WRAL's 50th Anniversary

[RALfan]

I think I have already mentioned it before, but WRAL-TV in Raleigh has already kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration with the recent Reunion Newscast that aired last Friday (obviously they're going to run away with the sweeps as a result) and they have already launched their multimedia section commemorating the event. For those who want to slide on by for a flashback, here's a little shortcut:

http://images.ibsys.com/ral-structure/images/wral/interactives/WRAL50th/index.html

And for those who want to watch the reunion:

http://www.wral.com/wralinfo/10283018/detail.html

 

[fortmill]

Strange--hardly a mention of Cousin Jesse Helms in all of WRAL's rememberances.

 

[bpatrick]

Here is WRAL's opening-day lineup, from the Raleigh News
and Observer for Saturday, December 15, 1956:

1:30 Opening Ceremonies
2 PM Big Picture
2:30 NBA Basketball: Philadelphia Warriors
vs. Syracuse Nationals
4:30 Bar 5 (Western movie, time approximate)
6 PM Movie: "Miracle On 34th Street"
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como
9 PM Caesar's Hour
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Movie (title not given)
12:30 Sign Off

WRAL at the time was an NBC affiliate and would be
until moving to ABC on August 1, 1962. Interestingly,
NBC started December 15 with WTVD/11 as its affiliate;
that morning, TVD carried Howdy Doody, Mr. Wizard,
and Cowboy Theater. The switchover came with the
NBA game, and that night TVD became an ABC affiliate
(as it is today) with Famous Film Festival at 7:30 and
Lawrence Welk at 9.

 

[RALfan]

Strange--hardly a mention of Cousin Jesse Helms in all of WRAL's rememberances.

I think it's a little strange, too; maybe WRAL just overlooked the fact that Helms was an editorialist in the Sixties.