More Highlights for WRAL-TV Exterior

• The origin of the Christmas Tower Lighting byScottie Stephenson

  The annual lighting of the WRAL Tower on December 1 transforms the structure into an enchanting Christmas tree!

  The late Scottie Stephenson, a long time CBC employee who rose to the rank of vice president, shares how CBC Founder, A.J. Fletcher, came up with the idea of adding a bit of sparkle to the holiday season.

  This video is part of a conversation with Scottie that was produced in 1996.

• Timelapse of expansion of WRAL-TV building

  In November, 1998 WRAL-TV5 broke ground on a multi-million dollar building expansion that now houses its state-of-the-art news department/studio and administrative offices, plus remodeled office space for other WRAL-TV departments. The construction project added 35,000 feet onto the south side of the existing studios

  R.T. Dooley of Charlotte served as the general contractor for the project, and Envirotek of Raleigh was the architect. Devlin Design Group of San Diego designed the news set, and Rees Associates of Oklahoma City served as interior design contractor.

  Before construction could began, WRAL had to dismantle its old 300-foot broadcast relay tower and build a new tower 150 feet northwest of the old location.

• WRAL-TV Fountain Mountain

  WRAL-TV’s fountain frozen in cold weather 1958