WRAL-TV Celebrates 60th Tower Lighting with Half-Hour Special, Client Reception

WRAL-TV Tower Lighting

WRAL-TV lit the 300-foot tower for the 60th time on Monday, December 3, 2018.  The evening began with weather reports from the fountain out front, continuing throughout the newscasts and culminating with a half-hour special at 7pm.  Several special guests helped with the lighting, including WRAL legend Charlie Gaddy, recently retired anchor Bill Leslie, cast […]

American Tobacco Lights Tower, Launches Holiday Efforts to Help

American Tobacco Tower Lighting

American Tobacco lit the Lucky Strike Water Tower for the 14th time on Friday, November 30, 2018, kicking off the holiday season in Durham. Santa and Mrs. Claus helped do the honors with WRAL-TV Anchor Kathryn Brown, who emceed the event. Musical groups and dance troupes provided entertainment during the 14th Annual American Tobacco Water […]

MIX Listeners Donate Over 3,000 Toys in 36 Hours

MIX 101.5 Toy Drive

Generous MIX 101.5 listeners helped WRAL-FM surpass their goal for the 3rd Annual 3,000 Toys for Girls and Boys kicked.  WRAL-FM personalities collected toys on Thursday & Friday, November 29 & 30, 2018, at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh and Crossroads in Cary.  3,236 toys were raised in 36 hours for local Girls and Boys […]

CBC to Light Three Towers for Holidays, Starting Friday in Durham

American Tobacco

Things are about to get brighter at three CBC locations as two campuses carry on an annual tradition and one joins the fun for the first time. American Tobacco kicks off the events with their 14th annual lighting of the Lucky Strike Tower on Friday, November 30, 2018.  Rocky Mount Mills will light their water […]

New WRAL Documentary: 75 Hours Premieres Thursday, November 29 at 7 p.m.

WRAL Documentary: 75 Hours

Hurricane Florence sat on top of North Carolina for four days, battering the state with relentless rain and wind. WRAL News streamed live continuous coverage for 75 hours during those four days. The documentary “75 Hours” is the hurricane story you haven’t seen, told first person by the 64 journalists who covered the storm on television, web and social media. They gave life saving information while trying […]

WRAL Is The MOST WATCHED Local News

With the final numbers in for the November 2018 Nielsen ratings period, WRAL News (Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville DMA) dominated the competition with household ratings wins in every daypart, every day.  WRAL News was the most watched local news overall, with outright ratings wins at 4:30A-7A, Noon, 4PM, 5PM, 5:30PM, 6PM and 11PM.  The WRAL News […]

Latest WRAL Documentary ’75 Hours’ Returns to Hurricane Florence’s Front Lines

WRAL Documentary: 75 Hours

WRAL News revisited coastal communities to see how cleanup is going two months after Hurricane Florence It has been two months since Hurricane Florence drenched North Carolina. Traditionally, this is a week of Thanksgiving, of family, of coming home. But for many of our neighbors, home remains unlivable, and their greatest holiday wish is for […]

Bill Leslie Receives Highest Civilian Honor in NC

Bill Leslie & Renee Chou

On Friday night, November 16, 2018, retired WRAL news anchor and musician Bill Leslie received the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. Leslie is among a group of six civilians that was honored for their contributions to our state. Gov. Roy Cooper presented the North Carolina Award to him for his contributions in […]

WRAL-TV Ushers in Holidays with Parade Coverage and First-Ever Winter Wonderland

WRAL 2018 Raleigh Christmas Parade Coverage

The holidays are here!  WRAL-TV provided coverage of the 2018 Raleigh Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 17, 2018, per our annual tradition.  And the station provided a new fun addition with the first-ever WRAL Winter Wonderland held on the St. Mary’s campus near downtown right after the parade. “This was the 45th year WRAL has […]

WRAL-TV Receives Numerous Midsouth Emmy Nominations for 33rd Regional Competition

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 33rd Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards on Thursday, November 15, 2018, and WRAL-TV is proud to have made the list multiple times.  The station received a total of 26 nominations, including the overall nomination for News Excellence. The Emmy […]