Woody Durham
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Woody Durham, 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.
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 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 ISP Sports in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
