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 […]
WRAL Makes A Slam Dunk With March Madness and April Championship Games
The NCAA Tournament featured not one, but three ACC teams from the Triangle, and WRAL-TV worked overtime to bring the games, fan reaction, press conferences with coaches and players, and more to viewers. Despite a #10-seeding, NC State beat the odds and went two games deep in the brackets, and Duke won two games in […]
WRAL Gardens Featured in Our State Magazine
Our State magazine features the WRAL Gardens in its April issue. The WRAL Gardens will soon be in full bloom and Our State magazine is spreading the word. The April edition of the North Carolina publication features the WRAL Gardens with “Broadcasting Blooms” by Janet C. Pittard. Our State’s April edition is dedicated to the […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Sweep February Ratings Again
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 both delivered solid ratings in the February sweeps book for 2005. Each started out the year strong, with the WRAL newscasts and prime time programming. WRAL-TV WRAL-TV celebrated its 49th consecutive rating period win for the WRAL 5:00pm news in household ratings, and the 46th consecutive ratings period win for both […]
CBC Launches New WRAL Gardens Web site
The WRAL Gardens now have a new and improved Web site. The WRAL Gardens will soon be in full regalia as the pink, red, white and lavender azaleas bloom. Now the gardens have a new Web site to draw visitors on the Internet as well. The new WRAL Gardens Web site, located at the original […]
WRAL Personalities Featured in Cary Magazine
Two WRAL personalities have been subjects of articles in Cary Magazine. Both WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie & Chief Meteorologist live in the Triangle city for which the magazine is named. Cary Magazine features WRAL-TV’s Bill Leslie ‘s love affair with music. In “Bill Leslie: A Man of Music,” Cary Magazine Editor Danielle Caspar profiles the […]
WRAL-TV – WRAZ-TV To Broadcast Simultaneous NCAA Tournament Games on Friday, March 25
WRAL-TV and WRAZ-TV (FOX50) have announced that the two Triangle stations will broadcast simultaneous NCAA basketball tournament games Friday night, March 25, 2005. The broadcasts provide college basketball fans in the Raleigh-Durham television market the opportunity to watch both the Duke vs. Michigan State and NC State vs. Wisconsin games. WRAL today secured special permission […]
WRAL-TV Participates in N&O’s Kids Day
On Saturday, March 12, 2005, as part of the News & Observer‘s annual Kids Day fundraiser, a Penny Jar Championship event took place at Crabtree Valley Mall. WRAL-TV’s Valonda Calloway emceed the event and thanked each and every child who donated pennies to support children’s emergency services at WakeMed. Nearly $5,000 was collected at […]
WRAL To Continue March Madness Multicast Tradition
With the ACC Tournament and Selection Sunday behind us, Triangle viewers can now turn their attention to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For the fifth year in a row, college basketball fans will be able to watch any one of the 63 NCAA basketball tournament games on WRAL-TV5 and WRAL-Digital. The two local stations will […]