WRAL Explorer Post 5 Wraps Successful Year
“I’m very proud to know and work with this group of young people, and can’t wait to see the great things they’ll end up achieving in the future.” – WRAL-TV Steve Elizondo The 2016-2017 WRAL Explorer Post 5 Team recently wrapped up their year of learning at the Big 5. WRAL-TV Digital Media Administrator Steve […]
550 Creative Team Earns Nine PromaxBDA Noms
PromaxBDA released their list of 2017 award finalists late last week, and the WRAL-TV and FOX 50 Creative teams, now familiarly known as 550 Creative, earned nine nominations. The annual PromaxBDA Awards celebrate and honor “the best in local media, marketing and design, driving excellence, creativity and innovation from the local market.” And the CBC […]
Tar River United Way Launches Sunday Supper at Rocky Mount Mills
The United Way Tar River Region held their inaugural Sunday Supper at Rocky Mount Mills on Sunday, May 21, 2017. The local nonprofit organization event was hosted by WRAL-TV’s longtime Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel. The idea of Sunday Supper at the Mills came from a similar event hosted in Raleigh that supported Hurricane Matthew relief […]
WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest Starts Friday
Memorial Day weekend is here, which means it’s just about time for the WRAL Freedom Balloon Fest! It’s Friday through Monday at Fleming Loop Park in Fuquay-Varina and includes all kinds of opportunities to see hot air balloons in action – from tethered balloon rides to glowing hot air balloons at night to even competition […]
One Day in North Carolina
Our WRAL news photographers are the best-of-the-best and have the awards to back-up that claim. Most of their news assignments do not typically lend themselves to visually artistic story-telling, but if photographers could have their druthers, they would strut their photographic stuff by picking their own subjects and have a little extra time to complete […]
Fan/Buzz Radio to Host 3rd Annual Golf Tournament to Benefit the Helene Foundation
3rd Annual Sports Radio Open takes place on June 20th 99.9 The Fan (WCMC-FM), Buzz Sports Radio (96.5 FM, 99.3FM, 620AM, 99.2HD2) and The Ticket (95.7FM, 1550AM, 99.9HD3) will host our 3rd Annual Sports Radio Open presented by The Jim Allen Group on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at River Ridge Golf Club in Raleigh benefiting […]
Durham Bulls, Miracle League of the Triangle Bring New Field to Durham
Durham Bulls, Capitol Broadcasting Company Post $400,000 Fundraising Grant The Miracle League of the Triangle, in association with the Durham Bulls and Capitol Broadcasting Company, are expanding their services to Downtown Durham. A new Miracle League facility has plans to open in 2018 at 461 Morehead Ave., across the street from Durham Bulls Athletic Park. […]
CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon Delivers Commencement Address at Mother’s Alma Mater
CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon honored the memory of his mother one week early for Mother’s Day this year. He spoke at her alma mater. On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Goodmon delivered the commencement address at the graduation for William Peace University in downtown Raleigh. Goodmon also received an honorary degree in the humanities […]
Team WRAL Races for Cure, Inspired by Social Media and More
The cool temps and rainy weather did not stop Team WRAL from pulling out all the stops for the 2017 Komen Race for the Cure. For the first time, the event moved to May, taking place on Saturday, May 6, with a full slate of WRAL staffers on hand for the fun. For the second […]
“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 […]