“King of the Hill” Drops In On The Raleigh City Council
This is going to read like “fake news”, but the following really happened on Friday, September 7, 2001. Wanna know how we know it happened? Well, if you read it or see it in the news, it must be true – right? Hank Hill, the main character of the FOX network hit animation series “King […]
2017 Durham Bulls Television Schedule Announced
54 Home Games to be Televised Beginning May 12 The Durham Bulls have announced their 2017 television schedule, in which 54 home games will be televised over the air. Me-TV will televise the team’s contests. Beginning May 12, all remaining Durham Bulls home games for the 2017 season will be televised locally over-the-air on Me-TV […]
WRALSportsFan.com Columnist Caulton Tudor Named to N.C. Sports Hall of Fame
WRALSportsFan.com columnist Caulton Tudor was one of eight new inductees named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Thursday, May 4, 2017. Tudor, who has been a columnist for WRALSportsFan.com since 2013, was named part of the 2017 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame induction class that also includes Glenn Bass, Dwight Durante, Mike […]
WRAL-TV Honored for News Stories, Documentary
Two national organizations recently honored WRAL-TV with awards, one for a series a stories and another for a WRAL documentary. Gabriel Award WRAL-TV won a national Gabriel Award in the Short Feature category for the entry “A Heart for Al-J,” a series of stories by WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Bryan Mims about a boy who received a […]
WRAL-TV’s Fishel Honored for Efforts to Raise Awareness of Climate Change
The City of Raleigh recently honored WRAL-TV Chief Meteorologist for his efforts to raise awareness of climate change. Fishel received a City of Raleigh Environmental Award at the 10th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The event took place in the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing […]
CBC Hosts Area Students for Annual Job Shadow Day
On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, almost 50 students from 18 area middle and high schools came to the WRAL-TV Studios for the annual CBC Job Shadow Day. Ironically, the students got to hear about more news than expected. WRAL-TV stayed on-air live during all the programming between the morning and noon news due to the […]
Former WRAL Reporter Mark Binker Dies
Veteran statehouse journalist and former WRAL News multimedia investigative reporter Mark Binker died unexpectedly at his home early Saturday. He was 43. Binker leaves behind his beloved wife, Marla, and sons Mason and Max. He also is survived by his parents, Gerald and Barbara Binker; mother- and father-in-law, Fran and Bob Smith; and brothers-in-law Richard […]
Capitol Women’s Network Providing Opportunities for Growth at CBC
“The conversations in these meetings have really shaped my perspective on how I want to contribute to my career here with the Bulls and my personal life.” – DBBC Merchandise Assistant Manager Ashley Adams Capitol Broadcasting is constantly working on new ideas to help our employees learn and grow. To that end, in 2016 CBC […]
TechWire Awards Go To Six Individual, Six Corporate Triangle Tech, Life Science Leaders
Startups, entrepreneurs, executives, investors and several of the Triangle’s top tech and life science companies share the spotlight, taking home 12 awards at the fifth WRAL TechWire Awards. Plus, the first five members of TechWire’s Hall of Fame are honored as are several Editor’s Choice Award recipients. A capacity crowd packed Google Fiber’s new Triangle […]
“We Belong Together” WRAL – The Place to Be!
In spring 1987, WRAL-TV pulled out all the stops with a Hollywoodesque film production for the image promo called “We Mean a Lot to Each Other.” The two minute – long promo starred the duo Roberta Flack, best known for her Grammy Award winning hit record “Killing Me Softly with His Song”, and Lee Greenwood, […]