New Episode of Follow The Truth Podcast Released

Mikaya Thurmond & Amanda Lamb

Another new episode of CBC/WRAL-TV’s Follow the Truth Podcast came out yesterday, Thursday, July 29, 2021.  WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb hosts this true crime podcast series, which she also exhaustively researched. In this latest episode, listeners learn more about Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan. WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Mikaya Thurmond recently interviewed Lamb about the new podcast […]

American Tobacco Partners with Duke Performances for FREE Outdoor Concert Series This Fall

Duke Performances at American Tobacco

Live music is coming back to the American Tobacco Campus thanks to a partnership with Duke Performances.  A free four-show series at the American Tobacco Campus Amphitheater will kick off Sept. 15, featuring North Carolina alt rock, folk, and soul musicians. Duke Performances is partnering with American Tobacco Campus will present the four-part lineup of […]

From Durham to Tokyo: Bulls radio broadcaster calling Olympics swimming

Patrick Kinas

WRAL-TV is featuring stories about local connections to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on the nightly half-hour Olympic Zone.  A story on Monday, July 26, 2021, hits particularly close to home for Capitol Broadcasting: an interview with Patrick Kinas, play-by-play announcer and the voice of the Durham Bulls, who is calling swimming at the 2020 Olympic […]

Grand Finale on a Year of High School Sports: HSOT Honors Presents Awards Virtually

The 2021 HighSchoolOT Honors awards show went off without a hitch on Thursday night, July 22, on HighSchoolOT.com and the app.  The program was also available on WRAL’s streaming channels.  For the second year in a row, HighSchoolOT Honors took place virtually, but plans to move back to an in-person ceremony next year. Awards were […]

WRAL and FOX 50 return to DISH lineup

Welcome Back, DISH Customers

UPDATE: July 23, 2021 Exciting news to share with WRAL and FOX 50 viewers impacted by the DISH outage: We are happy to report that both WRAL (NBC) and FOX 50 (WRAZ/FOX) have now been restored to DISH in a multi-year agreement. We are sorry it took so long to get a deal done. If […]

Crepes, coffee and cocktail bar opening at American Tobacco Campus

Press at American Tobacco

Press, a coffeehouse, creperie and cocktail bar from Graham, will open its second location at the American Tobacco Campus later this month. Press will open July 28 at 359 Blackwell St., serving coffees, crepes, salads, sandwiches and craft cocktails. Press will be open for breakfast and lunch daily, serving brunch on the weekends. The original […]

Tune in to WRAL-TV for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Coverage, The Olympic Zone Returns

WRAL-TV NBC Olympics

Tune in to WRAL-TV for your Summer Olympics coverage with the Opening Ceremony today, Friday, July 23, 2021.  WRAL-TV will not only have coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games during all newscasts as well as daily competitions from NBC but is bringing back The Olympic Zone.  The live half-hour special will air Monday – […]

Happy Birthday, Book Harvest!

Book Harvest Block Party at American Tobacco

In celebration of their 10th Birthday, Book Harvest held a community block party on Diamond View Park on Saturday, July 17 from 1-4 pm.  Despite the 103-degree real feel, an estimated 2,000 adults and children enjoyed the event. Entertainment included a chalk artist, The Bouncing Bull Dogs, Poetry Fox, Durham County Library Tech Mobile, Stormy […]

WRAL Studios Announces New True Crime Podcast, Follow The Truth

Follow the Truth podcast

New Podcast Re-Examines the Murder of Michael Jordan’s Father, Questions the Conviction of Daniel Green “Follow the Truth” is the first true crime podcast from WRAL Studios & Capitol Broadcasting Company On July 23, 1993, Michael Jordan’s father, James, was murdered in Lumberton, North Carolina. For 28 years, the case has been shrouded in mystery with […]

HSOT Honors Streams Live Tonight, July 22

HSOT Honors

The big day is here!  HighSchoolOT Honors presented by Crabtree will stream on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 7:30 pm. For the second year, HighSchoolOT has been unable to host our in-person awards, but the streaming awards show still does a great job at recognizing the best of high school sports across the state. See […]