Highlights for Engineering

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  WRAL-TV’s Pete Sockett Honored by NAB in Las Vegas

  The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) presented their 2022 Television Engineering Achievement Award to WRAL-TV Director of Engineering & Operations Pete Sockett at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 24, 2022.  Sockett had a team of Capitol Broadcasting colleagues in attendance to cheer him on, including Corp President & COO Jimmy Goodmon, […]
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  NAB To Honor WRAL-TV’s Pete Sockett with Television Engineering Achievement Award

  The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has selected WRAL-TV Director of Engineering & Operations Pete Sockett as the recipient of the organization’s 2022 Television Engineering Achievement Award. Sockett’s extraordinary accomplishments in the broadcast industry include a long list of technological firsts—from the launch of HD television in the 1990’s to WRAL-TV being the first commercial […]
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  The Making of Take Me Out to the Bulls Game 4K

  “Take Me Out to the Bulls” game is a half-hour WRAL Documentary that immerses viewers in the experience of visiting the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and watching America’s most famous minor league baseball team play a game.
  Employing multiple cameras and even a drone over a four-game home stand, the documentary offers perspectives of the DBAP and a Bulls game that a typical fan in the stands would not see.

  The documentary also goes behind the scenes to let viewers see the entire production that goes into creating the Bulls experience, from coordinating the on-field events between innings, putting replays and other images on the video boards and shooting off the fireworks. Viewers will get an exclusive look into the control room where those events are managed and even a peek into the Bulls locker room as players prepare for a game.

  Throughout the program viewers will hear from members of the Bulls’ staff, including the head groundskeeper, PA announcer, manual scoreboard operator as well as the team’s manager, a star player and fans.

  “Take Me Out to the Bulls Game” was originally produced in 4K, or Ultra High Definition, making it the first locally produced program in the country in that format.

  Although the documentary was shot in 4K, this broadcast will be in normal high definition.

  Narrated by WRAL News anchor David Crabtree.

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  Videotape engineer 1965

  Engineer Phil Martin works with RCA TR-22 tape machine in 1965.

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  MIX-101.5 remote truck

  WRAL-FM Engineering Director Keith Harrison with radio station remote van