WRAL-TV’s Mitchell Goes Over the Edge for Special Olympics

WRAL-TV’s Mandy Mitchell prepares to rappel 32 stories down the Wachovia Building in downtown Raleigh to benefit Special Olympics. WRAL-TV Reporter Mandy Mitchell recently went over the edge for a good cause.   She rappelled 32 stories down the Wachovia Building in downtown Raleigh on Friday, September 30, 2011, to benefit Special Olympics. Mitchell was […]

CW46 and My TV12 Go Uptown With a HUGE Upgrade

The WJZY/WMYT Master Control Room undergoes a major transformation. Check out the before above… and now the after. The task is now complete…Master Control has a whole new look in Charlotte and it’s all HD!   Engineers spent most of the summer removing all of the analog based equipment in Master Control for both CW46 […]

CBC Sports Radio Photobooth a Hit at Canes & Wolfpack Games

99.9 The Fan/620 The Buzz’s Joe Ovies (left) & Luanne Lane mug in the Photobooth. View the Slideshow 99.9 The Fan and 620 The Buzz are hosting a Photobooth at each NCSU home football games and at each Front Lawn Party at the Carolina Hurricanes. The photobooth is free to use and allows up to […]

Education Tech Innovator Brings 60 New Jobs to American Tobacco Campus

Education Tech Innovator Brings 60 New Jobs to American Tobacco Campus NYC Company Picks Durham for Talent, Creative Environment Wireless Generation, a Brooklyn, New York-based provider of educational software and digital tools for teachers nationwide, will open a new 65-person office in a 12,600 square foot space within Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District. Approximately 60 […]

Hurricanes Hold Season Opening Event at American Tobacco

Hurricanes Hold Season Opening Event at American Tobacco Think Ice Gets Triangle Ready for 2011-12 Hockey Fans shoot at an ice puck for prizes at Think Ice on the American Tobacco lawn. View the Slideshow The lawn at American Tobacco became a make-shift hockey rink on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, as the Carolina Hurricanes visited […]

CBC Stations Promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and many of Capitol Broadcasting Company’s divisions are working to promote the cause.   WRAL-TV is promoting several events as the station hones it’s focus on breast cancer awareness for the month: WRAL-TV is supporting Komen’s annual PinkFest PinkFest will be held on Sunday, October 9th at the […]

CBC Makes Carolina Parent N.C. Family-Friendly 50 List for Sixth Time

“Happiness is a choice and if you choose it enough then one day you’ll wake up and it just is.” – Kelly Swanson, Women @ Work Keynote Speaker CBC makes the Carolina Parent N.C. Family-Friendly 50 list for 2011. View the Slideshow Two of CBC’s working moms, WRAL-FM’s Barbara Purtee (left) & WRAL-TV’s Jenne Kendziora, […]

Capitol’s News Over Wireless App Powers Mobile Coverage of Jackson Trial

By RICK SMITH, WRAL Tech Wire Editor People following the Michael Jackson doctor’s trial in Los Angeles are tuning in live on mobile phones and other devices through an “app” developed by Raleigh-based News Over Wireless, or NOW. But this is not just any ordinary app. Users also can get access to court documents from […]

What Do Dinosaurs & Ducks Have in Common?

They’ll Both Be at This Year’s FOX 50 Family Fest & Great American Tobacco Duck Race on Sat, Oct 1st! Enter the World of Terra Nova in Bay 7. The hit show recently debuted on FOX 50 to big buzz. Experience a World of Animals at your Fingertips with Noah’s Landing. Play Field Games and […]

Chatham County Line To Close 2011 FREE Lawn Concert Series at American Tobacco

Chatham County Line To Close 2011 FREE Lawn Concert Series at American Tobacco Final 2011 Outdoor Concert on Sept 30th American Tobacco’s FREE summer concert series will draw to a close for 2011 this Friday, September 30th, with hometown favorites Chatham County Line. The band has toured the world since they last played the American […]