Durham 23-Year-Old Sent To NYC as The Triangle’s American Idol
Durham 23-Year-Old Sent To NYC as The Triangle’s American Idol Chris Lewis of Durham (left) won the FOX50/MIX 101.5 American Idol contest. Christian Pearce of Apex (center) took 1st runner up & Justin Carteret of Hope Mills, 2nd runner up. The line of 600 began forming at 3am at the Cary Towne Center. Judges included […]
FOX50 & MIX Seek America’s Next Idol
FOX50 & MIX Seek America’s Next Idol FOX50 and MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM are joining forces to try to send the next American Idol to a national audition in New York City. The pair will host an audition at the Cary Towne Center on Saturday, August 16, 2003, to select one young hopeful to receive a […]
FOX50 & WRAL-TV Producers Win NCAB Awards
FOX50 & WRAL-TV Producers Win NCAB Awards FOX50 Producer Scott Reid WRAL-TV Producer Dan Oliver Two award-winning CBC television producers have each garnered another trophy for their bookcases. FOX50 Producer Scott Reid won the “Best of the Best” award from the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters for the fourth time this year. He created the […]
CBC Stations’ Ratings Strong for May Sweeps
CBC Stations’ Ratings Strong for May Sweeps WRAL-TV & FOX50 WRAL-TV enjoyed another great rating period with the May 2003 Sweeps. All newscasts showed improvement, some significant, and CBS prime-time programs brought stellar rankings as well. Terms: Rating – percentage of the total TV universe during an average minute Share – percentage of the people […]
Raleigh’s Idol Brings Big Numbers For FOX50
Raleigh’s Idol Brings Big Numbers For FOX50 Clay Aiken sang his way to the American Idol finals. Triangle television viewers catapulted the ratings for the finale of American Idol on Wednesday night, May 21, 2003. As Raleigh’s own Clay Aiken sang in the final two with Ruben Studdard of Birmingham, over 8,000 fans gathered at […]
Gerald Owens Emcees for McDonalds Charities
Gerald Owens Emcees for McDonalds Charities FOX50’s Gerald Owens individually presented scholarship to the recipients. Owens poses for a group photo with the seventeen deserving high school seniors. WRAL-TV & FOX50 Anchor Gerald Owens emceed the McDonald’s Ronald McDonald House Charities Future Achievers Scholarship Program luncheon Thursday, May 8, 2003, on behalf of FOX50. The […]
FOX50 Turns Lobby Into A Stable
FOX50 Turns Lobby Into A Stable FOX50’s Nicole Dineen cuddles up to the Cash Cow. THE FOX50 Cash Cow fills the entire lobby area of the studios. The FOX50 studios in downtown Durham now house a cow that makes neighbor Wool E. Bull, of the Durham Bulls, look like a small fry. Mascot for the […]
Hefner and Schenck Represent CBC at AWRT Meeting
Hefner and Schenck Represent CBC at AWRT Meeting Two Capitol Broadcasting Company television station general managers participated on a panel at a recent meeting for American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT). WRAL-TV GM Jim Hefner and WRAZ-TV Tommy Schenck took part in the panel along with the other GM’s from the area. The luncheon […]
Local & National Audiences Tune Into FOX for Joe Millionaire Finale
Local & National Audiences Tune Into FOX for Joe Millionaire Finale FOX50 brought in big numbers with the finale to the hit reality show Joe Millionaire on Monday, February 17, 2003. The Triangle station garnered an 18.7 rating and 23 share with the one-hour special to rank as the #1 program in the market for […]
FOX Pulls Great Ratings
FOX Pulls Great Ratings Often considered the fourth major network, nationally FOX snagged first place ratings on Tuesday, February 4, 2003. Smash hit American Idol and the critically acclaimed drama 24 won their primetime slots among national viewers. FOX won the night in adults 18 to 49 with an 8.1 rating/19 share, which was 65% […]