WRAL-TV Honored with MidSouth Emmy Noms

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced their annual Emmy nominees on Thursday, November 17, 2016, and WRAL-TV is proud to have made the list multiple times.  The station received a total of 17 nominations, including the overall nomination for News Excellence and a nod for Technical Achievement. The […]

WRAL-TV’s Coats for the Children Campaign Keeping Children Warm for 28 Years!

Coats for the Children

The 28th annual Coats for the Children Campaign to provide warm winter clothing and new toys to local children kicks off Nov. 19 WRAL-TV is once again collecting warm winter clothing, money and new toys for Salvation Army families in need. This annual community service campaign, presented by Jiffy Lube and Chiesi USA Pharmaceuticals, is […]

American Tobacco Celebrates Honey Harvest with Special Tenant Event

A Taste of Honey - American Tobacco

American Tobacco celebrated their honey harvest, and the anticipated opening of The Bullpen, with their tenants on Thursday, November 10, 2016.  A Taste of Honey took place from 4-6pm at The Bullpen. Tenants could sample over 10 honeys from around North Carolina, including honey produced on the American Tobacco rooftops. Bull Durham Beer Co. brewed […]

“America’s Most Award-Winning Radio News Team”

WRAL-FM News Team, 1983

“As a driving force in the community, we are a catalyst for positive change.” – Excerpt from CBC Code of Ethics In 1983, the news team at WRAL-101 FM won just about every award possible.  The words used to express the amazing amount of kudos almost exhausts every possible synonym available in Thesaurus:  “best,” “prestigious” […]

WILM-TV Uses Digital Signage to Display Election Results

WILM Election Results billboards

Travelers along Wilmington’s busiest thoroughfares kept an eye on North Carolina’s gubernatorial race on Election Day powered by Capitol Broadcasting Company’s WILM-TV and New Media Group. On November 8, Fairway digital billboards in six Wilmington locations displayed the percentage of votes for the Republican and Democratic candidates alongside the WILM-TV logo and website URL, where […]

Dateline 1959: NBC Executive Cuts Ribbon at WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV Dedication ribbon cutting

We are just about a month away from officially recognizing WRAL-TV’s 60th birthday. The CBC scrapbook continues to reveal a treasure trove of memories. April 15th is usually viewed as the dreaded “tax day,” but in 1959 it was a day of celebration at 2619 Western Boulevard. It marked the completion of the Western Boulevard […]

Rocky Mount Mills Celebrates History, Reunites with Workers

Rocky Mount Mills Worker Reunion

On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Rocky Mount Mills and UNC-Chapel Hill American Studies Department hosted a Rocky Mount Mills Worker Reunion. Former workers, their families, friends and communities shared their experiences and memories on a beautiful October day. On the Saturday afternoon special people gathered and enjoyed their past times, music and tours of the […]

CBC Sports Radio’s Maloney Honored Among Best Radio Managers by Radio Ink

Radio Ink recently honored CBC Sports Radio General Manager Brian Maloney in its 2016 Best Radio Managers in the Country issue.  In making the announcement, Radio Ink told Maloney, “Among so many radio managers across the country, our panel of management experts has chosen you as one of those who rises above the rest.” Radio […]

60 Years of WRAL History Came Together at State Fair

2016 WRAL-TV State Fair tent

Thousands of visitors walked through the WRAL-TV tent at the 2016 North Carolina State Fair and were treated to a history lesson about the Big 5.  WRAL-TV Promotion & Event Coordinator Debbie Tullos talked to Capcom about how the idea for the pop-up mini-museum arose and then how the station’s creative team made it happen: […]

Selling Radio Air Time

Production Talent and Operations

Would you buy something that you cannot see, feel, smell or touch? A good radio sales representative can knock down those potential stumbling blocks in a heart-beat. It is “sound that sells.” Radio is “theater of the mind.” Back in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, WRAL-AM, located at 1240 on the AM dial, was […]