Clay Aiken Talks About American Idol Allegations at WRAL
Clay Aiken Talks About American Idol Allegations at WRAL Clay Aiken stopped by WRAL to answer questions about his view of the recent American Idol scandal accusations. Raleigh native and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken stopped by the WRAL-TV studios on Thursday, May 05, 2005, in the wake of a brewing scandal about the show […]
WRAL’s Scott Mason To Explore Recovered News Footage
Close Window Entirely by accident, a buried treasure was found at the WRAL-TV transmitter storage site. Long-forgotten historical news footage from nearly 40 years ago sat waiting to be rediscovered. Using the film, facts from historians, and the words of those who experienced them first-hand, North Carolina Reporter of the Year Scott Mason will revisit […]
WRAL-TV Reporter Honored By Local Minority Group
WRAL-TV Reporter Valonda Calloway recently received an honor from the 100 Black Men organization. On Saturday, April 16, 2005, the 100 Black Men of the Triangle saluted WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Valonda Calloway for her many contributions to the greater Raleigh community. Calloway was one of five area honorees selected for her outstanding efforts to improve the […]
WRAL Wins AP Awards
WRAL-TV picked up several awards from the Associated Press this year. The AP awards were presented along with the RTNDAC awards for 2005 on Saturday, April 23, 2005, in Charlotte. The following WRAL-TV staffers and their stories were winners in the competition: Outstanding News Operation 2nd Place WRAL-TV Best Newscast 2nd Place WRAL-TV Spot News […]
WRAL Wins Spectrum of Democracy Award
The North Carolina Center for Voter Education recently honored WRAL-TV with the organization’s Spectrum of Democracy Award. Given to WRAL for “responsible election coverage,” the award was presented on Thursday, April 7, 2005. WRAL-TV Managing Editor Bonnie Moore accepted the award on behalf of the station at the awards ceremony, held during a 6pm dinner […]
WRAL Documentary Explores NC Global TransPark
WRAL-TV will air its sixth installment of the Focal Point documentary series on Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 7:30pm. “Focal Point: Space Available” examines the controversial NC Global TransPark and why the project has failed to live up to expectations. WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Cullen Browder hosts this 30-minute inspection of the project that began with great […]
WRAL Wins RTNDAC Awards for Work
The Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas (RTNDAC) recently announced winners for its 2005 awards contest. WRAL-TV received six awards, including a special nod for WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason who was named 2005 North Carolina Reporter of the Year. WRAL-TV News Director Rick Gall will accept the awards at the Associated Press/RTNDA ceremony […]
WRAL Ranks on Best of the Triangle List for 2005
Independent Weekly published its annual Best of the Triangle list in the April 6th issue of the local publication. Readers submitted more than 1,300 ballots, expressing their opinions on the “best restaurants, businesses, destinations and distractions” in the area, and WRAL-TV made the 2005 Best of the Triangle list more than once. WRAL-TV ranked as […]
WRAL Reporter’s Essay Paints Picture of Pope
WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason traveled to Rome in 1999 with WRAL Anchor David Crabtree and WRAL Senior Photographer Jay Jennings to shoot footage for a documentary about the Vatican. Created in high-definition, the award-winning “Upon This Rock” took WRAL viewers on a picturesque tour of one of the world’s most sacred places. A crew from […]
WRAListens Visits Wilson
For the latest in WRAL-TV’s tour of counties in its viewing area, the station visited Wilson. The gathering took place on March 16, 2005, at Barton College, and the panel interview with a variety of Wilson citizens will air on WRAL on Friday, April 8th at 7:30pm. Former WRAL-TV Reporter Brian Bowman, now Public Affairs […]