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Newsy has added Capitol Broadcasting to its roster of partners, the millennial-focused news organization said Thursday. Newsy content will now appear on WRAL.com, WRALSportsFan.com and HighSchoolIOT.com.

The WRAL News app from the Capitol Broadcasting Co. CBS affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., has been upgraded to push content to the Apple Watch. WRAL News app users can access […]

For the fourth year, Capitol Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WRAL Raleigh, N.C. (DMA 25), will broadcast the 2015 Fayetteville Veterans Day Parade, presented by the Cumberland County Veterans Council and the […]

Capitol Broadcasting Company has partnered with Share Rocket to measure and expand its social media performance in the Raleigh, NC media market. Share Rocket, a social media ratings service, has […]

Veteran WRAL Raleigh, N.C., anchor Lynda Loveland moves from WRAL’s morning newscasts to join the station’s evening news team. Loveland takes the desk with co-anchor Gerald Owens for WRAL News […]

Joseph Sledge was convicted of a double murder in Bladen County, N.C., and spent 37 years in prison. Then, new evidence proved he couldn’t have been the killer. A new […]

Winner of the NAB Educational Foundation’s Service to Community Award in TV was Capitol Broadcasting for its campaign against domestic violence — eNOough NC. Accepting the award last night at NABEF’s Service to America dinner in Washington were Steven Hammel (second from left), GM of Capitol’s WRAL-WRAZ Raleigh, N.C., and Elizabeth Kline, an account executive there. They are flanked by North Carolina’s two U.S. senators, Richard Burr (left) and Thom Tillis.

Capitol Broadcasting-owned CBS affiliate WRAL Raleigh, N.C. (DMA 25), has given its popular local sports app a major league makeover with the release of a new version to Apple iTunes […]

Late last month, a North Carolina news outlet unveiled a new feature on its website: Hover over the name of a sitting state lawmaker mentioned in any story, and you’ll see the top five donors to the legislator’s most recent campaign. The tech tool, called Donor Reveal, not necessarily earth-shattering, but it’s a nice example of the way political journalists can weave transparency and campaign-finance themes into their work in the digital age. But here’s what’s most interesting: Donor Reveal was developed not by some online startup or good-government nonprofit, but by WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting’s CBS affil in Raleigh.

Capitol Broadcasting’s Raleigh, N.C., CBS affiliate loads its flagship app for Android and iPhone with new and expanded local news, weather, sports and politics features.

Jeff Gravley, sports anchor of WRAL Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (DMA 25), has been named North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. 2014 was a great […]

Capitol Broadcasting’s Raleigh, N.C. duopoly of WRAL (CBS) and WRAZ (Fox) are once again available to Dish Network subscribers. The blackout of the two stations, which began Dec. 22, ended at 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to Steven Hammel, the stations’ general manager.

Beginning Jan. 12, the Capitol Broadcasting CBS affil, WRAL, will produce a 4 p.m. newscast on its sister Fox affiliate.

The Raleigh, N.C., CBS affiliate has adopted rigorous standards for drone deployment as it learns how to operate them in preparation for the day the FAA approves their use in newsgathering. The requirements include operator training on par with that needed to acquire a private pilot’s license and following a set of operating rules designed to ensure safety and respect privacy.

Capitol Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., celebrates the season by attaching lights to its STL tower and broadcasting the lighting ceremony. But this week’s coverage featured a new twist: a six-bladed newsgathering hexi-copter drone equipped with a GoPro HD video camera.

Capitol Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WRAL Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (DMA 24), has promoted reporter Renee Chou to co-anchor on the Morning News after filling in for the last six weeks. Chou officially […]