News excellence: WRAL claims top award, six more at regional Emmys

WRAL-TV Regional Emmy Awards 2024

The 38th annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Award winners were announced in Nashville on Feb. 17, 2024, and WRAL again came home with the top award. It marks the second year in a row that WRAL won for News Excellence. “This remarkable run reflects the collective, amazing commitment and work of a great news team.” said […]

WRAL-TV Rick Gall Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by RTDNAC

Rick Gall

The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) surprised WRAL-TV News Director Rick Gall with a Lifetime Achievement Award “for years of tireless service to local news.”  He received the honor at the organization’s 2024 Student Workshop which took place at WSOC-TV in Charlotte on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Gall has been an […]

Lineup Revealed for 2024 Big Night In for the Arts

Big Night In 2024 Lineup

Tune in to WRAL-TV on March 7, 2024, for Big Night In for the Arts, what has become an annual tradition for WRAL-TV in partnership with the arts councils of Wake, Durham, Chatham, and Orange counties.  The televised production features a superstar line-up of locally and nationally known artists with local ties.  And now that […]

Explorer Post 5 Become News Team for Eagle Scout Banquet

Explorer Post 5

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, WRAL-TV had a very special crew covering a big event in Raleigh, the Occoneechee Boy Scout Council’s Eagle Banquet.  Members of WRAL’s Explorer Post 5 conducted interviews, shot, edited on-site and created two short 40-second packages which aired on WRAL’s Sunday morning news.  The event took place at the McKimmon […]

WRAL-TV, The Fan Personalities Make Wake Living 2024 Readers’ List

Wake Living Readers Choice 2024

Several CBC personalities landed on the list of the 2024 Wake Living Readers’ Choice Awards.  Announced in the January/February issue of the publication, the list honors the best of Raleigh, Wake Forest and Knightdale in numerous categories. And the CBC honorees are: BEST LOCAL TV PERSONALITYWinner: RENEE CHOU, WRAL-TVHonorable Mention: Gerald Owens, WRAL-TV BEST RADIO […]

WRAL-TV In Raleigh Names Mike Friedrich News Director

Mike Friedrich

Mike Friedrich will take the news helm at longtime news leader WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC beginning May 2024. News executive Mike Friedrich will take the helm at longtime news leader WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC beginning May 2024. He will lead the WRAL News content team across all platforms, including WRAL-TV, FOX 50, WRAL News+ (WNGT) […]

2023 Record-Breaking Year for WRAL’s Coats for the Children

WRAL Coats for the Children 2023

WRAL Coats For the Children just wrapped up its 35th campaign, and the results are nothing short of extraordinary! Thanks to the incredible generosity of our viewers and community partners, WRAL Coats For the Children received a record-breaking number of donations to support the Salvation Army. More than 3000 coats were collected across our viewing […]

CBC-Sponsored 44th Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast a Call to Action, Kindness

Sandye Wilson

Capitol Broadcasting continued a decades-long commitment to celebrating an historic leader as presenting sponsor of the 44th Annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast.  Highlighting this year’s theme, “It Starts with Me: Creating a Beloved Community,” the event took place at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park on Monday, January 15, 2024. The […]

CBC Invites You to Free Interfaith Breakfast on Martin Luther King Day

MLK Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

For the past 37 years, Capitol Broadcasting Company has served as the leading sponsor for the annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. CBC is pleased to continue its support of this very important holiday observance and celebrates the return of the in-person event. This year, the event program on Monday, January 16, 2023, […]