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  • Tune in To WRAL-TV at Noon on Christmas Day for Golden Years Celebration

    WRAL & Capitol Broadcasting Company celebrates the holidays with Triangle area seniors. CBC proudly sponsors the 65th Annual Golden Years Holiday Celebration on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the Raleigh Convention Center. The event was first held in the WRAL Studios in 1958 and was initiated by Mr. Fred Fletcher. Members of nearly 20 Golden Years […]
  • A CBC Christmas Classic: Fred Fletcher and My Two Front Teeth

    Fred Fletcher, son of Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher, helped launch WRAL-AM in 1939 and went on to play a variety of leadership roles as CBC expanded into television.  Besides serving as General Manager, Fletcher was known for his love of performing.  He played various radio roles on his show “Tempus Fugit” and later his […]
  • WRAL-TV groundbreaking celebration with NBC star Dorothy Collins

    Collins surrounded by George Geoghegan, Fred Fletcher, A.J. Fletcher, Charles Campbell and Wesley Williams

  • Ratings Dominator from the Start!

    WRAL’s dominance in ratings started right-off-the-bat after The Big 5 signed-on in December, 1956. According to then WRAL General Manager Fred Fletcher in his book Tempus Fugit, “By July, 1958 – a year and a half after sign-on – we were able to claim that we had led in every Raleigh-Durham ARB survey, sign-on to […]
  • Tempus Fugit show

    Host Fred Fletcher conducts an interview during live Tempus Fugit program at NC Farmers Market

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