Woody Durham

Woody Lombardi Durham (born August 8, 1941 in Mebane, North Carolina), known as "The Voice of the Tar Heels", is the veteran and legendary play-by-play radio announcer for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football and basketball teams. He graduated from UNC in 1963 with a Bachelors degree in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures. He is a member of the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music.

Durham began his career at WZKY, a small AM radio station in his hometown of Albemarle, North Carolina, at age 16 and has been the football and basketball sportscaster for the North Carolina "Tar Heels" since 1971.

In 1981, Durham was named vice president and executive sports director at [http://www.learfield.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=FA526FBB-0773-48D9-AAB83D05755B15AC Tar Heel Sports Marketing] . Durham has been named North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year twelve times, most recently in 2006.

Durham's oldest son, Wes Durham, is the play-by-play radio voice of Atlantic Coast Conference rival Georgia Tech and the Atlanta Falcons. His youngest son, Taylor, is a network affiliate manager for [http://www.ispsports.com/ ISP Sports] in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

External links

* [http://www.ncshof.org/inductees_detail.php?i_recid=155 Woody Durham's bio in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.]
* [http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/ Official University of North Carolina athletics website.]