News excellence: WRAL claims top award, six more at regional Emmys
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 […]
HighSchoolOT saw record audience growth in 2023 with statewide coverage of NC high school sports
Interest in North Carolina high school sports continues to grow, and HighSchoolOT’s audience growth in 2023 is clear evidence of that trend. After covering nearly 400 schools in almost all 100 counties in North Carolina during 2023, HighSchoolOT has set new audience records. Nearly 2.4 million monthly unique visitors visited HighSchoolOT on desktop, mobile, and […]
CBC-Sponsored 44th Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast a Call to Action, Kindness
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
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, […]