA basketball tournament games Friday night, March 25, 2005. The broadcasts provide college basketball fans in the Raleigh-Durham television market the opportunity to watch both the Duke vs. Michigan State and NC State vs. Wisconsin games. WRAL today secured special permission […]
Gimme the Mike! Contestants Announced
On Tuesday, March 1, 2005, FOX 50 announced the 20 contestants selected to compete on the station’s original program Gimme the Mike! The singers were chosen from over 600 hopefuls who auditioned in February. Get ready for the second season of Gimme the Mike! and get to know the contestants by watching their audition videos […]
Gimme the Mike! Auditions Draw Hundreds of Hopefuls
The final 24 contestants on American Idol have been selected by the judges, and Gimme the Mike! has followed suit. The names of the lucky 20 finalists for FOX 50’s Gimme the Mike! will be announced on March 1, 2005. Audition for the local singing competition took place on Saturday and Sunday, February 12 & […]
Super Bowl Draws Super Ratings on FOX 50
The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles played before a large crowd of Triangle residents on FOX 50 on Sunday, February 6, 2005. Super Bowl XXXIX delivered a 43.9 household rating and 57 share in the market, over-delivering the station’s sales estimates by nine-tenths of a point. The game pulled numbers 9.2% higher than the […]
Tuesday Night Pulls Great Numbers on FOX 50
The American Idol season premiere on Tuesday, January 18, 2005, brought a whopping audience to WRAZ-TV/FOX 50 in Durham. The show delivered a 23.5 household rating and 32 share, making the show the highest rated prime time program to air in the market this season. The numbers were a 32% increase over last year’s premiere […]
FOX 50 Auditions Contestants for Second Season of Gimme the Mike
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CBC Stations Greet Viewers at the Fair
CBC Stations Greet Viewers at the Fair Once again the State Fair is in town, and several Capitol Broadcasting stations are greetings fans. WRAL-TV, FOX50 & WRAL-FM/MIX 101.5 are manning a tent beside the Dorton Arena, holding drawings and greeting viewers. WRAL-TV personalities are signing autographs during the fair, and doing live shots during the […]
FOX50 Brings HD Home
FOX50 Brings High Definition Television Home When the NFL season kicked off on September 12, 2004, the FOX Network kicked-off a new page in it’s history with the arrival of High Definition (HD) broadcasting in the 720p format and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. HD sports on FOX 50 will include the Major League Baseball […]