Rocky Mount Mills Holds 2nd Annual Lunch Event to Thank First Responders
Rocky Mount Mills had the opportunity to say thank you and serve our community’s First Responders on Tuesday, September 26th! RMM served 250 free lunches to first responders including: Rocky Mount Police Department, Rocky Mount Fire Department, Nash County Sherriff, Edgecombe County Sherriff, Nash County EMS. Nash Community College officers, NC Highway Patrol and NC […]
American Tobacco Treats First Responders to Free Lunch
American Tobacco produced its second annual First responders Appreciation Day on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. ATC, AU and DBAP staff members handed 500 meals and gifts to Durham County First Responders from these divisions: Durham City Police Department Durham City Fire Department Durham County Sheriff’s Office Durham County EMS NC State Highway Patrol Duke University […]
Goodmon Honored for Sports Legacy on 30th Anniversary U.S. Olympic Festival
Over 30 years ago CBC CEO Jim Goodmon and Capitol Broadcasting came on board as their first major sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Festival in the Triangle. In the fall of 1984, NC Amateur Sports landed the festival that would take over the Triangle in 1987. Goodmon recently received a U.S. Olympic Festival-’87 Legacy Award […]
Fall Fan Fest To Celebrate Historic 2017 Season
Free End-of-Year Event to Feature Pictures with Championship Trophies, Batting Practice on the Field The Durham Bulls will host the team’s 2017 Fall Fan Fest presented by Delta on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The free event will feature fan photos with the team’s championship trophies, […]
WRAL-TV Makes “Best of Fayetteville” List for Fourth Year Running
For the fourth year in a row, the readers of Up and Coming News Magazine in Cumberland County have voted WRAL-TV as the Best TV Station. And for the second year running, WRAL-TV also won for Fayetteville’s Best Weather and Best Traffic Reporting TV Station. WRAL-TV Reporter Gilbert Baez attended the 17th Annual Up & […]
David Crabtree to Retire From WRAL in Late 2018
“Replacing a legend is difficult. Becoming one yourself … well, that’s rare.” — WRAL-TV News Director Rick Gall “What a ride. What a journey. What a privilege.” – WRAL-TV anchor David Crabtree After 35 years delivering the news on radio, television and the web, WRAL’s David Crabtree is planning to retire near the end of […]
“All CBC Hands on Deck” Hurricane Diana 1984
Every new hurricane that touches North Carolina soil always evokes a name, memory, and comparison of previous storms: Hazel, Floyd, Fran, and now Irma. When it comes to covering hurricanes, we know a thing or two, or three, or four… In 1984, Hurricane Diana was compared to Hurricane Hazel of 1954 simply because Diana reared […]
Bulls Capture Triple-A National Championship
Durham caps historic season with 5-3 victory over Memphis in Title game The Durham Bulls defeated the Memphis Redbirds 5-3 Tuesday night, September 19, 2017, at PNC Field, capturing the Triple-A National Championship title for the second time in franchise history. One big hit was enough for the Bulls and their bullpen, as Kean Wong erased a […]
Bull Durham Beer Debuts in the Big Leagues
Bull Durham Beer recently got the call from the “big leagues” with a debut at Tropicana Field! The Bull Durham Beer sent their most popular brew down to the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Major League affiliate of the Durham Bulls. “Bull Durham Beer is excited to have been asked to play in […]
WRAL-TV and Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC To Hold Drive for Hurricane Victims Wednesday
Here to Help: Hurricane Relief Food Drive All day on Wednesday, WRAL and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC are ‘food-raising’ for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. During this daylong Hurricane Relief Food Drive, we asking for food donations and cleaning supplies. The donations will be delivered to food banks in […]