In 2006, Battista talked with David Crabtree about her time on Action News 5. Sam Beard was WRAL-TVs second News Director, following Bill Armstrong as the chief anchorman and director of the television stations news efforts. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducted Brenner into the prestigious Silver Circle for the MidSouth region. The prank turns into a happy birthday phone call. WRAL has received award nominations for news 32 times, tying Nashville station WTVF in the 2012 Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards and won 11. He earned his Masters of Divinity at Union in 1994 and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. Tom eventually left WRAL in 1984 in order to pursue a career in news in Phoenix, Arizona. Watch him bust a. In Virginia, it was once carried in Buena Vista, Danville, and Emporia.[61]. Due to the Triangle's (and North Carolina's) longstanding status as a college basketball hotbed and local teams North Carolina and Duke being fixtures in the tournament, NCAA Tournament games on WRAL were consistently among the highest-rated programs in the Triangle during tournament season. He anchored the evening news for over 20 years. In the late 1980s Inskeep felt the urge to help others in need of personal counseling. Inskeep came to WRAL-FM in 1974, not long after the station changed its programing to the popular Adult Contemporary format. Sitting L-R: Bruce Mulder, Lori Rentsch. The anniversary celebration was the lead story on the 6 PM newscast. The favor was returned a few months later when Vladimir traveled to America. This video only shows the first hour of the live broadcast. Barbara Ann Bobbie Battista was a producer, on-air host and primary evening news anchor at WRAL-TV from 1974 to 1981. Axelrod is a native of New Jersey who graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. Early 60's WRAL News anchor Charlie Gaddy. Late 70s early 80s WRAL anchor team of Bob DeBardelaben, Rich Brenner, Charlie Gaddy and Bobbie Battista. 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. Bill Armstrong was WRAL-TVs first News Director, a role he held from the stations sign-on in 1956 to 1966. WRAL clears most of the NBC schedule in pattern, except for one hour of The More You Know (NBC's E/I-compliant block), which it preempts in favor of paid programming in the noon hour on Saturdays (as a CBS affiliate, it cleared the network's entire schedule from the late 1990s until it rejoined NBC). 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She worked with Stuart. 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. Wed love for you to add your story to the CBC History collection. Battista was one of the original CNN Headline News anchors when the network launched in 1981. 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. Bob acted on that call and enrolled in pastoral classes that set the stage for the next phase of his career. Watch and listen to WRAL News anchor David Crabtrees conversation with Bill Armstrong, WRAL-TVs first News Director. Atlantic Weatherman Bob Knapp in a 1960 PR photo. He is a graduate of Guilford College. He covered the NC General Assembly and reported on a broad range of local issues during his tenure in Raleigh. Sister Gary advertisement for her radio program on WRAL-AM and FM. UNC-TV has, also, begun carrying WRAL's award-winning Focal Point documentaries. He also worked for North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry and its North Carolina Magazine. . Today Bob Inskeep is Associate Minister at Raleighs First Presbyterian Church. Scott was a UNC grad who achieved stardom at ESPN during a 20-year career at the network. The former two shows tallied their highest ratings on record in the Triangle on the day channel 5 officially returned to NBC, showing gains of well over 200 percent compared to their previous showings on WNCN. In 1988, Scott came to WRAL for a two-year stint in the Channel 5 newsroom. Bob Caudle is a native of Charlotte. Sportscaster Bill Currie provides post game coverage. Former WRAL anchor Bobbie Battista, who gained national fame at CNN, died Tuesday morning in Davenport, Iowa. Arakawa moved to television news at WRVK-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she filled numerous roles, including reporter, producer and news anchor. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Arakawa grew up in Hawaii. Scott fought back each time, returning to the ESPN set as an inspiration to a nationwide audience. Ever since, Baier has steadily risen through the ranks, covering Washington as the Fox Pentagon correspondent and later as Chief White House correspondent. [27], In 1979, WRAL became the state's first television station to begin using a news helicopter, known as "Sky 5". [35] Parent company Capitol Broadcasting along with the A.J. The Jennings took him grocery shopping and to a hockey game. GO PACK! Concurrently, CBS announced that the existing NBC station, Media General-owned and Goldsboro-licensed WNCN (channel 17), would replace WRAL-TV as the Triangle's CBS affiliate the same day. Several of the 2012 Emmys came from coverage of the April 2011 tornadoes that ripped through the area. from Brown University in 1989. A. Enjoy these outtakes from the popular evening program PM Magazine with hosts Tom McNamara and Susan Dahlin circa 1984. 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. 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. Gary Band | The Wake Weekly By Gary Band gband@wakeweekly.com | 919-424-1780 WAKE FOREST After 16 years as reporter and anchor at WRAL greeting hundreds of thousands of viewers with sincerity and a 1,000-watt smile Sloane Heffernan Search for:SearchSubmit Menu Many well-known preachers had their programs produced in the studios of WRAL and/or WRAL radio. Scott went on to stardom as a sports anchor at ESPN. Editorial by Joel Lawhon. WRAL was originally an NBC affiliate, taking that network from Durham-based WTVD (channel 11, which included Fletcher's son, Floyd, among its founders). He split his time staying with Jay and his family, and with Donna and her family. Arne Dahlin is a very gifted artist, as you will see in this story. "That was the advent of adding a woman to anchor a nightly newscast," Gaddy said. 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. Battista left CNN after the company merged with America Online in 2001. Enjoy this story about Susan and her uncle getting together after not seeing each other for 17 years. On September 11, 2020, Capitol Broadcasting bought then-WARZ-CD for $725,000, and since then has used the station, now WNGT-CD, as an ATSC 3.0 multiplex for the region. She preached her first sermon at age 17 before being ordained as a deacon and elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. He was a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Journalism. Anchors Adele Arakawa and Charlie Gaddy host election coverage from the WRAL newsroom. Proceeds of the cassette went to Duke Childrens Hospital. The first story aired in 2013. On January 15, 2016, WRAL-TV announced that it would switch to NBC on February 29, 2016. Former WKRC-TV news anchor Brad Johanson is gone from WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C., after one year. Following her death, Sister Garys television program evolved into WRAL-TVs award-winning Spiritual Awakening. That gospel music program carries on to this day and is a weekly reminder of the trail blazed by Sister Gary. Atlantic Oil Company sponsored weathercasts at more than 40 television stations along the east coast in the late 1950s and early 60s. Notably, Today, the NBC Nightly News, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon immediately saw major ratings gains in the market after their move to WRAL. Check out this assortment of wild and crazy on-the-air phone calls made to unsuspecting listeners. A native of Abingdon, Virginia, Sister Gary studied at and graduated from Knoxville College seminary in Tennessee. Tara Lynn, a former reporter and fill-in anchor at WRAL, will return to the station to co-anchor weekend mornings while Mikaya Thurmond is off on medical leave. Sports historians credit the early growth of the league in part to Reeves compelling basketball broadcasts. Stuart taught us that sports is about joy and laughter, not just achievement and results. The WRAZ broadcasts include a three-hour newscast at 7 a.m. weekday mornings and a weeknight hour-long, weekend half-hour newscast at 10 p.m., seven nights a week. Over the course of his career he interviewed top professional athletes such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods along with Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Reeve was a graduate of Dartmouth College. His unique anchor style and vocabulary, including his patented catch-phrase Boo-yow, made him one of ESPNs most popular and recognizable personalities. Sheri Logan and Bill Jordan join Duke Coach K to raise funds for Duke Childrens Hospital. Sister Mabel Gary Philpot died July 8, 1978 following a bout of pneumonia. In late 2007 it was revealed that Scott had been diagnosed with cancer. Former WRAL-TV News VP Sam Beard working the phone in the newsroom. He became a news anchor at channel 3, KTVK. [16], Debuting in 1981, each Friday evening following the 11:00p.m. news, Tom Suiter hosts Football Friday covering all high school football games throughout Wake and Durham counties along with a dozen or more counties. The USSR ceased to exist on December 26, 1991. Action News 5 newscast from December 12, 1978. He anchored the evening newscast for 18 years. . Bob Debardelaben was the weathercaster, and Rich Brenner was sports anchor. Despite the NCAA Tournament moving with the rest of the CBS schedule to WNCN, WRAL-TV continued to air ACC football and/or basketball. 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. Byrd and the choir performed weekly on the Sister Gary Spiritual program and later she hosted Spiritual Awakenings. Listeners loved him and he was named Best in the Triangle five years running in the annual poll conducted by Spectator Magazine. At first Bob produced commercials, but he soon got his first regular on-air role as the host of a folk music program. He blazed a path in broadcasting that is often imitated, but never duplicated. in Durham is about to get some company. ABC11 anchor Larry Stogner passed away at the age of 69 The family posted on Larry's Facebook page: "It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of our beloved husband, father,. That broadcast can be viewed on this website. Pam Parris Allen is a former WRAL newscast producer/director who now works as a researcher and producer on the CBC History Project. Armstrong was a one-man-news operation in WRALs early days, chasing down the news then reporting it himself from the anchor desk. The official eastern fringe of the Raleigh market is Halifax County and the western fringe is Orange County. Earlier in the day, WRAL aired the ceremonies LIVE via satellite from Plymouth, England. Final Score: USC 71 and Maryland 63. He also worked at WAVY-TV in Portsmouth before joining the WRAL staff. Sister Gary came to Raleigh in 1936 to preach at Grace Chapel AME Zion Church in Raleigh. [25], WRAL was one of the first stations in North Carolina to cover agricultural markets and farm news in its regular newscasts. Bob Inskeep was a popular morning radio announcer at WRAL-FM during the 1970s and 80s. 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. He completed fifteen courses at Duke Divinity School between 1979 and 1986. He is interviewed by WRAL News anchors Adele Arakawa and John Hudson. Arakawa joined KUSA-TV in Denver as a weekday evening anchor and she continues in that role today. WRAL's signal can be viewed across much of Central and Eastern North Carolina. April 27, 1984 commemorated the 400th anniversary of the voyage from Plymouth, England to the shores of what is now is now North Carolina. Battista joined WRAL-TV in 1974 as a secretary, but she quickly convinced station management to put her on the air in 1976. [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. Scott was a WRAL-TV News reporter from 1988-1990. Thurmond announced the news on social media, saying she was the youngest reporter at WRAL when she started and she "NEVER. WRAL has broadcast memorable locally produced children's programming throughout its storied history. WRAL's signal reaches as far east as U.S. Highway 17 in the Greenville-Washington-New Bern market, including the city of Greenville. In December 1989, WRAL was knocked off the air when a severe ice storm caused the collapse of the station's 2,000-foot (610m) transmitter tower. 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. Susan Dahlin, best known for hosting WRAL PM Magazine and Evening Magazine, joined WRAL news as a travel reporter. 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She is paid the equivalent of three dollars of month. The disease went into remission, but recurred several additional times during the next seven years. Northgate Associates announced . NBC, on the other hand, took the line that an affiliation deal was a partnership. Senator Jesse Helms, with whom he had worked during his early days at WRAL. AUDIO ONLY Radio broadcast taped live onto a home recorder by Ray Reeve, Jr. audio level will be low for 90 seconds starting at the 4 minute point into the broadcast. This video features three stories produced in Paris and one in Normandy, France. Mouth of the South Bill Currie and The Squire Ray Reeve catch up on old times. Baier now anchors for FOX News. She was also the host of the stations Wednesdays Child adoption series. He retired in 1994. Also seen seated at the anchor desk was reporter Leila Tvedt, who primarily covered high profile court cases. Tom announced his retirement in December 2014. She is a single mother with a four year old son. Circa 1976. During his early years at WRAL-TV Reeve was the original host of All-Star Wrestling, which later became Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. He hosted the wildly popular shows in the late 50s and early 60s as they were recorded before a live audience in WRAL-TVs Studio A. Reeve later turned the hosting duties over to an up-and-coming WRAL sportscasterNick Pond. 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. 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. Mikaya Thurmond Net Worth. Her adventures provided insights to many popular destinations worldwide. For national breaking news events, WRAZ carries Fox News coverage, while WRAL carries coverage from NBC News. By his own admission, former WRAL news anchor David Crabtree isn't good at retiring. She won the Outstanding News Anchor Emmy in 1997 for coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing trial. UNC won the game 95-75, and advanced to win the NCAA Basketball Championship to cap off a flawless season. [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. 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. WRAL videographers and sports reporters capture highlights of the first quarter of one game and second quarter of the other game. And in early 2014, Battista was named host of Georgia Public Broadcastings new nightly news program On the Story. Former WRAL-TV anchors Bob DeBardelaben(l to r), Charlie Gaddy& Bobbie Battistajoin current long-time WRAL Sports AnchorTom Suiter for the reunion newscast. Tom sent this Christmas greeting and an update on what was happening in life in Arizona. Bishop Terence Jenkins is the current host of the gospel music program that grew out of the Sister Gary Spiritual program. 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. He was hired at KVOA-TV as that stations 5, 6 and 10 pm anchor and thats where he is to this day. He and his wife, Christina, live in New Jersey with their three children. Axelrod explains more about the North Carolina connection in this WRAL news report from November, 1995. Prior to WRAL, Axelrod worked at WSTM-TV Syracuse, NY and WUTR-TV Utica, NY. There are local connections to these stories! During this time at CNN Battista also anchored a daily program for CNN International, making her the only anchor in CNN history to work at all three CNN networks. She was 72. Meet Elle Lyosa, a physical therapist who works at Moscow State University. @HarrySmith: What do we (at NBC) think of #NBConWRAL? That interview can be seen on this website titled WRAL News Director Bill Armstrong interviews astronaut Neil Armstrong. Bill Armstrong died March 30, 2005 at the age of 80. (see an excerpt of that interview here). The CBS affiliation moved to WRAL-TV on August 4, 1985. Yes, the baby heard in the background is Rays 3 month old granddaughter. CBS Anchor/Correspondent Jim Axelrod was a General Assignment and Political Reporter at WRAL-TV from 1993 to 1996. The Virginia and South Carolina state lines make up the northern and southern fringe respectively, with the exception of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. 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. 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. 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. Former WRAL-TV reporter Bret Baier working the phone in the Raleigh newsroom. The delay in the affiliation switch kept CBS's coverage of Super Bowl 50, which featured the Carolina Panthers (based in nearby Charlotte) as champions of the National Football Conference, on WRAL-TV. Youll enjoy these bloopers and out-takes! 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