During her two decades in Denver television she has received seven regional Emmy nominations. Northgate Mall. Live coverage of the 49th Annual Raleigh Christmas Parade aired on WRAL-TV in November 1993. In honor of his long career and service to the community, Bill was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolinas highest citizen honor. In 1981, Bobbie Battista joined CNN in Atlanta where she was a news anchor for many years. The More You Know is split over two days; the first hour airs on Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m., with Brain Game and Smart Start Kids (both of which count toward WRAL's E/I commitments) airing from 11 a.m. to noon, and the second hour airs on Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. A few months later, WRAL was selected to be the flagship station for North Carolina Education Lottery drawings (twice daily for certain games, with the multi-jurisdictional Mega Millions Tuesday and Friday nights, and Powerball Wednesdays and Saturdays). He is survived by his daughters Taelor and Sydni. Like WRAL-EX, WNGT-CD has since simulcast WRAL in 1080p as well. A few weeks later, WRAL News anchor Donna Gregory and WRAL photographer Jay Jennings accompanied the NC Friendship Force on a trip to Russia, now formerly the USSR, in mid-January 1992. 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He was the first of three WRAL-TV chief weather anchors named Bob; Knapp would be followed by Bob Caudle and later by the biggest name in weatherBob DeBardelaben. The competition was held in the studios of WRAL-TV. [55] However, WRAL-EX left the air in 2018 as a consequence of the FCC's repacking process as a result of a spectrum auction and has not returned. We have two vintage stories about the tournament. In early 1989, Arakawa left WRAL for an anchor position at WBBM-TV in Chicago, a position she held for five years before departing for a similar job in Denver. ESPN anchor Stuart Scott poses with 2007 UNC Tar Heel basketball team and coach Roy Williams. Weathercaster and CBC President taking part in humorous promo campaign when Bob DeBardelaben took over for Caudle as Weatherman. It was replaced in the late 1990s with fellow CBS affiliate WSEE-TV from Erie, Pennsylvania primarily because of WRAL's preemptions of network programming due to ACC basketball games, which were (and still are) a highly-popular audience draw in North Carolina. The television stations share studios at Capitol Broadcasting Company headquarters on Western Boulevard in west Raleigh, while WRAL-TV's transmitter is located in Auburn, North Carolina. Tom joined the station in July of 1980 and helped bring the new PM program format to life on Channel 5. WRAL was the first commercial station to provide high definition programming when it obtained an experimental HD transmission license from the FCC in 1996. During his first ten years on radio in Raleigh Jordan also entertained listeners with daily birthday calls to unsuspecting recipients. Weather with Bob Debardelaben. Posted 2:09 p.m. Aug 3, 2006 - Updated 7:31 a.m. Jan 6, 2005. At first Bob produced commercials, but he soon got his first regular on-air role as the host of a folk music program. He was on the air 3 hours each morning delivering a mix of music, interviews, prepared sketches and impromptu humor. Gregory returned to the Triangle where she was hired by WNCN-TV as a primary weekday anchor. In 2013 Adele Arakawa was inducted into the regional Emmy organizations prestigious Silver Circlean honor reserved for journalists who have spent more than 25 years in the broadcast industry and made lasting contributions to the region and craft. They were the Triangle's first male-female anchor team. They live in Raleigh. On December 3, 2007, WRAL became the first local television station to stream live video to mobile phones. He covered the NC General Assembly and reported on a broad range of local issues during his tenure in Raleigh. Gregory also hosted Kids Having Kids, a WRAL-TV news special which examined the issue of teen pregnancy in North Carolina. WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) May 23, 2022 Maloch became renowned after working with WRAL in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. [32] As of 2022 the helicopter is flown by two pilots that Wiley himself hired and trained to take over Sky 5 operations. He earned his Masters of Divinity at Union in 1994 and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. Michael, a grandson of Yitzhak Rabin, attended Ravenscroft High School for three years in the early 90s. The Capn Five show was produced in front of a studio audience of energetic children who would arrive at WRAL each day ready for a voyage into the world of television make-believe. That station usually simulcasts local breaking news coverage from WRAL. Very early photo of Sister Mabel Gary, who hosted gospel programs on WRAL Radio and Television. She won the Outstanding News Anchor Emmy in 1997 for coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing trial. It has long been available on cable as far east as Wilmington. Not many people knew what Bill Jordan looked like until he appeared on the WRAL Morning newscasts. HD sports programming recorded by WRAL was provided to other model stations as well. The favor was returned a few months later when Vladimir traveled to America. Thankfully most bloopers, mistakes, and giggle fits do not happen on the air. He left the station in 1967. Capn Five was born and Marks career changed almost overnight. The station is also known for its award-winning documentaries, children's shows and news staff, which has attracted viewers from outside of the Raleigh market. in 1985. Sloane Heffernan stands by her brand in her office at The Loading Dock July 14. [37], WRAL was awarded nine Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards in 2000 including for documentaries on the Cape Light and coverage of the Special Olympics World Games. Despite the NCAA Tournament moving with the rest of the CBS schedule to WNCN, WRAL-TV continued to air ACC football and/or basketball. . Soon he began going on the road for Crockett Promotions to tape wrestling shows throughout the eastern half of the country. Although he reported news stories in Raleigh, his long-term goal was a career in sports. Bill Jordan was the popular morning man at WRAL-FM (MIX-101.5) for more than two decades. Over the next four years WRAL achieved ratings dominance and in late 1981 Bobbie answered Ted Turners call to join a start-up cable network known as CNN. )[14] Following WRAL-TV rejoining NBC on February 29, 2016, Y&R continued to air at 4 p.m. on WNCN while WRAL-TV carried local news at the time slot until January 17, 2022 when WNCN moved it to its traditional 12:30p.m. timeslot and introduced its own 4 p.m. She was hired as one of the original anchors on CNN Headline News, but by 1986 Battista moved to CNNs flagship cable channel where she became one of the networks most recognizable stars. The service broadcast two subchannels, including a simulcast of WRAL's main programming in 1080p high definition, and a demo loop of content in 4K ultra high-definition television, along with testing for NBC involving the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics. [23] On October 13, 2000, WRAL aired the world's first all-HD newscast. She is paid the equivalent of three dollars of month. Former WRAL-TV reporter Stuart Scott hosts Late Night with Roy at UNC-Chapel Hill. In September 1995, WRAL began to produce newscasts for WRAZ. Inskeeps first commercial radio job came at WCFV in the small town of Clifton Forge, Virginia. In 2009, Baier was promoted to the position of Chief Political Anchor and anchor of the nightly news program Special Report with Bret Baier., To read Brets Fox News biography, click here: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/bret-baier/bio/#s=a-d. Baier grew up in Atlanta and is a graduate of DePauw University, where he earned a BA in Political Science and English. [57] The system allows emergency information including text, web pages and video to be distributed to compatible receivers using existing digital television signals.[58]. Susan Dahlin, best known for hosting WRAL PM Magazine and Evening Magazine, joined WRAL news as a travel reporter. The commercials that aired that day are included as well. Stints at other Virginia stations followed, including a sales job in Roanoke with announcer Adrian Cronauer, who would go on to fame as the subject of the movie Good Morning Vietnam.. (full coverage of his inauguration on January 6 is available on this website) Other stories of the day were reported by Shelly Kofler, Sharon Nash, Connie Howard, Tim Kent, Tina Seldon, Fred Taylor, Denece Boyer, Renee McCoy and Joe Oliver. He is the lead news anchor for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. Not long afterward, she began her broadcast career as a DJ at WAKS Radio a country music station in Fuquay-Varina. Former WRAL-TV News VP Sam Beard working the phone in the newsroom. We conclude our TBT Russian theme with another news trip to the land of the bear. It is 1992 and our intrepid international correspondents are WRAL News anchor Donna Gregory and photographer Jay Jennings. UNC won the game 95-75, and advanced to win the NCAA Basketball Championship to cap off a flawless season. Late 70s early 80s WRAL anchor team of Bob DeBardelaben, Rich Brenner, Charlie Gaddy and Bobbie Battista. Later we see WRAL transition to color and then lead the nation in HD technology. WRAL-TV Morning News anchors promote the WRAL-FM Morning hosts! WRAL videographers and sports reporters capture highlights of the first quarter of one game and second quarter of the other game. Jordan walked through the doors at WRAL-FM on Nov. 14th, 1989 and began a career that would encompass seven different co-hosts, five program directors and three general managers. After the show ended its run, Marks stayed on with WRAL-TV as an announcer and employee of the Promotion Department. This video only shows the first hour of the live broadcast. On January 4, 2015, Stuart Scott died at the age of 49. This video features three stories produced in Paris and one in Normandy, France. He is interviewed by WRAL News anchors Adele Arakawa and John Hudson. WRAL-TV is a sister station to Fox affiliate WRAZ (channel 50, also licensed to Raleigh), Class A Catchy Comedy affiliate WNGT-CD (channel 34, licensed to both Smithfield and Selma), and radio stations WRAL (101.5 FM), WCMC-FM (99.9), WDNC (620 AM), and WCLY (1550 AM). In 1988, Rick a native New Yorker, returned to his news roots at WPVI in Philadephia. It is one of the latter shows produced at WRAL. Rich Brenner died February 27, 2012 after suffering a heart attack at a speaking engagement. After the sudden unexpected death of Dan Wilkinson in October 2003, it was decided that the station would no longer have a full-time farm reporter and frequent agricultural coverage came to an end. [6] The feeling was mutual; according to NBC News correspondent Harry Smith, NBC officials felt like they had "just won the lottery" when they learned WRAL was rejoining NBC. Bob Caudle is a native of Charlotte. His tireless community spirit won him a permanent place in the heart of the Triangle community. In 1967 Reeve was elected to the NC Sports Hall of Famebecoming the first broadcaster to be so honored. Legendary WRAL-TV anchor team together again for special 50th anniversary newscast in 2006: (l to r) Bob Debardelaben, Charlie Gaddy, Bobbie Battista & Tom Suiter. Anchors Adele Arakawa and Charlie Gaddy host election coverage from the WRAL newsroom. Their home is an apartment that is 9 X 15. Bob remained on the air at MIX-101.5 for the next three years, but left morning radio behind and moved into a corporate role at CBC in late 1989. In the early 1990s, WRAL distributed its programming via C-Band satellite as part of the Primetime 24 package, reaching viewers in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as the few rural areas of the United States and Canada where local over-the-air broadcast signals were not available. He was also the stations primary news anchor, who teamed with sportscaster Ray Reeve and weatherman Bob Knapp to form the first WRAL-TV anchor team. Atlantic Weatherman Bob Knapp in a 1960 PR photo. One of the main stories of the day was Jim Martins first full day as Governor of North Carolina. In 1998 Battista was chosen to host televisions first daily interactive talk show Talkback Live. In June 1977 one of Sister Garys legs was amputated due to health reasons. Marks dressed as cowboy character. In 1997, WRAL received eight Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards including those for news excellence, best newscast, best hard news series and investigative reporting. At that point, she became Entertainment and Travel Editor for WRAL-TV News, travelling the state, country and world over the next year to produce feature segments for the stations newscasts. Bill Armstrong, Sam Beard and Scottie Stephenson on set election night at WRAL-TV. Donna showed Vladimir around the mall in Cary and the local schools and universities. He joined that station in 1987 following his graduation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. PrevPreviousFOX 50 Family Fest and Great American Duck Race Returns for the 7th Year NextFrom Providence to Durham: A Look Back at the Building of the BullsNext See All News ", "ABC-TV acquires two new primary affiliates. Its most famous and longest-running is Time for Uncle Paul, which ran from 1961 to 1981, and starred Paul Montgomery. At WRAL, Caudle anchored late-night news and appeared as The Atlantic Weatherman who would deliver the forecast each evening dressed in a gas station attendants uniform. When WRAL-TV signed on the air in 1956, Reeve was its first Sports Director and Sports Anchor roles he maintained until his retirement in 1973. Mark Roberts, Jim Axelrod and David Crabtree in the WRAL-TV break room. [53][54] The station produced episodes of its series Out & About in 4K. Though Mabel Gary was only four-feet-eleven-inches tallshe gained a reputation as a powerful speaker who could move congregations and radio audiences alike. In accepting the award, he told the ESPY audience that when you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. Retired WRAL Sports Anchor Tom Suiter and his wife, Julie, at the banquet for his induction into the NC Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, April 22, 2022. The transition to television introduced Sister Gary to a larger audience and firmly established her place in the history of gospel music in North Carolina. He was a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Journalism. PM Magazine hosts Susan Dahlin and Tom McNamara share some of their behind-the-scenes antics from 1986. He began taking courses at Duke University Divinity School to gain practical knowledge, but before long he felt a deeper calling that pulled him toward the ministry. Jeff Gravley, former WRAL anchor and friend: My wife was a news photographer. 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. [17] From 1995 through 2002, Football Friday was broadcast from WRAL's Studio A with an audience of cheerleaders, bands, players and fans. Chuckle along with legendary WRAL news anchor team Charlie Gaddy and Bobbie Battista from the late 70s. Famous Bob Inskeep enjoying a moment with his sidekick puppet Zoot and voice actor Rowell Gormon. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.. Sister Gary was hired by then-WRAL-AM General Manager Fred Fletcher, who recalled in his book Tempus Fugit that she was not only an effective ministershe attracted radio listeners in large numbers: One bit of worldly evidence about the power of Sister Garys program was in the ratings. Armstrong left WRAL-TV in 1966 for a job as Director of Highway Safety Promotion in the state Motor Vehicles Department. WRAL-TV People: Bill Schmidt, Bob Vernon, Denece Boyer, Ray Wilkinson Program Type: Newscasts Type: Photo Ray Wilkinson, Denece Boyer, Bob Vernon and Bill Schmidt on the set during noon newscast Sort by: Name More Highlights for WRAL-TV error On October 10, 2007, the WRAL sports department launched a sports talk radio station, WCMC-FM (which switched from a country music format); it is now is the only FM sports talk station in the area and broadcasts in HD Radio. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48. ESPN star Stuart Scott introduces UNC team at Late Night with Roy event. Knapp came to WRAL from Richmond, where he got early experience in radio and television. A native of Abingdon, Virginia, Sister Gary studied at and graduated from Knoxville College seminary in Tennessee. 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