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 […]

CBC & Divisions Sponsor 2006 Centerfest

CBC & Divisions Sponsor 2006 Centerfest CBC’s Transmit This To Perform Capitol Broadcasting Company, WRAL-TV, FOX 50, MIX 101.5, and The New 99.9 Geniune Country are proud sponsors of the 33rd Annual CenterFest Arts Festival in Historic Downtown Durham September 16-17th. The festival is located on Foster Street near Durham Central Park in the Central […]

WRAL’s Pops in the Park

WRAL’s Pops in the Park: Labor Day Tradition of Music, Food and Fun Continues Live NC Symphony Concert at Booth Amphitheatre on Sunday, September 3 at 7pm WRAL-TV Broadcast on Monday, September 4 at 7pm UNC-TV Broadcast on Thursday, September 14 at 8pm Music lovers are invited to join WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Symphony […]

New WRAL Documentary Examines Controversy over Mercury in NC Fish

FOCAL POINT: Mercury Falling New WRAL Documentary Examines Controversy over Mercury in NC Fish Airs Wednesday, August 30 at 7pm The number of species of fish the state considers unsafe to eat because of high levels of mercury more than tripled this year, but doctors also say fish is full of nutrients that are good […]

WRAL Remembers Katrina With Visit to Gulf Coast

One year after Hurricane Katrina practically wiped the Gulf Coast off the map, WRAL looks back at the disaster with a special series of news stories. WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb and News Photographer Ed Wilson traveled back to the Gulf Coast to revisit the areas from which they reported immediately after the storm. Their stories […]

WRAL Morning News on FOX 50 Adds Second Hour

FOX 50 is kicking off the fall television season with a double dose of local news for your morning. WRAL’s 7am News on FOX 50 expands to two hours beginning Monday, August 28, 2006. The only local news on at 7am also becomes the only local news on at 8am. Bill, Lynda, Valonda, Mark & […]

WRAL Set To Produce First NC Powerball Drawing

Close Window WRAL Set To Produce First NC Powerball Drawing WRAL-TV and the American Tobacco Campus will join forces with the North Carolina Education Lottery for North Carolina’s first ever Powerball Drawing LIVE on Saturday, August 26th. WRAL-TV will produce and air the LIVE drawing at 10:59pm at American Tobacco. Come to downtown Durham for […]