WRAL at the Fair: Fried Fair Food Reviews

Renee Chou

The North Carolina State Fair means fun and food, and several CBC staffers got a chance to preview the latest treats before opening day. “The State Fair Media Luncheon was great this year,” said WRAL-TV Assignment Editor Kelly Riner. “Usually, lunch is catered and then we get a few treats to sample. This year, everything […]

Ronald McDonald Houses and Three Lucky Ducks Winners Despite Cancelled Family Fest

FOX 50 Family Fest

Mother Nature put the kibosh on the 2015 FOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Tobacco Duck Race, but the Ronald McDonald Houses of Raleigh and Durham still benefited from the planned event.  Triangle rubber duck race lovers still purchased ducks to support the worthy non-profit.  Three lucky ducks won prizes in a drawing held […]

The State Fair and WRAL Through the Years

Ethel Griffin & A.J. Fletcher

The North Carolina State Fair has been around since 1853. WRAL joined the fun shortly after the station signed-on the air in the mid 1950s. Viewers have come to count on The Big 5 to cover horse shows, pig races, apple pies and spinning rides, fried candy bars, and entertainers.  Join us as we walk […]

WRAL-TV, FOX 50 Sponsor Latino History Event at Raleigh Museum

Latino Americans: 500 Years of History

Two CBC stations are celebrating the Hispanic heritage in the Triangle. FOX 50 and WRAL-TV are proud sponsors of “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” at the NC Museum of History. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities and American Library Association, the NC Museum of History put a year’s worth of […]

Hail to a New Queen at WRAL-TV

CBC Hives

Since the installation of four beehives on the roof of the WRAL-TV studios at Capitol Broadcasting’s headquarters on Western Blvd, the new inhabitants have been hard at work. Of the four hives, the CBC Hive is currently the strongest and fastest growing.  In fact, the CBC Hive is doing so well, that Bee Downtown Founder […]

How the Bull Durham Beer Company is Spending Baseball’s Off-Season

Bull Durham Brewing Co.

Although the Durham Bulls 2015 season is over, the new Bull Durham Beer Company created at the ballpark is still going strong. Starting Thursday, October 8, 2015, Bull Durham Beer Co. launched the Boxtoberfest Beer Garden at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh. They will be open Thursday and Friday evening from 5pm to […]

Jim Goodmon 1975

Alan Alda & Jim Goodmon

Dateline Raleigh, October 1975:  James Fletcher Goodmon has been named President and General Manager of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; it was announced by A.J. Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer. Goodmon, 32, succeeds Fred Fletcher who recently retired. (Tele-News Letter, Volume 18. Number 10) Forty years ago this month, Jim became President of CBC. His grandfather, AJ […]

WRAL-TV Debuts New Out & About Series

Out & About TV

Out & About online has been growing year after year due to the hard work of Kathy Hanrahan and the digital team.  Local fun-lovers turn to it for the very latest in what’s happening. WRAL-TV is now taking it to the next step.  Jim Rothschild spotted an up and coming shooter-editor in FOX 50’s Creative […]

Microspace and Appalachian State Combine Resources for Distribution of Live Sports from Campus

Appalachian State University

Microspace Will Also Provide Nationwide Media Outlets Access to App State Experts Appalachian State University fans are seeing more of their team’s sports action beginning this September with the completion of a joint project between App State in Boone, North Carolina and Raleigh North Carolina based Microspace Communications. David Jackson, Appalachian State’s Associate Director of Broadcast […]