It was a WRAL night in Nashville, Tennessee as the Raleigh CBS Affiliate became the most awarded station of the 23rd Annual MidSouth Regional Emmy Awards.

WRAL-TV was honored for Best Newscast/Weekend, News Photography, News Writing, Light and Serious Feature Reporting, Director, Magazine Program, Informational Program, Public Service Announcement, Promotional Campaign, and Community Affairs Project using Advanced Media.

WRAL News’ Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason won four awards: Light and Feature Reporting, Writing and Magazine Program.

Among the winners, WRAL-TV’s informational program about the upcoming DTV transition, which was broadcast statewide in North Carolina. You can watch the entire program online at: http://www.wral.com/wral-tv/video/2746715/

Also honored, the station’s partnership with the Triangle NC Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. WRAL-TV used multi-platform advertising for breast health education, to recruit members for Team WRAL and raise money for Komen’s Race for the Cure. The station recruited 300 team members raised over $26,000. The Triangle NC Chapter broke the $2 million mark for the first time.

To see the special pink section, go to WRAL.com, keyword search: breast health

“WRAL-TV has a long standing commitment to excellent local news coverage, informative and entertaining local programming, worthwhile community service and innovation,” says station Vice President and General Manager Steven D. Hammel. “We’re thrilled to be recognized in all those categories by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.”


CBC New Media Group, parent company of WRAL.com, won the Emmy in the Advanced Media Interactive category for its unique Grocery Cart Tracker.
See it online here: http://www.wral.com/news/local/flash/2603702/

To find a complete list of winners from the 23rd Annual MidSouth Emmy Awards, click here: http://nashville.emmyonline.org/#121

Thanks to WRAL-TV’s Debbie Strange for this press release.

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