It also explores Cuba in the days, months, and years ahead as its relationship with the U. More than 52, children, some as young as 2, have crossed the border alone, without a parent. The documentary garnered multiple awards, including the highly coveted Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award. Mix Brickell was an instructor at NC State. She replaced JoAnn Federspeil as the show hostess. Romper Room teacher Margaret Brickell leads children in a lively march as part of the classroom activities.
Both fought for conservative principles in their countries. Fletcher Building, a 23, square-foot interactive museum that now serves as the headquarters for the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina. Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, is hanging breathless on thy fate!
This episode of Brain Game aired November 15, The competition was between St. The host is Mark Roberts. COM November 11, Bill and Mark wrote a song poking fun at self-centered news anchors who think a little too much about themselves. Capitol Broadcasting Company recognizes the vast impact its broadcasting networks can have on our community, and uses them to help provide critical information in times of disaster and need.
Sometimes that need is in another country. Prior to this production, Roberts and news photographer Joe Frieda had been on a ten-day assignment to cover life in several Albanian refugee camps, traveling to the Albanian capital of Tirana filing reports on the conditions under which the refugees were forced to live. The station also won recognition for its general reporting on the crisis. WRAL celebrated 60 years of broadcasting on December 15, In recognition of that anniversary, Scott Mason — better known as The Tar Heel Traveler — took viewers on a time travel, via black and white film footage, to witness several news events covered by WRAL during the early years.
A few of the highlights include President John F. She was probably best known for finishing her presentation with a wink to the viewers. Army National Guard. While Major Everett pilots a Huey helicopter and Mike pilots SKY5, they talk about the recent successful annual summer camp and what the Army National Guard provides to the state on a daily basis.
SKY 5 often criss-crosses across North Carolina to cover a story. While enroute, or on the way back, the photographer will often take advantage of the beautiful landscape by videotaping the scenery and then later add music to complement visuals. Mike served as a pilot in the US ARMY flying Chinook helicopters and then became a civilian helicopter pilot working primarily in the western states and Alaska.
You can also watch a behind-the-scenes video about Mike and SKY 5 on this website. On a daily basis Tim provided viewers with money and time saving tips, cautionary advice, and in this case — an affordable way to fly. Bill Pleasants sold recreational ultra-lights. This two part report gives you an idea whether or not to consider an ultralight in your future. Circa November Tim Smith is now retired from American Airlines where he served as their spokesman.
February 15, — MIX Hurricane season typically keeps them busy. This promo was produced in August in anticipation of Hurricane Dennis.
The promo was produced in January, highlighting his knowledge in the field of meteorology and a little play on words with his last name, Maze…amazing. Mike was assigned to the morning newscast at that time.
This editorial by J. She made sure everything was in order during the taping of the editorials. WRAL News reporter Monica Laliberte specializes in consumer product information and helping viewers resolve their consumer complaint issues.
This promo was produced in May This took place August 17, The nickname stuck. He always wanted to be a radio guy. Watch and listen to Tack tell behind-the-scenes stories while working in radio and as a courtside basketball announcer at the NC State home games.
Radio gang riding float, including Zoot the puppet and Rowell Gormon — center — Tack Attayek — 2nd from right, and Bob Inskeep — right.
We have two vintage stories about the tournament. The first story aired in Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler, provides a bit of history about this brainy card game.
The second video aired in The documentary is followed by a round table discussion with state and community leaders led by news anchor Charlie Gaddy. She reveals if progress has been made in regards to their finances, health, and living conditions. July 1, Garris looks over the brand new processor that sped up the news department workflow immensely.
The unit went into service summer If you ever wondered who pulled the switch to light the Christmas tree lights on the tower, now you know. Other on-air reporters were provided by stations in North Carolina. He worked his way up in Sports and joined the 6 PM anchor team in … a position he held for nearly 28 years. In , Tom went part-time and continued to play a major role by continuing his signature franchises — Football Friday and the Extra Effort Award.
He who was a general assignment reporter who covered news in Durham and Orange counties. He joined WRAL in Murrow Award. He worked for over four decades at Capitol Broadcasting and served in a variety of management positions. He was a mentor to many employees. Watch how the story develops into a wonderful lesson about forgiveness. This episode was produced by Julie Wick and aired May 12, The episode of Frog Hollow was produced in Characters portrayed by local actors.
Program debuted on August 10, Produced by Peter Anlyan. Directed by Bob Gubar. Her desire to work in television started at an early age. Phyllis took her advice. Now she is Director of Local Production managing commercial production and local programming. Many of these projects can be viewed on this website. One of the hallmarks of Capitol Broadcasting is its desire to serve the community.
Phyllis and her team work at the core of those projects. SKY5 pilot Randy Watkins helps radio station mascot out of helicopter at high school football game.
There he became a major personality and soon moved to Detroit, where he hosted radio and television shows and worked as a Motown executive. They noted that the date is full of nines. Renee shared her background starting with the fact that she was able to skip kindergarten and go directly to the first grade. She also talked about how she met the man who became her husband and life in Iowa. September 11, is the day terrorists unleashed an attack on America by crashing four commercial airliners filled with passengers into locations in the eastern United States.
The first two planes were deliberately flown by the terrorists, who hijacked the airplanes, into the Twin Towers in New York City. A third aircraft was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon, headquarters of the US Military, and a fourth aircraft was retaken by passengers and crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, thereby preventing the aircraft from reaching its intended target.
Some have speculated that it was destined to crash into the White House. While there, another hurricane named Maria approached ST Thomas. The nd medical company had to temporarily suspend their activity and transfer to a Navy ship for safety until Hurricane Maria passed by. Along the way they meet an artist, visit castles, watch Bill Caudill participate in a bagpipe competition and learn about the significance of the tartan. You will discover that the people in Scotland have a high regard for the gathering that takes place every year near Linville, North Carolina.
This creative 30 second promo highlighted an upcoming program featuring ACC basketball players and their teams. Produced in WRAL was one of many stations that participated in this story sharing cooperative made up of member stations across the country. This particular episode aired September 29, It is one of the latter shows produced at WRAL.
Susan Dahlin was the co-host along with former news reporter Rick Williams who replaced the original co-host Tom McNamara who accepted a news anchoring position in Arizona. Tom sent this Christmas greeting and an update on what was happening in life in Arizona. Tom is now retired from working in television. He anchored the evening newscast for 18 years. Tom announced his retirement in December PM Magazine was a syndicated program with local hosts. This video is a compilation of several bloopers caught on tape.
July also signaled a change in co-hosts when Tom became a news anchor at a station in Arizona. They traveled to Disney World in Florida where the fun continued. Enjoy the memories of PM Magazine from Ron Price served at Capitol Broadcasting in several different roles.
Price was hired as part of the run-up to the upcoming hour long newscast that premiered June, Ron Price is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and is now an accomplished author. Jesse Helms with President Ronald Reagan. The two were best friends and Reagan credited Senator Helms with saving his political career during his first presidential campaign.
Photo from the Jesse Helms Center. Rowell also provided various puppet characters for The Uncle Paul Show. Rowell continues to act and provides voices for top name brand companies and is a brilliant copy writer. Uncle Paul was a very popular character portrayed by Paul Montgomery, an accomplish jazz pianist who was also legally blind. The video shows Uncle Paul talking with Mr.
Scott graduated from UNC and always kept close ties to the university. Byrd and the choir performed weekly on the Sister Gary Spiritual program and later she hosted Spiritual Awakenings. WRAL reporter Scott Mason takes us back to and when demonstrators held peaceful protests in Raleigh on two very different subjects. In , black people were not permitted to eat at Howard Johnson restaurant on Capitol Boulevard in Raleigh.
A peaceful protest was held and the outcome was a change in the law. In , another protest demonstration was held in Raleigh when when NC State College expanded its graduate school offerings. The college wanted to change its name to NC State University. The UNC Consolidated System, which governs all state-supported schools in the state, rejected that name and told the school that it had to change its name to UNC-Raleigh. The name became NC State University.
Thelma demonstrates the almost lost art of crafting the bottom of wood chairs with layers of twisted corn shucks. In this video, Skip travels to Johnston County to find out what it is like to live and work on a farm. Skip Cilley, the Tar Heel Traveler from February — July , traveled around North Carolina looking for interesting people with interesting stories. While in Willow Springs he finds a building being made with beer cans. The program grew out of the Sister Gary gospel radio and television programs.
Steve also arrived with plenty of news experience and quickly became News Director of Action News 5 and oversaw many changes including the expansion of the evening newscast from 30 minutes to an hour. His gift for innovation and entrepreneurship led him to a start-up division within Capital Broadcasting Company that became known as Microspace.
SKY 5 can show the viewer images that cannot be seen from the ground. The aerial perspective is very important in telling the whole story, especially while surveying storm damage. This promo shows damage from Hurricane Floyd, September Steve Wiley, SKY 5 pilot. WRAL has always been recognized as a technology leader in the broadcasting industry.
Mulitple HD cameras were installed to bring crystal clear, stable pictures to the viewers. SKY 5 promo from The pilot is Steve Wiley. The helicopter is a Hughes D. The promo demonstrates how the helicopter can provide a unique view of a situation when seen from the air. You can see the HD camera mounted near the front of the helicopter. A news photographer seated in the back seat operates the camera by remote control.
You can also see the microwave unit mounted underneath the helicopter between the skids. Bishop Terence Jenkins is the current host of the gospel music program that grew out of the Sister Gary Spiritual program.
Construction underway on WRALs new transmitter building in The award-winning design for the building came from Raleigh architect Thomas Crowder. Action News 5 at newscast on January 22, Vintage commercials and promos are included in this posting. The goal of the State Games was to promote fitness, sportsmanship, and a drug-free environment to North Carolina athletes. Sport activities include cycling, polo, soccer, baseball, wrestling, volleyball, sailing, and more.
The program aired August 6, The Executive producer was Susan Dahlin. The producer was David Creech. This edition aired on September 21, Donna Gregory was the news anchor. Rick Sullivan anchored sports. Meteorologist Greg Fishel provided weather information.
Tobacco reigned as the king crop industry in North Carolina for many years. In the mids, hogs became big business as well. However, the hog farming industry provided social, political, and environmental concerns for the state. This documentary produced in explores the questions raised over pigs, politics and pollution.
Tom fully retired in July, There is non-stop laughter during this 10 minute interview. Fasten your seatbelts! The new triangular tower on the right replaced the older four sided version on the left when WRAL-TV expanded its facilities. Management noticed Tony and his work ethic and invited him to transfer to the broadcast division.
Watch and listen to Tony talk about his exciting job working in engineering field operations that has required him to travel to exotic locations on interesting assignments. Recorded September 15, We included a shot of Action Cam 5 at the end of the clip. The truck contained a huge videotape machine, which can be seen behind Fletcher. The invention was useful for feeding background music into distribution systems for TV and FM radio sets. This vehicle allowed programs and other material to be recorded on location.
Teacher, Eddie Davis, led the educational piece of Project Tanzania. Project Tanzania was an ongoing effort to help people in the East African nation of Tanzania overcome the effects of hunger, drought and poverty. This is aerial video taken from SKY 5 showing construction underway for the new transmitter building and the tall tower.
Note: part of the video is corrupted. The tower is located in Auburn, near Garner. Brann oversaw the mammoth construction project for CBC. The penny is a traditional good luck charm for new towers under construction. Brann oversaw the major engineering transitions from the analog era to the digital. These eras included many firsts in broadcast engineering, including the first satellite truck for news gathering.
October 12, President John F. Later that day, the President traveled to Fort Bragg near Fayetteville. William Friday, President of UNC system, was informed of the scandal in and was told that gamblers had allegedly threatened to harm members of the teams. Friday took action and pressed the chancellors at the other universities to back his decision to discontinue the highly popular tournament.
The vintage film shows, in part, Friday making the announcement to end the Dixie Classic basketball tournament. One of the Post 50 student production crew operating a camera at a Durham Bulls game. Team mascot Wooly Bull has fun on camera. Zoot was a creation of voice actor Rowell Gormon. Al Dunbar. In this latest episode, listeners learn more about Michael. Circa: Recently she received special recognition from a criminal justice organization for her work reporting in that field.
The North Carolina. The case can be made that Andy Griffith owes his start in showbiz to Fred Fletcher. Actually, Fred Fletcher made that claim in his book Tempus Fugit. One thing for sure, Fred knew talent when he heard or saw it. Art Anderson. His work was his name. He was an artist who creatively put an exclamation point on every visual element representing Capitol Broadcasting Company. Art was the lead. Can you guess who had this license plate right on his car in ?
Leslie is among a group of six civilians that was honored for their contributions to our. Aired: July 11, Who was the recipient? Name the first program to air? Meteorologist Brian Orzel is in the foreground. Students at Walnut Creek Elementary School in Raleigh received a surprise recently when reporter Brian Shrader and meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner showed up on campus to help them with their newscast.
Every day around 9 a. NOTE: Single channel audio. He has always been one of our best Capcom scoopers, and recently shared this great history story: The History of the Nazareth Community:. Lewis: The beautiful serene. News anchor: Cullen Browder. Saturday, September 16, Now can someone put Deb on "What Not to Wear"? I just can't believe the things she wears on the air.
She looks like she's broadcasting from Alaska in the dead of summer, does she own any summer clothes? Even when she went to L. In LA!!! I was embarrassed for her.
I don't watch that news regularly, but I tend not to prefer newscasters who have a special "this is my newscaster voice" style, rather than just speaking naturally. Saulsby falls into that category. Not the worst of them, for sure, but she has an odd way of changing her pitch on some words to add some weird newscaster emphasis. I don't watch any local news Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum.
It is free and quick. Additional giveaways are planned. Detailed information about all U. Those were some of the first comments I read after the story broke yesterday Start New Topic. More Options. That men can go gray or balding and add a paunch with no ill effects.
I'm not a regular watcher of 17 news so I won'tmiss her. Not sure about anchors but for field reporters, the bar isn't too high on Channel 14 TWC news. They're young but hefty. There was also hope she would land a gigat CNN.
But bless her cute heart, looks like she's been sampling the dessert bar a bit much since those days. This If TWC14 is hiring on air talent based on looks, they've got real issues. Like with eyesight. That men can go gray or balding and add a paunch withno ill effects. Actually, I think she has dropped since she first started. Still a little chunky for sure though.
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