American Tobacco Planning 10th Anniversary Celebration

American Tobacco 10th Anniversary

American Tobacco will soon be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the district’s rebirth. Over the past decade the campus has expanded to include office space, residential and commercial space, converting the abandoned warehouses into a vibrant destination. To mark the occasion, American Tobacco will hold a Block Party on Sunday, September 7, 2014. The fun […]

Durham Bulls Enter Final Week of Historic Season

Durham Bulls

South Division Champions Return Home Sunday with Chance to Break All-Time Paid Attendance Mark After clinching their seventh division title in eight years earlier this week, the defending International League Champion Durham Bulls will return to the DBAP this weekend to wrap up the final home stretch of an extraordinary season.  After a quick two-game […]

MIX 101.5 Listeners Help Feed Hungry Kids

Vanna Fox, Will Patnaud & Jami Caskey

MIX 101.5 listeners once again came through in a big way for the station’s annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive. “The day was a complete success,” said WRAL-FM Vice President & General Manager Ardie Gregory. “We raised $65,500 and over 8,000 pounds of food for Inter-Faith Food Shuttles BackPack Buddies program.  Once again the combination of […]

Durham Bulls Again Claim South Division Crown

Durham Bulls 2014 South Division Champs

Reigning Governors’ Cup Champions earn seventh division title in last eight years The Durham Bulls clinched the International League South Division title with a 4-2 win over the Gwinnett Braves at the DBAP Monday night, August 25, 2014, marking their second straight division title. The IL South crown is the seventh in eight seasons for […]

Bulls to Host Mobile Scavenger Hunt with Proximity Technology

Durham Bulls scavenger hunt

Last month representatives of the Durham Bulls baseball team installed about 100 proximity beacons using iBeacon technology throughout the ballpark and on the American Tobacco Campus, marking the first and largest rollout of proximity beacons at any minor league stadium. The Durham Bulls used proximity beacons call RadBeacon from Radius Networks. The short-range, Bluetooth Smart transmitters can notify […]

ATC’s Goodmon Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge to the Dunking Booth

Michael Goodmon

Last week American Tobacco joined the long line of CBC’ers helping raise funds and awareness for ALS.  On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, Corporate Vice President of Real Estate Michael Goodmon accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  James Scott Farrin had challenged him, coming full circle since the Durham Bulls has been the ones to challenge […]

Meet Me In St. Louis

Terri Overby

by FOX 50 Marketing Coordinator Terri Overby When our promotional partner Second Street Media announced they were hosting their first annual Media Summit in St. Louis, I jumped at the chance to go. I was asked to do a presentation on our award-winning Lip Dub campaign and co-host a roundtable discussion on Sales Promotional Events […]

A Closer Look at CBC’s Video Art Collection: Crops, 2012

'Crops, 2012' by Gerco de Ruijter

When Capitol Broadcasting renovated and redesigned our corporate headquarters and built a new addition last year, CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon envisioned creating a tribute to North Carolina artists for CBC employees and visitors to enjoy.  The halls of CBC’s Western Blvd location are now lined with original artwork including photography, textiles, paintings, sculptures […]

Help MIX 101.5 Help Hungry Kids with BackPack Buddies Drive Today

MIX 101.5's BackPack Buddies 2014

MIX 101.5 is hosting the annual BackPack Buddies Food Drive to benefit Inter-Faith Food Shuttle today, Wednesday, August 20th!  MIX will be broadcasting live and accepting food or monetary donations from 6AM – 6PM at two locations: Brier Creek Commons (in parking lot in front Dick’s Sporting Goods) Crossroads Plaza (in parking lot in front of Old Navy) Headed […]

WRAL’s Loveland Joins CBC’ers Taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Lynda Loveland ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Several CBC’ers have gotten on board with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that’s sweeping social media.  Many WRAL staffers recently took the plunge, inspired by meeting Chris Rosati, a man who despite his ALS diagnosis has been inspiring other to think BIGG.  The idea is simple, dump a bucket of ice water on your head […]