North Carolina People's

Dr. William Friday

A Broadcasting Legend

A Journey Through Four Decades of Captivating Conversations

North Carolina People welcomes the state’s most interesting & entertaining people. The program aired for more than 40 years from 1970 until 2012, with host Dr. William Friday interviewing some 2,000 of the state’s writers, educators, athletes, politicians, and other personalities.

North Carolina People with William Friday is provided courtesy of PBS NC

Dr. William Friday
NC Host William Friday
1997

President SAS, Inc

1996

Country Music Legend

1990

Host of CBS Sunday Morning

1982 // Season 12 ep. 35

Doc Watson Legendary Musician and B. Townes, Dean of Development at Wilkes Community College

1981

American Sportscaster and Las Vegas Bookmaker

1993

Recording Artists/Musician

1995

Duke Men’s Basketball Coach

1989

UNC Men’s Basketball Coach

1994

UNC Men’s Basketball Coach

1981

NC State Men’s Basketball Coach

1981

NC Governor

1982

U.S. Congressman from NC 7th District

1982

WRAL TV News Anchor

1982

Wolfpack Radio Sports Network

1983

Voice of the Tarheels

1998

Tillet’s Fishing Company // Wanchese, NC

1998

Democratic Nominee, U.S. Senate

1998

President, UNC System

2000

The Healing Place

2002

Grandfather Mountain, NC

2002

NC Governor

2003

ABC Network News Anchor,  Good Morning America

1989

WNCT-TV Personality

1983

WPTF Radio Host of program ‘Open Line’

1982

Secretary: State Dept of Transportation

1982

interviews William Friday

1982

Mayor of Charlotte

1983

Battleship North Carolina

1982

WNCT-TV President Emeritus, NC Community College System

2009

President, NC University System

1996

Violinist

2008

Chairman, Federal Communication Commission

Black and White
1982

First Lady of North Carolina

1995

Journalist

2004

NPR News Personality

2004

NC Symphony Musical Director

2004
1995

Artist // NC Behold the Beauty

2004

Former NC Governer

1995

Former keeper // Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

2004

President // Duke University

2006

NC Commissioner of Agriculture

2003

Pianist

1986
Greensboro News & Record and Rose Post, The Salisbury Post
1985
Executive Director National Amateur Sports Festival
1985
Executive Director of Wake Co. Alcoholism Treatment Center
1985
Wake Co. Sheriff
1985
State Senator (D) Cumberland
1985
President of the N.C. Film Corporation
1985
Secretary N.C. Department of Revenue
1985
Wilmington Artist
1985
N.C. Teacher of the Year 1985
1985
Commissioner Atlantic Coast Conference
1985
Miss North Carolina 1964
1985
Director of the N.C. Japan Center
1985
President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians
1985
Executive DirectorN.C. Council of Churches
1985
Retired Senior Resident Superior Court Judge
1985
Author of “The Cheer Leader” and “July 7”
1985
Vice Chancellor & Dean of the ECU School of Medicine
1985
Guest Host Betsy Pritchett interviews wife of William Friday
1985
Chief ToxicologistN.C. Medical Examiner’s Office
1985
Professor of Law at Duke University
1985
Of the N.Y.Times
1985
President of the State Capitol Foundation
1985
Chairman of the National Congressional Club
1985
President of Chowan College
1985
Minister at First Presbyterian Church, Raleigh
1985
Olde Time Musicians (Christmas Special)
1985
CEO and Chairman of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette
1986
Associate Professor of Anthropology at UNC-Greensboro
1986
Country & Western Musician
1985
Chapel Hill Chef and Author of ‘s Southern Cooking
1986
Executive Director of the Morehead Foundation
1986
N.C. Supreme Court Associate
1986
Chairman & Executive Director of Keep North Carolina Beautiful
1986
Duke University President
1986
Musician
1986
Former Minnesota Viking Consultant to the NFL on alcohol and drug abuse
1986
Broadcaster
1986
Actor
1986
Writer
1986
Choir Director
1986
Director of the N.C. Justice Academy
1986
State Senator (D), Durham
1986
Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
1986
Speaker of the House – N.C. General Assembly
1986
President and C.E.O. of Mechanics and Farmers Bank
1986
Executive Director of the N.C. Alliance for the Mentally Ill
1986
Author
1986
Chairman of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
1986
WTVD personality
1987
Of the Harris Poll
1987
The 1987 Teacher of the Year
1987
Associate Dean of Trinity College at Duke University
1987
Director of the International Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
1987
Representitive (D) of Harnett County
1987
A founder of the N.C. Outward Bound School
1987
Dean of the School of Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill
1987
Director of the N.C. Museum of Art
1987
Author of One of the Neighbor’s Children
1987
Senior Advisor of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee
1987
Manager of the ATC Tower at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
1987
Representative (D) of North Carolina’s 4th District
1987
1st President. League of Women Voters-Chapel Hill and President of the League of Women Voters-North Carolina (respectively)
1987
CBS Network TV Director and Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill
1987
Chancellor Emeritus at N.C. Central University
1987
Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
1987
Professor of Geology at Duke University
1987
President and Chief Operating Officer at Glaxo, Inc.
1987
Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
1987
President of Queens College
1987
Professor of Philosophy at N.C. State University
1987
President of O’BrienAtkins Associates
1987
President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
1987
Trustees Chairman of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
1987
Administrator of the Tryon Palace Restoration Complex
1987
Governor
1987
World Champion Skydiver
1988
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation
1988
Deputy Secretary of NRCD
1988
Of Iredell Company Farmer
1988
N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture
1988
Wife of Governor Jim Martin
1988
A James B. Duke Professor at Duke University
1988
ACC Commissioner
1988
Co-Director of the Humanities Extension Program at N.C. State University
1988
N.C. Commissioner of Insurance
1988
President of Bennett College
1988
President of MDC, Inc.
1988
NASCAR racing legend
1988
Executive Director of the Small Business and Technology Development Center
1988
President of Greensboro College
2003

Pianist

2006

NC Commissioner of Agriculture

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