WRAL-TV Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Reunion Newscast

WRAL-TV Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Reunion Newscast Veteran news team returns one night only to anchor 6pm news Friday, November 17 WRAL-TV’s newsdesk featured Bobbie Battista (l to r), Charlie Gaddy & Bob DeBardelaben for several years during the station’s 50-year history. The trio will reunite for a special reunion newscast on Friday, Nov 17th […]

WRAL’s Craigie Speaks on HD-Conversion for NAB Panel

WRAL’s Craigie Speaks on HD-Conversion for NAB Panel Digital Conversion is All About Team Work WRAL-TV Leesa Moore Craigie recently spoke on an NAB panel about WRAL-TV’s conversion to HD. WRAL-TV is a national leader in the conversion to digital, debuted its first all-digital newscast in 2001, years ahead of most of the competition.   […]

N.C. Non-Profits Win Azaleas Grown from WRAL Garden Cuttings

CBC Property Management Manager Tim Grissom makes the awards presentation to the A.J. Fletcher Award winners: The Durham Rescue Mission won 1st place. The Healing Place of Wake County placed 2nd. Mill Creek Middle School took 3rd place. The WRAL Azalea Celebration recently celebrated its 21st anniversary by making its annual azalea distribution on Saturday, […]

WRAListens Makes Stop in Moore County

WRAL-TV News Photographer Richard Adkins (left) sets up panelist Felton Capel (right) with a microphone. WRAL-TV recently visited Moore County for the latest installment of the WRAListens series.   The Triangle station has made it a mission to visit counties in our viewing area, to hear the issues that citizens feel most affect their communities.  […]

WRAL-TV Wins RTNDAC Awards for Recent Work

The Radio and Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas (RTNDAC) recently presented their annual awards on Saturday, October 7, 2006, in Charlotte. WRAL-TV brought home several honors in the television awards competition. Stephanie Beck John Cox Cullen Browder Gil Hollingsworth Clay Johnson Jay Jennings Mariana Jacob Lynda Loveland Michelle Fauver Mick Evans WRAL-TV picked […]

New WRAL Documentary Examines the Economic Impact of NASCAR in NC

“Wheels of Fortune” New WRAL Documentary Examines the Economic Impact of NASCAR in NC Airs Wednesday, October 11 at 7pm NASCAR is more than a sport.  It’s a big business. Motor sports pump nearly six billion dollars per year into North Carolina’s economy, and NASCAR accounts for most of that.  A new WRAL documentary titled […]

WRAL’s School Stuff Campaign Connects Kids with Supplies

School is in and many needy Triangle children have the pencils, paper and materials they’ll need this school season thanks to WRAL viewers.   The 2006 WRAL School Stuff Campaign, in partnership with Communities In Schools of NC, provided needed school supplies for more than 2,800 students in Wake, Durham, Orange, Moore, Wayne, Cumberland, Lee […]

Capacity Crowd Enjoys WRAL’s Pops in the Park

WRAL-TV personalities and staffers greet the Labor Day weekend crowd at the station’s tent. WRAL-TV’s Pops in the Park, an annual Labor Day tradition, dodged Ernesto’s rain and provided an evening of fun for families across the Triangle. The Sunday, September 3rd event celebrated the 50th anniversary of WRAL-TV and the 75th anniversary of the […]

WRAL-TV & FOX 50 Perform Well in Summer Sweeps

WRAL-TV and FOX 50 know why ratings periods are called sweeps. Both stations cleaned up in the July ratings period. WRAL-TV ranked #1 in Persons 25-54, and won all but one time period. FOX 50 is home to the #1 drama in Raleigh and showed growth in several key areas. Both stations dominated the ratings […]