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Donna Gregory was a weekday news anchor at WRAL-TV from 1988 until 1996. Gregory grew up in Atlanta and earned her college degree at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She worked as a news anchor-reporter at WMBD-TV in Peoria and KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City before joining the WRAL-TV Action News team in 1988. Donna co-anchored the… , WRAL anchor/reporter More than 100 people on Monday used a hotline designed to help former prison inmates get jobs and housing. Social justice activist Emancipate NC's Kerwin Pittman created ...WRAL Channel 5 news anchor David Crabtree, center, "elbow bumps" sports anchor Tom Suiter, right, on Suiter's last night as a full-time anchor in on Dec. 12, 2008. WRAL announced Wednesday ...Dan, Lena Tillett and Chris Lovingood will continue their current assignments on WRAL News at 4, 5:30, 7 and 10 p.m., and Mark Boyle continues as the evening WRAL Live Center anchor. "I am ...On November 17, 2006, Battista returned to WRAL to co-anchor a special "reunion" newscast celebrating the station's 50th anniversary. [9] With CNN, Battista was one of the original anchors on the CNN Headline News station, [8] and then moved to the main network in 1988, where she served as host of numerous daily and regularly scheduled …Was WRAL Anchor Dan Haggerty's son excited for the Raleigh Christmas Parade? Well... you may be surprised to hear his answer. Posted 2023-11-19T11:21:27-0500 - Updated 2023-11-19T11:23:04-0500The 62-year-old Fishel, who started at WRAL in 1981 and had been the station's chief meteorologist since 1989, had been off the air since Jan. 29. He had taken a medical leave of absence in 2018 ...Jamie came to WBTV in Charlotte in 2005 and is now the co-anchor of WBTV News at 5 with Molly Grantham. He also anchors On Your Side Tonight, taking a deeper look at the issues facing our community. ... Prior to WBTV, she worked as a Morning Reporter for WRAL in Raleigh. Caroline Hicks MMJ / Reporter. Caroline Hicks joined WBTV in September ...In 1983, WRAL News anchor Charlie Gaddy requested to step down as the 11PM news anchor after the 6:00PM newscast had expanded to one hour. Hudson was hired to take on the 11PM anchor duties. ... Pam Parris Allen is a former WRAL newscast producer/director who now works as a researcher and producer on the CBC History Project.Nick Pond, former WRAL Sports director/anchor and avid cribbage player, formed the American Cribbage Congress and national tournament in 1973. The competition was held in the studios of WRAL-TV. We have two vintage stories about the tournament. The first story aired in 2013. Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler, provides a bit of history about ...Charlie Gaddy is the legendary WRAL-TV newscaster whose reassuring, conversational anchor style led viewers to call him “the Walter Cronkite of North Carolina television.” Gaddy spent two decades as the primary anchor of WRAL’s evening newscasts--dominating audience ratings, winning awards, and becoming one of the most successful …WRAL Channel 5 news anchor David Crabtree, center, "elbow bumps" sports anchor Tom Suiter, right, on Suiter's last night as a full-time anchor in on Dec. 12, 2008.Former CNN anchor Bobbie Battista has passed away at the age of 67, according to a family spokeswoman. Battista passed away on Tuesday morning, March 3, 2020, after a four-year battle with cervical cancer, according to Wendy Guarisco, family spokeswoman. Battista was one of the original CNN Headline News anchors when the network launched in 1981.WRAL WeatherCenter premiered in early 1982 as part of the working newsroom. 1983 WRAL News set with anchors Adele Arakawa and Charlie Gaddy. Note the strategic location of the logo in the background. 5:30 First News. 1988. It was a small set just a few feet away from the main anchor desk seen in the next photo.

Back in 2017, Crabtree and WRAL announced his retirement, effective late 2018. The retirement was postponed, and Crabtree has remained at the anchor desk, primarily anchoring WRAL News at 5 and 6 p.m.Former WRAL and WRAZ Fox 50 anchor Jackie Hyland has a new role - in state government as the public information officer at the State Board of Elections. The board announced the move Monday ...WRAL-TV will shift its anchor lineup this week, with longtime weekday evening co-anchor Debra Morgan on earlier broadcasts and a new anchor filling nights. ... Taking over at 7 and 11 p.m. is Ashley Rowe, a former weekday anchor at WKBW-TV in Buffalo. Rowe, a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, also worked for CTV …Now, she has moved right back into the business. Starting today, Rowe will co-anchor at 7 and 11 p.m. weekdays and also report at WRAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. The job became ...Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

Last year, former WRAL-TV anchor Lynda Loveland was named the winner.. This year’s judges were Mike Morse from G105, Mark Roberts, host of WRAL’s Brain Game and Freddie-Lee Heath, president ...WRAL anchor Jackie Hyland's full interview with former anchor Charlie Gaddy about the tower lighting tradition, in November 2011.T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, the anchors of the third hour of ABC's flagship morning show "Good Morning America," are leaving ABC News, network president Kim Godwin announced in a memo to ...…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Former Channel 7 anchor Ashley Rowe appears . Possible cause: Former WRAL anchor Bobbie Battista, who had a more than 20-year career at.