Thank You!
MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM and WRAL-TV thank our generous listeners and viewers for contributing to the 2017 BackPack Buddies Mediathon! You donated over $188,000 and 2 tons of food for hungry kids in the Triangle. Kudos to WRAL-TV’s Justin Arner who produced all of the Mediathon promo videos & this Thank You spot.
Intracoastal Waterway, A “Ribbon of Dreams”
July Throwback Thursday continues with the Dream Theme. Today we revisit the 2002 documentary titled “Ribbon of Dreams.” Ol’ Huck Finn had the muddy Mississippi River, but WRAL News anchor David Crabtree and photographer Keith Baker had the mighty Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Instead of a home-made raft, Crabtree and Baker opted for seaworthy boat. In […]
WRAL-TV Providing Live Coverage and News Special on Dedication of Raleigh Cathedral
CBC’s Western Blvd headquarters now has a new neighbor, the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. Located just across Nazareth Street from the WRAL-TV studios, the Cathedral will be dedicated on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, and WRAL will be there, live streaming the dedication Mass at 2pm on WRAL.com, providing live coverage on WRAL-TV, and broadcasting […]
Los Toros De Durham To Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night
Bulls to Transform to Los Toros for One Night Only The Durham Bulls will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night on Thursday, Aug. 10, when the team will transform into Los Toros de Durham for one night only. The team will wear special uniforms for that night’s contest, and the jerseys will be auctioned off with all […]
Durham Bulls Announce Heat Precautions for Weekend Series at DBAP
Ballpark to Institute Temporary Measures for Expected Hot Spell The Durham Bulls have announced that the team will take numerous steps over the upcoming games to aid fans in dealing with expected temperatures nearing 100 degrees. The team hosts the Lehigh Valley IronPigs from July 21 through July 23, and with temperatures expected to near […]
MIX 101.5 and WRAL-TV Beat Heat For Successful Mediathon for BackPack Buddies
Much like the summer heat, WRAL-TV viewers and MIX 101.5 listeners kept the phone lines and Triangle parking lots hot on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, bringing in donations during the stations’ second annual Mediathon for the BackPack Buddies. The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle worked with the Big 5 and WRAL-FM to help keep hungry kids fed. […]
American Tobacco Goes International
Have you ever wondered what American Tobacco sounds like In Russian? Well, actually, it sounds like saying “American Tobacco” with a Russian accent, but you can listen to an entire video about the campus in Russian in the first Voice of America piece about the downtown Durham destination. American Tobacco’s first Voice of America piece […]
A Most Faithful Fan
Capitol Sports Vice President George Habel posted the tribute ‘A Most Faithful Fan’ in his blog ‘Note to Self’: You think you’ve seen a lot of baseball, that you are committed to your job, but then you encounter fans like Bobbie and Marvin Wheeler. You stand humbly in their shadow. As the Wheelers neared retirement […]
Capitol Women’s Network Spends Morning Working at Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm
Team Building While Serving the Community Last Thursday, July 13, 2017, 24 CBC women met up to give back to the community at the Inter-Faith-Food Shuttle Teaching Garden. Members of the Capitol Women’s Network (CWN) turned a group get together into a morning of service. The women in CBC’s Durham divisions usually meet separately from […]
DREAMS OF GOLD. The Olympic Festival 1987
Everyone is familiar with the Olympics, summer and winter. But did you know there was an event, a warmup of sorts, for the Olympics? It was called the U.S. Olympic festival. This amateur sport spectacular started in 1978 and was originally called the National Sports Festival. It was the nation’s largest amateur sporting competition. The […]