Two CBC Tower Lighting Events This Week
‘Tis the season for the lighting of the towers. WRAL-TV will start the fun with its annual tower lighting on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, and American Tobacco will follow with its annual tower lighting celebration on Friday, December 4. The TV Tower WRAL-TV marks the beginning of the holiday season each year by lighting the […]
American Tobacco Awarded for New Aloft Hotel
American Tobacco received a nice surprise at the Downtown Durham Inc (DDI) 2015 Annual Meeting. On Tuesday, November 17, DDI presented American Tobacco with its Outstanding New Construction Project Award for the Aloft Hotel. Located in the heart of the American Tobacco campus, the Aloft Hotel is a 134 room, limited-service hotel with meeting and […]
American Tobacco Installs Tree of Bikes
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, a unique kind of Christmas tree went up at American Tobacco. Bull City Metal Fabricators created the structure that will hold about 120 brand new bicycles. Generous Triangle citizens are donating the bikes for Durham children in need. ATC staffers Rodney Collier, Terry McBroom and Craig Hogan did the leg […]
WRAL Crew Puts Together Ratings-Winning Coverage of WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade
WRAL-TV crew members pulled off another successful parade on Saturday, November 21, 2015. The WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas parade, sponsored by Shop Local Raleigh, took over the streets of downtown Raleigh and the televisions of WRAL viewers all over the Triangle. “Thanks to the hard work of a very talented group of people, we had another […]
99.9 The Fan’s Adam and Joe on TALKERS.com Top 100 Sports Talk Hosts
99.9 The Fan’s Dynamic Duo, Adam Gold and Joe Ovies, are once again landing on the charts. TALKERS magazine recently named Adam and Joe to their list of Top 100 Sports Talk Shows in America. TALKERS solicited input from industry leaders to compile the fourth annual Heavy Hundred of Sports Talk – The Most Important […]
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Earn Numerous MidSouth Emmy Noms
WRAL-TV and FOX 50 have both received multiple nods from the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Scienes (NATAS). The stations received a total of 34 nominations in 30 categories ranging from News and Promotions to Technical Achievement. The Emmy winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Country Music […]
WRAL-TV’s Coats for the Children Campaign Keeping Children Warm for 27 Years!
The 27th annual Coats for the Children Campaign to provide warm winter clothing and new toys to local children us underway! WRAL-TV is once again collecting warm winter clothing, money and new toys for Salvation Army families in need. This annual community service campaign is one of WRAL-TV’s signature events. Now through Dec. 31, WRAL-TV […]
Tis the Season for Parades
Dating as far back as 1959, WRAL has been a part of the Raleigh Christmas Parade. Check out this picture (left) of the WRAL float as it eases down the parade route. Seated up front is Paul Montgomery, better known as “Uncle Paul,” and standing behind him is “Miss Margaret,” host of Romper Room. At […]
Don’t Miss the WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade This Saturday!
This Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, marks the 71st anniversary of the WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade, presented by Shop Local Raleigh. Tens of thousands of people make it their family tradition to watch the parade from street-side in downtown Raleigh and many more tune in from home. The event annually ranks as one of the largest parades […]
CBC Continues to Expand Commitment to the Hispanic Community
From a locally produced television program to the Internet to community events, Capitol Broadcasting Company holds a commitment to the Hispanic community in the Triangle as a high priority. FOX 50 Latino Marketing Specialist Ana Maria Bonell spearheads CBC’s efforts which utilize the unique resources of many of our divisions. For example, throughout the year […]