Rocky Mount Mills Gains Bookstore-Coffee Shop, Books and Beans

Books and Beans at Rocky Mount Mills

Rocky Mount Mills is about to have a place to buy books and coffee.  Author Etaf Rum believes in the transformational power of books and coffee to build community, conversation, and culture. This week, she is opening a bookstore and coffee shop at Rocky Mount Mills called Books and Beans in the old canteen where the mill […]

Durham Bulls to Host Fall Festi-Bull October 26

Fall Festi-Bull

Fan-Choice Movie, Costume Contests, Hayrides Highlight Fall Fest The Durham Bulls will host a new-look Fall Festi-BULL, in association with White Claw, on Saturday, October 26 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A fan-choice movie, costume contests, food trucks and hayrides highlight the event, which is free to attend. Fans […]

Plants Distributed to NC Nonprofits for 34th Annual WRAL Azalea Celebration

2019 WRAL Azalea Celebration

The 34th Annual WRAL Azalea Celebration came to a conclusion on Saturday, October 5, 2019, with winning groups picking up their plants from the WRAL Transmitter site in Auburn, NC.  Capitol Broadcasting distributed 4,820 azaleas to 114 nonprofit groups from across North Carolina on Saturday, October 5, 2019. The winners included a mix of public […]

American Tobacco Staffers Host 4th Annual First Responder Appreciation Day

ATC First Responder Appreciation Day

“I thoroughly enjoyed serving our local first responders! It was an honor to give back to those who always put others first!” – ATC Special Event Parking Manager Justin Poole On Thursday, September 26, 2019, American Tobacco produced its 4th Annual First Responders Appreciation Day. ATC staff members were really excited to hand 600 meals […]

WRAL-FM Becomes MIX One Hit Wonder Point Five for Wednesday, September 25

MIX One Hit Wonder Point Five

MIX 101.5 is celebrating National One Hit Wonder Wednesday, September 25, 2019.  MIX will play one-hit wonder songs highlighted throughout the day starting at 6am, socially post fun facts about the music and even change the station name to MIX One Hit Wonder Point Five for the day! WRAL-FM Program Director Michele Williams is the […]

WRAL-TV Exclusive Media Partner for Wide Open Bluegrass 2019

Wide Open Bluegrass 2019

Downtown Raleigh is getting ready for Wide Open Bluegrass 2019, and WRAL-TV is gearing up to play a bigger, better role this year. The music festival takes place next Friday and Saturday, September 27 & 28, with WRAL-TV as the exclusive media partner. Wide Open Bluegrass is a part of the International Bluegrass Music Association […]

WRAL News to Partner with NBC News for a Week-Long Series: “Climate in Crisis”

WRAL-TV Climate in Crisis

WRAL-TV will join NBC News and more than 250 news outlets in an initiative dedicating next week to covering the most important issues affecting our environment. Beginning this Monday, September 16, the week-long series, “Climate in Crisis,” will focus on current climate issues on a local and national level. WRAL-TV will take a look at global issues […]

Behind the Scenes at CBC: How Rescan Day Meant Changes at WRAL-TV Transmitter Site

New antenna

By now WRAL-TV viewers know about the Rescan Day on September 11, 2019, originally slated for September 6 but postponed due to Hurricane Dorian.  (To continue receiving the signal for WRAL-TV and FOX 50, viewers watching via antenna need to rescan their television sets.).  But behind the scenes at CBC, preparing for the rescan has […]