Highlights for Ken Smith

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  Yarn Plays for News in WRAL Gardens, Preps for Return of Mill Sessions

  What better way to start a day in the office that with live music outside your window?  Blake Christiana and Rick Bugel of the band Yarn came to the WRAL Gardens to celebrate the return of the Mill Music Sessions at Rocky Mount Mills this fall.  WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Ken Smith chatted with the duo on […]
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  Chatham County Line Ready for That Music Fest, Performs on WRAL

  Chatham County Line’s Dave Wilson and John Teer stopped by the WRAL Azalea Gardens to talk with WRAL-TV Anchor Ken Smith and play a couple of tunes on the WRAL Morning News on FOX 50 on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.  The band is one of the headliners at the inaugural That Music Fest, coming to […]

• WRAL-TV Picks Up 7 Wins for 36th Annual Midsouth Regional Emmys

  The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences streamed the awards presentation for the 36th Annual Midsouth Regional Emmys via livestream on Saturday, February 26, 2022, and WRAL-TV received 7 of the top honors. The winners were chosen from among 900 entries in 73 categories.  WRAL-TV Anchors Debra Morgan and Ken Smith […]
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  “Follow The Truth” Podcast Addresses New Evidence, New Questions in 8th Episode

  WRAL’s Follow The Truth podcast dropped the 10-part debut true-crime series’ 8th episode on Thursday, September 2, 2021.  WRAL-TV Reporter Amanda Lamb, the podcast’s executive producer and host, talked to WRAL-TV Anchor/Reporter Ken Smith on WRAL’s Morning News a day early to set the stage for the episode focusing on Chris Mumma, the executive director […]
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  WRAL News Announces New Anchor Teams

  Changes Coming in November Lena Tillett joins Gerald Owens on anchor desk for 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts  Mikaya Thurmond moves to weekdays, joining Ken Smith from the anchor desk at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.  Kathryn Brown departure, leaving local news WRAL News, the most watched news team in the Triangle, […]