WRAL Celebrates 50th Anniversary Broadcast of Raleigh Christmas Parade This Saturday

Raleigh Christmas Parade on WRAL

Celebrating 50 Years of Holiday TV Magic! This holiday season, mark your calendars for a historic celebration as WRAL proudly presents the 50th anniversary broadcast of the Raleigh Christmas Parade, set to enchant viewers this Saturday, November 18. Join the festivities from the comfort of your homes with a live broadcast starting at 9 a.m. […]

WRAL-TV Wins Outstanding News Operation, Multiple Top Honors, at RTDNAC Competition

WRAL-TV 2023 RTDNAC Winners

WRAL-TV came home with a news truck full of awards from the The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) annual awards luncheon last weekend. The station won 15 first place plaques, plus one for WRAL-TV News+ Anchor Grace Holland who won for a WFMY story, and 4 second place certificates. “I’m especially […]

Cloudy Day Means WRAL Weather Patio Gets Noon News Debut

Elizabeth Gardner

The WRAL Weather Patio got to make a second debut on Friday, November 10, 2023, thanks to Mother Nature.  The new outdoor studio will mainly be used during the 4p and 5p newscasts due to the location of the sun; the noon newscast will only be outside on cloudy days, due to the glare.  However, […]

WRAL Weather Patio Debuts During Thursday Evening Newscasts

WRAL Weather Patio - Kat Campbell

WRAL-TV is taking weather forecasting to where the weather is: outside! On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the station debuted the WRAL Weather Patio during the 4p and 5p newscasts. “It will be great to experience the weather first-hand instead of being indoors all day!” said WRAL-TV Meteorologist Mike Maze. The WRAL team does not remember […]

Bulls Manager Michael Johns Named Tampa Bay Rays First Base Coach

Michael Johns

Joins 2019-22 Bulls skipper Brady Williams on Rays manager & former Bulls catcher Kevin Cash’s staff The Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday announced that 2023 Durham Bulls manager Michael Johns has been named the club’s First Base Coach for the upcoming 2024 campaign. Johns joins former Bulls catcher and current Tampa Bay skipper Kevin Cash‘s staff one year […]

Winter Excitement is Building on the DBAP Field

Durham Bulls Igloos

The excitement is building – and we mean that literally – at the Durham Bulls for Wool E.’s Winter Wonderland!  Last week staffers could be spotted building igloos on the field at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.  The temperatures were not exactly suited to thinking about ice and snow during the build last week, but […]

WRAL-TV Hosts Open House for Students Interested in Explorer Post 5

Chris Cormier

WRAL-TV hosted an Open House for students interested in the Explorer Post 5 program for the 2023-24 school year on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.  Students and parents could attend the event in the station’s Café 550, to learn more in person and hear directly from Post 5 advisors and news staff. WRAL-TV Anchors Reporters Gerald […]