WRAL to light towers in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount on Nov. 29

The annual WRAL Tower Lighting is scheduled for Nov. 29, 2023. Tune in to WRAL-TV at 7 p.m. to for a live, half-hour special of music and holiday cheer as we count down to when towers in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount get their holiday glow.

WRAL will welcome special musical guests the 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus to ring in the holiday season.

WRAL-TV Tower

The annual WRAL Tower Lighting is scheduled for Nov. 29, 2023, at the Western Boulevard studio in Raleigh.

Tune in to WRAL-TV at 7 p.m. to for a live, half-hour special of music and holiday cheer across central North Carolina, with towers lit in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount.

This year marks the 65th annual lighting of the WRAL-TV tower in Raleigh, an annual tradition that has grown to include celebrations with towers at American Tobacco Campus in Durham and Rocky Mount Mills.

American Tobacco Lucky Strike Tower

WRAL Tower Lighting Special Debra Morgan and Gerald Owens will host the WRAL Tower Lighting Special, live on TV and everywhere you stream WRAL on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m.

The 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus will entertain in Raleigh; Screamin' Bridge Bluegrass Band will perform in Rocky Mount; and Lucas Middle School chorus will be among the performers in Durham.

Rocky Mount Mills Tower

WRAL's holiday tower lighting: A beloved 65-year tradition The tower lighting tradition began in 1959, with Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher reading A Christmas Carol to viewers before the tower was lit.

Over time, the original tradition was embellished with new ones, including musical performances, aerial video from Sky 5, manufactured snow to set the mood and streaming video to the web and mobile phones.

In 2017, WRAL anchor Bill Leslie debuted a Christmas original composition.

Celebrations from seasons past

WATCH: 2022 WRAL Tower Lighting special

Watch the moment each towers were lit during the 2021 WRAL Tower Lighting

WATCH: 2019 WRAL Tower Lighting

WATCH: 2018 WRAL Tower Lighting

WATCH: 2018 tower lighting at American Tobacco in Durham

Thanks to WRAL-TV's Mark Bergin for this CapCom story.

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