Really quiet. "[25] Durham is also known for his "How 'bout them Heels" play call before the end of the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game. For every Falcons game, you’ll hear the legendary radio broadcasts from Wes Durham and Dave Archer. [24][26][27] Durham repeated this play call for a homecoming ceremony at Kenan Stadium after the 1982 championship game, before the members of that championship team spoke to the audience. [14][15] Durham would return to hosting the football television show, then known as The Mack Brown Television Show, in 1993 after the Village Companies, the owners of the Tar Heel Sports Network, bought back the multimedia rights for UNC Chapel Hill. [1] While there, Durham also worked on the station's Atlantic Coast Conference package, what would be the predecessor to Raycom Sports. He was an inspiration for so many of us. In 1975, Durham was the president of both the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters' Association. Speaking of dealing with Woody’s neurological disorder with the outlet before Woody’s passing, Jean said, “He talks, but it’s quiet. If it comes down to going with daddy or going with Buzz, they’re going with Buzz.”. [7] He also was involved with the Eastern North Carolina chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I think that if one of our kids wanted to get involved in it, that would be great. Wes says, “I think it would be neat. Real Housewives of Orange County star Vicki Gunvalson doesn't mind making noise and getting a little extra attention. [1] As a student announcer, Durham played rock-and-roll records, broadcast church sermons, and did color commentary for high school basketball. This professorship was created to seek out deserving new faculty members for UNC Chapel Hill's Department of Communication. Dallas Wesley "Wes" Durham (born January 25, 1966 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American sportscaster. Woody Durham has passed away at age 76. Woody Durham Wife & Kids: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. He stayed with WPTF-TV for four years. After marrying, the couple moved to Greensboro and Woody took a job at a local TV station. The two met through a regional-debate when they were just teenagers. [1] He also called baseball games around this time. [46] Durham received the Curt Gowdy Media Award for his contributions to basketball during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony in September 2015. Wes worked as a disc jockey for a roller rink[1] and for a radio station during high school. [53], Durham's eldest son, Wes Durham, is the former play-by-play radio voice of ACC rival Georgia Tech and current play-by-play radio voice of the Atlanta Falcons. When they first met, they dated long distance. [19] As Learfield preferred to have only one announcer host all of its multimedia shows, and Smith was retiring from coaching, Durham once again became the host of the men's basketball television and radio shows. [7], After graduating, Durham briefly worked at WBTW-TV before becoming the sports director of WFMY-TV, where he worked from October 1963 until August 1977. In 2018, Durham began hosting ACC This Morning on SiriusXM ACC Radio, with co-host Mark Packer. Durham and Jean were involved in several charitable efforts in the Chapel Hill area after moving back in 1984. [32], Durham hosted a radio program, Woody Durham’s Great Moments in Sports History, for WNCW. [50] He was formally inducted to the Hall during NSMA’s fifty-ninth Award Weekend on June 25, 2018, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Durham and Jean were involved in several charitable efforts in the Chapel Hill area after moving back in 1984. [1], Durham began his career at WZKY, a small AM radio station in his hometown of Albemarle, at age 16. [2], Durham during halftime of a 2007 Tar Heels men's basketball game against, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, halftime of the Duke/UNC Chapel Hill men's basketball game, "Woody Durham passes away at the age of 76", "Mouth of the South Called Them As Only He Could See Them", "UNC's Official Athletic Site TarHeelBlue.com Relaunches", "Woody Durham To Retire As Voice Of The Tar Heels", "Carolina Sports, a Tradition of Excellence", "The Madness of March: Two Championships Uniquely Remembered (Part Two)", "Time Out With the Score: 40 Years and Done for Durham", "Voice Of The Tar Heels To Release Much Anticipated Book", "GAA Honors Alumni With Distinguished Service Medals", "Trustees honor four with William R. Davie Award", "Woody Durham To Receive NFF Schenkel Award", "Beamer, Durham To Be Honored at O&W Game", "Thanks to @knoxqbclub & East Tenn @NFFNetwork chapter for honoring my Dad with Lindsay Nelson Award this morning in Knoxville", "Woody Durham to be Inducted into NCAB Hall of Fame", "The Woody Durham Distinguished Professorship Fund", "9 Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents named 'town treasures, http://www.chapelhillhistoricalsociety.org/en/2011/pdf/woody_durham_2016.pdf, "WOODY DURHAM ELECTED TO NSMA HALL OF FAME", "A hat trick for UNC's Woody Durham as he enters National Sports Media Hall of Fame", "Woody Durham goes into National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woody_Durham&oldid=925810660, North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball broadcasters, North Carolina Tar Heels football broadcasters, College basketball announcers in the United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Will one of the twins go into broadcasting one day, and make radio announcing a three-generation legacy? In honor of legendary broadcaster Woody Durham receiving the Curt Gowdy Media Award at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 10th 2015, re-live several of his more memorable moments on the mic as Tar Heel memories were made. In 1997, he was also named Tech's Director of Broadcasting. Jones Angell, who worked with the Tar Heel Sports Network as a host and as Durham's color analyst, was named the new Voice of the Tar Heels approximately two months later.
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