WRAL Adding Chris Lea To Sports Team

Chris Lea will join the sports department of Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate WRAL Raleigh, N.C. (DMA 27), on March 4, just in time for ACC Tournament coverage.

Lea comes to WRAL after seven years at WXII Winston-Salem, N.C., where he’s currently leading the station’s sports efforts. Lea will join the on-air WRAL sports team alongside Mary Dunleavy and Jared Fialko and work collaboratively with the wralsportsfan.com team with digital and social contributions.

Lea is a graduate of UNC Greensboro and a native of North Carolina. He grew up in the Greensboro and High Point areas and began his television career as a traffic anchor/reporter before becoming a sports anchor/reporter/photographer.

He has also been a radio personality, talk show host and producer with WJMH-FM Greensboro, N.C., since 2005.

Lea will be seen on-air and on the sidelines of key sporting events, from prep sports to the pros.