In 1988, Scott came to WRAL for a two-year stint in the Channel 5 newsroom. He also worked at WAVY-TV in Portsmouth before joining the WRAL staff. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On June 19, 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded WRAL-TV the first experimental high-definition television license in the United States. Knapp shot an even-par 72 at the Finley course in Chapel Hill to take the crown. [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. The garden is a popular public attraction, especially during April when the flowers are at the peak of blooming. This is channel 5's second stint with NBC; it was a primary affiliate with that network for six years at the station's inception, after which it took on a secondary affiliation with NBC for the next nine years. [46][47] The station's digital signal moved to channel 53 in March 2000. Herb Marks was a staff announcer at WRAL-TV who gained fame as Capn Five, the sub-mariner host of the stations popular cartoon show in the late 1950s. He is survived by his daughters Taelor and Sydni. Mikaya's average salary is $71,617 per year. He and his wife have three children and seven grandchildren. Tom joined the station in July of 1980 and helped bring the new PM program format to life on Channel 5. a) Bob Caudle b) Bob Debardelaben c) Bob Knapp d) Greg Fishel 2. Soon after, WRAL continued to produce acclaimed[who?] Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has died at 67. ", "ABC-TV acquires two new primary affiliates. Scott quickly found a loyal following and his role and visibility on ESPNs studio shows exploded. She earns a satisfying amount from her work as a WRAL news weekday morning anchor, since 2020. At CBS News Jim has covered a wide range of stories, most notably as a reporter embedded with the military during the war in Iraq. Marks handled various announcing duties until 1958 when WRAL managers decided they needed an entertaining host for the stations daily cartoon show. Her on-air name was Bobbie Ann.. In 1996, Dahlin was assigned to head up marketing efforts for new High Definition TV technology that WRAL was pioneering. That station usually simulcasts local breaking news coverage from WRAL. [18][19], WRAL-TV presently broadcasts 42 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). On January 15, 2016, WRAL-TV announced that it would switch to NBC on February 29, 2016. Not long afterward, she began her broadcast career as a DJ at WAKS Radio a country music station in Fuquay-Varina. Despite the NCAA Tournament moving with the rest of the CBS schedule to WNCN, WRAL-TV continued to air ACC football and/or basketball. [35] Parent company Capitol Broadcasting along with the A.J. Among the highlights of his WRAL news career was an interview with Neil Armstrong, who was training at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time and later became the first astronaut on the moon. On January 4, 2015, Stuart Scott died at the age of 49. Jordan anchored the WRAL-FM coverage through 19 radiothons, helping raise over $15 million and making it the biggest per capita radiothon on record anywhere. Former WRAL-TV News VP Sam Beard working the phone in the newsroom. Raised by several generations of artists, Susans love of painting eventually placed her art in galleries across the South. WRAL photographer Jay Jennings visited a Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow where parishioners were able to openly worship again. A. Her last day at. Inskeeps first commercial radio job came at WCFV in the small town of Clifton Forge, Virginia. He left the station in 1967. Congratulations to former WRAL morning anchor Kelcey Carlson, who welcomed her daughter to the world yesterday! Circa 1976. 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. 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. WRAL announcer Bob Caudle with the microphone at a Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling taping. From there he moved to WREX-TV, the NBC affiliate in Rockford, IL. Caudle left WRAL-TV in early 1981 to become a legislative assistant for U.S. "[6] The last CBS program to air on WRAL was a showing of the movie Last Vegas at 9:00p.m. Eastern Time. Weathercaster and CBC President taking part in humorous promo campaign when Bob DeBardelaben took over for Caudle as Weatherman. Senator Jesse Helms, with whom he had worked during his early days at WRAL. WRAL was also one of the few CBS affiliates that aired The Young and the Restless at 4 p.m. as a lead-in to its 5 p.m. newscast. The property features a fountain visible from the roadway near the building entrance, a helipad on top of the building for the landing of Sky 5, and a large garden in the back of the property, including many varieties of azaleas and other flowering plants including several types of dogwoods. [25], WRAL was one of the first stations in North Carolina to cover agricultural markets and farm news in its regular newscasts. She held those positions until 2008. Not many people knew what Bill Jordan looked like until he appeared on the WRAL Morning newscasts. 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). In 1990, he headed south to Florida for a sports reporting position at WESH-TV in Orlando. WRAL-TV News Director Sam Beard introduces the program and CEO and Founder of Capitol Broadcasting Company AJ Fletcher explains the purpose of the National Opera Company. His conservative commentaries were both controversial and popular with many viewers. However, the 2003 reality show Cupid did not air on the station, as have some controversial shows on sister station WRAZ, and WRAL was one of a few CBS affiliates in the nation that did not carry an hour of CBS' weekend morning children's programming block (in favor of Brain Game and Smart Start Kids). The new television program aired every Sunday morning from 7:30 8:00 and featured Garys sister Sandra Byrd and the Wesleyan TV Choir. Susan Dahlin, best known for hosting WRAL PM Magazine and Evening Magazine, joined WRAL news as a travel reporter. One of the main stories of the day was Jim Martins first full day as Governor of North Carolina. A mere two weeks later she was back on the air hosting her Sunday morning programa testament to her undying spirit and determination. WRAL News anchors Pam Saulsby, Donna Gregory and Jim Payne hosted the broadcast. The stress and tension of being perfect during a live broadcast is off, and being able to relax a bit often plays out in bloopers. Watch and listen to WRAL News anchor David Crabtrees conversation with Bill Armstrong, WRAL-TVs first News Director. Capn 5 star Herb Marks in one of the last photos taken before his death in 2015, Herb Marks and Paul Montgomery entertain the kids during a Capn 5 show, Herb Marks portraying Capn 5 as he mingles with enthralled youngsters. Axelrod has won several major awards, including the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton for reporting on the recessions effects on children. Among Battistas many honors is the prestigious George Foster Peabody award for a documentary on juvenile crime. Mouth of the South Bill Currie and The Squire Ray Reeve catch up on old times. 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. Axelrod explains more about the North Carolina connection in this WRAL news report from November, 1995. In 1984 Dahlin was named Producer of PM Magazine and continued hosting it until the show went off the air in 1988. Jordan says he just tried to live out his life out on the radio, and the best compliment he could ever hear was for someone to say he was like their neighbor, brother or dad. During his time as Senator Helms assistant, he continued his ring announcingworking for Jim Crockett Promotions and Turner Broadcasting until the early 90s. Bill Jordan was the popular morning man at WRAL-FM (MIX-101.5) for more than two decades. Brets live reporting topped the Channel 5 newscasts that evening and set the tone for what would be a short, but impressive two-year stint covering news in Central North Carolina. Bob Inskeep was a popular morning radio announcer at WRAL-FM during the 1970s and 80s. WRAL-FM Morning Man Bob Inskeep in photo with Zoot, a puppet character who was popular on the show. Following a stint at WTVD-TV, Brenner joined WGHP-TV in High Point, where he spent the last 21 years of his career. [60], During the 1970s and 1980s through CATV, WRAL was once carried in even more places. ABC was at the time the smallest and weakest of the three major networks; it would not be on par with NBC and CBS in terms of ratings or affiliated stations until the early 1970s. He blazed a path in broadcasting that is often imitated, but never duplicated. 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. Caudle announced and recorded hundreds of wrestling matches in WRALs famous Studio A, teaming up with partners such as David Crockett, Roddy Piper, Les Thatcher and Johnny Weaver. During the years of communist rule, religion was prohibited. Its most famous and longest-running is Time for Uncle Paul, which ran from 1961 to 1981, and starred Paul Montgomery. Famous Bob Inskeep enjoying a moment with his sidekick puppet Zoot and voice actor Rowell Gormon. Among the first programs aired was the movie Miracle on 34th Street. Today, WRAL continues to produce educational programs with such shows as Smart Start Kids and Brain Game. (circa 1985). Feature edited by WRAL Tar Heel Traveler photographer Bob Meikle. On December 3, 2007, WRAL became the first local television station to stream live video to mobile phones. By his own admission, former WRAL news anchor David Crabtree isn't good at retiring. 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. He is a graduate of Guilford College. Anchors Adele Arakawa and Charlie Gaddy host election coverage from the WRAL newsroom. A. J. Fletcher's Capitol Broadcasting Company, which first licensed WRAL Radio (AM 1240, now WPJL) in 1938, won the TV license in an upset over the much larger Durham Life Insurance Company, then-owners of radio station WPTF.[1]. His last position was with KVOA in Tucson, Arizona. Gregory returned to the Triangle where she was hired by WNCN-TV as a primary weekday anchor. Arakawa joined KUSA-TV in Denver as a weekday evening anchor and she continues in that role today. 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. Final Score: USC 71 and Maryland 63. A) Sister Gary B) Oral Roberts C) Billy Graham D) Jimmy, 400th Anniversary Voyage from England to NC Action News 5 Newscast, Action News 5 6:00 PM Newscast January 7, 1985, WRAL 60th Anniversary The Early Years by The Tar Heel Traveler, WRAL FM anchors with Coach K at Duke fundraiser, Mix 101.5 Best of the Birthday Calls 1998, Bill Jordan, MIX 101.5 announces his retirement, CBC Mourns Loss of Legendary WRAL-TV Anchor Bobbie Battista, Bloopers with Bobbie Battista and Charlie Gaddy circa 1979, WRAL anchors old and new at 50th reuncion newscast, http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/bret-baier/bio/#s=a-d, Jay Jennings and Russian Strangers in the Night, 1992 NC Friendship Force Trip to Moscow Final report of 11 Elle Lysova, 1992 NC Friendship Force Trip to Moscow Report #10 Religion in Russia, WRAL news reporter Jim Axelrod on Yitzhak Rabins NC connection, Ray Reeve calls USC vs Maryland Basketball Game March 1971, Ray Reeve calls UNC vs USC 1957 ACC Championship, http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/video/10791192/, http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/video/10791216/, Sports coverage 1980 Golf Hall of Fame Classic, Travel Stories by Susan Dahlin featuring Paris and Normandy, WRAL presents Attack Of The Cardiac Pack NCSU 1983 Champs, PM Magazine full episode September 28, 1987, Former PM Magazine host Tom McNamara sends Christmas greeting from AZ, Former WRAL PM Magazine host Tom McNamara shows Susan Dahlin around AZ. He retired in 1994. Tamb oferim en VOSC el contingut d'aquestes sries que no es troba doblat, com les temporades de Doctor Who de la 7 en endavant, les OVA i els especials de One Piece i molt ms. In late 2007 it was revealed that Scott had been diagnosed with cancer. WRAL crews spread out across the area providing not just scores but video coverage of each of 25 to as many as 35 games in the area. Listen to the voices of children, parents, and those who made a donation to Duke Childrens Hospital. 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 A year later, Donna began working as a correspondent and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC. His unique anchor style and vocabulary, including his patented catch-phrase Boo-yow, made him one of ESPNs most popular and recognizable personalities. Legendary WRAL sportscaster, Ray Reeve calls the play-by-play action of this classic basketball game pitting UNC (Tar Heels) against USC (Gamecocks) for the 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. According to former WRAL Sports Anchor Tom Suiter, Brenners philosophy of sports coverage was simple: Be there at the games and events so you can report the story first-hand. Enjoy these outtakes from the popular evening program PM Magazine with hosts Tom McNamara and Susan Dahlin circa 1984. FOX News Anchor Bret Baier was a General Assignment Reporter for WRAL-TV News from 1996 to 1998. The birthday calls helped make Jordan one of the most popular broadcasters in the market. In 1997, WRAL received eight Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards including those for news excellence, best newscast, best hard news series and investigative reporting. Sister Mabel Gary Philpot died July 8, 1978 following a bout of pneumonia. The station, identified as "WRAL-HD", began digital television operations on UHF channel 32 over a month later, on July 23, 1996. WRAL and Fox 50 anchor Mikaya Thurmond is leaving the station. Barbara Ann Bobbie Battista was a producer, on-air host and primary evening news anchor at WRAL-TV from 1974 to 1981. WRAL-TV Morning News anchors promote the WRAL-FM Morning hosts! His legacy will live on in many ways as a friend, a son, a father, a professional and forever, a Tar Heel.. Bob Caudle is a native of Charlotte. WRAL took home the Emmy for News Excellence, Evening Newscast, Breaking News, Serious Feature News Report, Light Feature News Report, Light Feature News Series, Interactivity, Promo Spot News Same Day, Promo Spot News Image, Graphics Arts, and News Writing. WRAL-TV anchorman Sam Beard, Bob Debardelaben, Bill Johnston and camera operator Bill Greene take part in newscast. [38], In 2008, among the nine Emmy awards received by WRAL and WRAL.com received the inaugural award in Advanced Media for Interactivity for the video player used throughout the website. Bob Knapp left WRAL-TV in 1965, but came back to the station for another year in 1967. As a longtime student of dramatics, Marks would don his skippers cap and perform with a cast of puppetstelling stories and jokes to keep the children entertained and under control. Scott was a WRAL-TV News reporter from 1988-1990. (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. Sportscaster Bill Currie provides post game coverage. WRAL managers saw the tape and hired her to help launch the program in Raleigh. WRAL celebrated 60 years of broadcasting on December 15, 2016. Following his death, the UNC Department of Athletics released the following statement: Our hearts go out to Stuart Scotts family and friends, including his daughters Taelor and Sydni, and his colleagues at ESPN. Each night it would be rolled into the studio on wheels and positioned in front of the single camera that was used for the production. Today Bob Inskeep is Associate Minister at Raleighs First Presbyterian Church. [26], WRAL's noon newscasts included a farm segment featuring each day's farm commodity prices, followed by a feature agricultural story from somewhere in the viewing area or around North Carolina. Very early photo of Sister Mabel Gary, who hosted gospel programs on WRAL Radio and Television. Battista passed away on Tuesday morning, March 3, 2020, after a four-year battle with cervical cancer, according to Wendy Guarisco, family spokeswoman. WRAL videographers and sports reporters capture highlights of the first quarter of one game and second quarter of the other game. Within hours, channel 5 cut a deal with the then-struggling Fayetteville independent station WKFT-TV (channel 40, now Univision O&O WUVC-DT), allowing WRAL to return to the air in only three hours. Beard majored in History and Economics as he earned Bachelors degree at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former WRAL-TV anchors Bob DeBardelaben(l to r), Charlie Gaddy& Bobbie Battistajoin current long-time WRAL Sports AnchorTom Suiter for the reunion newscast. She worked as a news anchor-reporter at WMBD-TV in Peoria and KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City before joining the WRAL-TV Action News team in 1988. [10] NBC had struggled in the Triangle ratings for more than 40 years, dating to when it was all but forced to move its programming full-time to WRDU-TV (channel 28, later WPTF-TV and now WRDC) in 1971. Tillett won Anchor of the Year, and Leslie was inducted into the NCAB Hall of Fame. From 1960 until his election to the United States Senate in 1972, Jesse Helms was an editorialist on WRAL-TV's news broadcasts; by the early 1970s, the editorials were running for 10 minutes every weeknight. She worked at WNCN until 2001, when she left the station to form her own communications company. Mabel Gary Philpot or Sister Gary as she was known in the pulpit and on the air, came to WRAL-AM in the 1940s to host a gospel music program on Sunday evenings. Soon he began going on the road for Crockett Promotions to tape wrestling shows throughout the eastern half of the country. WRAL's signal reaches as far east as U.S. Highway 17 in the Greenville-Washington-New Bern market, including the city of Greenville. Sloane Heffernan stands by her brand in her office at The Loading Dock July 14. "There was a personnel matter and we handled it immediately," said Joel Davis, WRAL-TV. Along the way he chatted with countless celebrities, among them Charlton Heston, Richard Petty, President Jimmy Carter, First Lady Michelle Obama, Kevin Costner, Mark Harmon, Marie Osmond and Jeff Foxworthy. Youll enjoy these bloopers and out-takes! The station's new, stronger tower was activated on October 25, 1990, at which point WKFT reverted to broadcasting its own programming. Fletcher, Founder of WRAL Channel 5 Herb Marks, AKA Captain 5 Art Anderson, Assistant Promotion Director/artist at Channel 5 Ray Reeve, Sportscaster (Scroll down for, 1. Knapp stored his Atlantic caps on a shelf above the mapjust out of camera range and out of sight of viewers. . As the ACC evolved, Reeve narrowed his broadcasts to NC State athletics. PM Magazine hosts Susan Dahlin and Tom McNamara share some of their behind-the-scenes antics from 1986. Donna co-anchored the 5:30pm and 11:00pm newscasts during much of her WRAL tenure. Caudle held that position until he retired in 1996. Atlantic Oil Company sponsored weathercasts at more than 40 television stations along the east coast in the late 1950s and early 60s. Weatherman and wrestling announcer in 1960s staff photo. Learn more about the people of WRAL, and use the links provided to send us feedback and ideas. It was there that Scott was noticed by the growing ESPN organization, and in 1993 he joined the network for the launch of ESPN2. After three years in Wilmington, Caudle moved to TV job in Savannah, and three years later headed to Raleigh and WRAL-TV. 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. Bob first came to North Carolina for a sales job at WDNC AM/FM in Durham. Watch this 30 minute program, complete with vintage commercials, that captures the excitement on campus and in the community. As a staunch supporter of the military and veterans, Jordan flew on three Flights of Honor and says he was humbled to be in the presence of so many WWII veterans who truly represent our nations Greatest Generation. At first Bob produced commercials, but he soon got his first regular on-air role as the host of a folk music program. In March 1985, WTVD's owner, Capital Cities Communications, purchased ABC, resulting in WTVD becoming an owned-and-operated station of that network. He credits those experiences as the most significant thing hes ever been involved with professionally. He repeated the feat the next year with an even par 72, which garnered him the A.E. HD sports programming recorded by WRAL was provided to other model stations as well. Knapp was best known for the Atlantic Weatherman segments where he would deliver the forecast wearing the full uniform of a service station attendant. 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. Scott was a WRAL-TV reporter who gained fame as a network sports anchor. Hint. On June 29, 2016, WRAL became the first U.S. television station to begin broadcasting a full-time service using ATSC 3.0 digital television standards, operating under an experimental license from the FCC on UHF channel 39 as WRAL-EX. Brenner left WRAL in 1981 to join WMAQ-TV in Chicago, but he soon returned to North Carolina. Former WRAL-TV news reporter Stuart Scott doing interview at Channel 5. UNC won the game 95-75, and advanced to win the NCAA Basketball Championship to cap off a flawless season. Armstrong was a one-man-news operation in WRALs early days, chasing down the news then reporting it himself from the anchor desk. April 27, 1984 commemorated the 400th anniversary of the voyage from Plymouth, England to the shores of what is now is now North Carolina. 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. WRAL General Manager Joel Davis said: "There. This is the last of 11 reports that aired on WRAL News. Late 70s early 80s WRAL anchor team of Bob DeBardelaben, Rich Brenner, Charlie Gaddy and Bobbie Battista. Ray Reeve was a pioneering sports broadcaster who worked for WRAL-AM and FM, the Tobacco Sports Network and WRAL-TV during a career that spanned five decades. Meet Elle Lyosa, a physical therapist who works at Moscow State University. Wed love for you to add your story to the CBC History collection. This is the tenth of 11 reports that aired on WRAL News. (The second half of their noon newscast and Right This Minute aired in Y&R's recommended time slot. Sheri Logan and Bill Jordan join Duke Coach K to raise funds for Duke Childrens Hospital. WRAL can be seen well outside of the Raleigh market, with the signal penetrating parts of the Greenville, Greensboro, Wilmington, Charlotte, RoanokeLynchburg, Richmond, Norfolk and FlorenceMyrtle Beach markets. NBC, on the other hand, took the line that an affiliation deal was a partnership. Axelrod is the author of In The Long Run: A Father, A Son, And Unintentional Lessons In Happiness, which was published in 2011. In North Carolina, it was once carried in Burlington, Greenville, Wadesboro, Wilmington, Williamston, and Yanceyville. [32] As of 2022 the helicopter is flown by two pilots that Wiley himself hired and trained to take over Sky 5 operations. The official eastern fringe of the Raleigh market is Halifax County and the western fringe is Orange County. Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has passed away at the age of 67, according to a family spokeswoman. Learn more about each member of the ABC11 newsteam with exclusive bios. PR photo for early WRAL-TV weatherman and sports reporter, Knapp was weatherman and sports reporter in the early days of WRAL-TV. Charlie Gaddy was the solo news anchor. When WNAO-TV (channel 28), the Triangle's CBS affiliate, went dark at the end of 1957 and the affiliation moved to WTVD (which was an ABC affiliate at that point) in the process,[2] WRAL shared ABC with WTVD until August 1, 1962, when channel 5 took the ABC affiliation full-time. Armstrong also provided on-the-scene coverage from the Raleigh-Durham airport when the victorious UNC mens basketball team returned to North Carolina after winning the 1957 national championship. Former WRAL-TV Sports Director and anchor Rich Brenner during his days at the station. His tireless community spirit won him a permanent place in the heart of the Triangle community. Dahlin came to WRAL almost by accident. This happened because the station's sitcom reruns (the show being run at the time was an hour-long block of The Golden Girls,[12] making it ironic that during their ABC affiliation they were one of 13 affiliates not to carry the original network run of Soap, another Witt/Thomas/Harris Production[13]) were having no luck against The Oprah Winfrey Show on WTVD. The Capn Five Show came to an end in 1961, but not before blazing a trail as one of the first locally-produced childrens shows on Channel 5. [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. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Arakawa grew up in Hawaii. During his first ten years on radio in Raleigh Jordan also entertained listeners with daily birthday calls to unsuspecting recipients. Known as F.B.I. which stood for Famous Bob Inskeep Bob combined a laid-back conversational style with a keen wit and biting sense of humor to win legions of fans for his morning show on MIX-101.5. Former WRAL-TV reporter Bret Baier in his new role as a FOX News anchor. CBS Anchor/Correspondent Jim Axelrod was a General Assignment and Political Reporter at WRAL-TV from 1993 to 1996. Marks grew up in Pennsylvania and broke into broadcasting at a station in Tennessee. It is the flagship station of the locally based Capitol Broadcasting Company, which has owned the station since its inception.. WRAL-TV is a sister station to Fox affiliate WRAZ (channel 50, also licensed to Raleigh), Class A Catchy Comedy . Battista graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelors degree in radio, television and film production. In 1981, Bobbie Battista joined CNN in Atlanta where she was a news anchor for many years. She was the first African-American to host a regularly-scheduled radio show in Raleigh. Journalist, News Anchor, Former Clergyman: Children: 2: David Crabtree is an American television anchor, journalist. The question was posed as to whether or not Smart Start was a solid investment for the future of North Carolina. During the '70s, many stations introduced the curved "gull wing" anchor desk and sleek architecture. 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. He had played various other characters on other local shows before getting his own program. Today, David Crabtree (who replaced Gaddy in 1994) and Debra Morgan are part of the longest-running on-air news team (news, weather, and sports) in the Triangle and one of the longest-running news teams in the state. Morning radio announcer at WRAL-FM during the 1970s and 1980s through CATV, WRAL was.... 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