Year: 2008

Cuban Revolution Rumbles into American Tobacco

As if a performing arts center and an internationally renowned light sculpture were not enough, here comes another new addition which should make the growing number of theater-goers and American Tobacco Historic District patrons just a little happier. American Tobacco management announced recently that they are in the final stages of negotiations with Rhode Island-based […]

MIX & Marines Make Christmas for Children with Toys for Tots

MIX & Marines Make Christmas for Children with Toys for Tots MIX’s Bill Jordan (center, back) shows off the donated toys with a group of children & Marines at Crabtree Valley Mall. Over the month of December, MIX 101.5 partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Campaign to help collect toys for […]

MIX 101.5 Employees Continue to Help Backpack Buddies

MIX 101.5 Employees Continue to Help Backpack Buddies Backpacks filled with food await the needy school children who wlil take them home for the weekend. View the Slideshow MIX 101.5 employees volunteer to stuff backpacks. On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, a group of WRAL-FM employees spent an hour at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle near downtown […]

WSM Helps NC State Football Win Big for Toys for Tots

WSM Helps NC State Football Win Big for Toys for Tots On Thursday, December 11, 2008, NC State football players went out and purchased toys with the funds raised through the Wolfpack Football/Toys for Tots program.   CBC’s Wolfpack Sports Marketing created and managed the program with Coca-Cola. This was only WSM’s 2nd annual campaign […]

WRAL To Air Tar Heel Traveler Holiday Special

WRAL To Air Tar Heel Traveler Holiday Special Airs Saturday, Dec 20, 2008, 7:30pm WRAL-TV Reporter Scott Mason is about to take viewers on a holiday adventure.   Mason is the Tar Heel Traveler, and a half-hour special with his Christmas journeys will air on WRAL-TV on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:30pm. Mason will […]

WRAL Playbook Changes: Suiter Handing Off Sports Anchor Role

WRAL Playbook Changes: Suiter Handing Off Sports Anchor Role WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter will retire after the newscast on Thurs, Dec 18th. On Dec. 18, 2008, longtime WRAL sports anchor Tom Suiter will emerge from the sports office in the back of the newsroom. As he briskly walks to the set, he will take […]

WRAL-TV’s Coats Telethon Finds Success Despite Tough Economic Times

WRAL-TV’s Coats Telethon Finds Success Despite Tough Economic Times WRAL-TV raised $52,000 in pledges through the Coats for the Children Telethon on Fri, Dec 12th. WRAL-TV hosted its annual Coats for the Children Telethon on Friday, December 12, 2008, and despite the flagging economy got a solid result.   Pledges totaling $55,000 came in during […]

7th Annual Goodmon Awards Honor Regional Thinking in the Triangle

“The Triangle can do anything if we work together.” –CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon The African Children’s Choir provides beautiful music for the “Circles of Community” at the Goodmon Awards on Dec 11th. Over 300 members of the Triangle community came together to honor regional thinking and action at the 7th annual Goodmon Awards […]

Microspace Digital Cinema Network To Deliver 2009 La Scala Premiere Opera Performance of “Don Carlo ” to U.S. Theaters

Delivery Marks First Live Performance Delivered Via Satellite from World-Renowned Opera House Emerging Pictures has selected Microspace to deliver the opening night of La Scala’s 2009 season live via satellite. Microspace recently announced it was selected by Emerging Pictures to deliver the 2009 season opening night performance of “Don Carlo” live in high-definition from the […]