WRAL Crew Puts Togeer Ratings-Winning Coverage of WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade

WRAL-TV's Keith Baker has him camera ready for live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TV crew members pulled off another successful parade on Saturday, November 21, 2015. The WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas parade, sponsored by Shop Local Raleigh, took over the streets of downtown Raleigh and the televisions of WRAL viewers all over the Triangle.

Thanks to the hard work of a very talented group of people, we had another successful broadcast, said WRAL-TV Programming Producer Randy Mews, WRAL's producer for the parade broadcast. We built a fully-functioning TV set in less than 24 hours and brought home some great holiday sights and sounds for our viewers. It's rewarding to be part of such a signature event for WRAL and the city of Raleigh.

Viewers tuned in to WRAL-TV for the parade broadcast in big numbers, handily winning the time period in the ratings.

For the 42nd consecutive years, WRAL-TV broadcast the parade live. The parade broadcast also streamed on WRAL.com and in the WRAL News app, and viewers across the rest of North Carolina could watch the parade live on UNC-EX.

If you missed the live broadcast or where there in person and now want to see it on TV, the parade will be replayed on television December 5, 12 and 19 at noon on WRAL2, plus a special holiday presentation on WRAL-TV at 4 p.m. on Christmas Day.

SLIDESHOW: The 2015 WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade with the WRAL-TV Crew

WRAL-TVs Pete Sockett (left) & FOX 50s Jimmy Gamble help manage the engineering portion of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade broadcast.

WRAL-TVs Brian Shrader (left) & Richard Adkins transition from news broadcast to parade broadcast before the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Tony Patterson helps get things ready for the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Stuart Todd (l to r), Andrew Cumbee, Tim King & Bill Burch get the anchor set ready for the parade broadcast.

WRAL-TVs Bill Burch (left) & Tony Patterson get set for the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Stuart Todd (l to r), Andrew Cumbee, Tim King & Bill Burch get the anchor set ready for the parade broadcast.

The Tonys: WRAL-TVs Tony Gupton (left) & Tony Patterson are ready for the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Bill Burch helps get the set ready for the parade broadcast.

UNC-TV crew members help prepare for the joint coverage with WRAL-TV for the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Keith Baker gets his camera ready for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Keith Baker (l to r), Pete Sockett & Jimmy Gamble help adjust the barriers for their equipment for the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Stuart Todd gets set up for the live coverage for the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Tim King gets set up for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Andrew Cumbee (left) & Stuart Todd are ready for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Randy Mews (right), WRAL-TVs Bill Burch (left) and one of the Explorer Post 5 students run over their notes for the live parade coverage.

WRAL-TVs Randy Mews (right), WRAL-TVs Bill Burch (left) and one of the Explorer Post 5 students run over their notes for the live parade coverage.

WRAL-TVs Pete Sockett checks in with his engineering crew before the start of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Phyllis Parish (right) & Renee Chou get warm inside Capital Bank before the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

The WRAL crew gets the anchor set decorated before the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Phyllis Parish (right) & Renee Chou pose for a shot before the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade begins.

WRAL-TVs Mike Mory (l to r), Tony Gupton & Pete Sockett get ready for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

The Producers: WRAL-TVs Randy Mews & Phyllis Parish pose for a fun photo before managing the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TV remote vans are parked and ready to carry the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade back to the stations Master Control and then out to WRAL viewers.

WRAL-TVs Phyllis Parish, Executive Producer of the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade, gets a hug from Bill Leslie before he heads up to emcee the broadcast.

WRAL-TV remote vans are parked and ready to carry the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade back to the stations Master Control and then out to WRAL viewers.

WRAL-TV remote vans are parked and ready to carry the live broadcast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade back to the stations Master Control and then out to WRAL viewers.

WRAL uses the UNC-TV remote Master Control truck for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade. Both stations collaborate on the coverage.

WRAL uses the UNC-TV remote Master Control truck for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade. Both stations collaborate on the coverage.

WRAL-TVs Randy Mews (2nd from left) checks in with the on-site control room crew ( r to l, Keyetta Mangum, Mick Evans & Diana Alston) before the live broadast of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

WRAL-TVs Keyetta Mangum gets set up in the remote control room before the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

All WRAL-TV camera angles are displayed on the monitors inside the remote control room for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

All WRAL-TV camera angles are displayed on the monitors inside the remote control room for the live coverage of the 2015 WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade.

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