FOX 50’s Bonell and HOLA NC Honored with Hispanic Achievement Award

Iris Reese & Ana Maria Bonell

FOX 50 Latino Marketing Specialist Ana Maria Bonell and the program for which she serves as the Executive Director, HOLA NC, are recipients of the 2015 Logro Award, presented at the 15th Annual Hispanic Market Advantage Awards Luncheon. “Logro is the lifetime achievement award,” said FOX 50 Director of Local and New Media Sales Niel […]

Ronald McDonald Houses and Three Lucky Ducks Winners Despite Cancelled Family Fest

FOX 50 Family Fest

Mother Nature put the kibosh on the 2015 FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Tobacco Duck Race, but the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham still benefited from the planned event.  Triangle rubber duck race lovers still purchased ducks to support the worthy non-profit.  Three lucky ducks won prizes in a drawing held […]

WRAL-TV, FOX 50 Sponsor Latino History Event at Raleigh Museum

Latino Americans: 500 Years of History

Two CBC stations are celebrating the Hispanic heritage in the Triangle. FOX 50 and WRAL-TV are proud sponsors of “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” at the NC Museum of History. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities and American Library Association, the NC Museum of History put a year’s worth of […]

Hail to a New Queen at WRAL-TV

CBC Hives

Since the installation of four beehives on the roof of the WRAL-TV studios at Capitol Broadcasting’s headquarters on Western Blvd, the new inhabitants have been hard at work. Of the four hives, the CBC Hive is currently the strongest and fastest growing.  In fact, the CBC Hive is doing so well, that Bee Downtown Founder […]

Ducks, Rain and Helping Families

FOX 50 Family Fest & Great American Tobacco Duck Race

Due to the increased chance of heavy rain on Saturday, October 3rd, the FOX 50 Family Fest has been cancelled.  But you can still support the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham! Ducks and rain go together like peanut butter and jelly.  So the rubber ducks in the Great American Tobacco Duck Race aren’t […]

Embrace the Rainy Weather, Buy a Duck

The weather over the past week, and the week ahead, is basically only fit for ducks.  That’s not a problem at American Tobacco!  Hundreds of ducks are getting ready to take over the Ol’ Bull River.  Rubber ducks, that is.  The annual FOX 50 Family Fest featuring the Great American Tobacco Duck Race takes places […]

FOX 50 Staffer Become Queen of Scream

Sierra & Maddie

Sorority girls meet serial killers on a new FOX 50 show and the combination piqued the interest of FOX 50 Creative Services Assistant Clarke.  She turned her fan-dom into a way to help plug the program with a webcast of her own. “We always look for ways, hopefully creative, to tie-into our shows and tap […]

FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Duck Race Returns for the 7th Year

FOX 50 Family Fest

  Due to the increased chance of heavy rain on Saturday, October 3rd, the FOX 50 Family Fest has been cancelled.  But you can still support the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham! The FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Duck Race returns to the American Tobacco Campus in Durham on Saturday, October […]

A Honey of a Friday: Bees Arrive at CBC

CBC bee hives

Capitol Broadcasting Company’s headquarters on Western Blvd is home to the latest in digital television, cutting edge technology, state-of-the-art antennae and the leading news reports, but on Friday, August 14, 2015, the campus literally had the biggest buzz in the Triangle.  Four beehives containing 35,000 honey bees moved into their new home atop the WRAL […]