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
1988
President of the Department of Community Colleges
1988
Author of Judah P. Benjamin, the Jewish Confederate
1988
Former UNC-Chapel Hill Basketball Star
1988
Executive Director of the N.C. Institute of Politics
1988
Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill
1988
Chairman of the Board of PriceMcNabb Advertising
1988
Executive Director and President of the Children’s Home Society of N.C.
1988
The Board of Belk Stores ServicesInc.
1988
Artistic Director of the AfricanAmerican Dance Ensemble
1988
Robert L. PageCEO and President of ReplacementsLtd.
1988
Representative (D) of Granville
1988
James L. BrayDirector of Governor’s School West
1988
Actor
1988
Author
1988
Secretary of the N.C. Department of Transportation
1988
Paul J. RizzoDean of the UNC Graduate School of Business Administration
1988
William J. HendersonField Division General Manager of the U.S. Postal Service
1988
Editor of the Pembroke Magazine.
1988
Republican Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
1988
Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
1988
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
1988
Governor
1988
A Kenan Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill
1988
Author of “Revelation”
1988
Program Officer at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
1988
General Manager of American Airlines.
1988
Aviculturists
1988
Dean of Forest Resources at NC State University
1988
President of Shaw University
1988
President of Almont Shipping Company
1988
Director of Chinqua Penn Plantation 
1988
Governor
1989
Head of Foreign Languages at NC State University
1989
Author and Photographer and author (repectivley) of Making a Difference in N.C.
1989
Executive Director of the Cued Speech Center
1989
MD and President of the American Lung Association of NC
1989
Professor in the Department of Economics at NC State University
1989
Site General Manager of IBM at Research Triangle Park
1989
Principal of Erwin Elementary School
1989
Chairman of Grady White Boats
1989
Chancellor of East Carolina University
1989
Executive Director of the Wilson Community Improvement Association
1989
former Superintendent of N.C. Public Instruction
1989
President and CEO of Phillips IndustriesInc
1989
President of Elon College
1989
Architectural Historian
1989
President and Secretary of NC Citizens for Business & Industry 
1989
Of Seagrove Pottery
1989
Executive Director of the Autism Society of N.C. 
1989
North Carolina Senator (D)
1989
President of Lees-McRae College
1989
Director of the Program on Aging at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
1989
Scientist Emeritus at Burroughs Wellcome Company
1989
President of the Carolina Biological Supply Company
1989
Sen. (D) of Gastonia
1989
Former NBC Correspondent and Producer
1989
UNC Basketball Coach
1989
Author of “Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman”
1989
Coordinator of the Wellness Resource Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
1989
About UNC-TV
1989
Director of the Water Resources Research Institute
1989
Director of the Dispute Settlement Center in Orange County
1989
Artist
1989
Executive Director of the NC Center for Creative Retirement
1989
President & CEO of Burroughs Wellcome Company
1989
Chancellor of Pembroke State University
1989
Co-Host of “Carolina Today” on WNCT-TV
1989
Sen. (D) of Dare County
1989
Appraiser and Author
1989
NC Attorney General
1989
President of Microelectronics Center of NC
1989
Authors of “Dining at the Homestead”
1989
Chancellor of Western Carolina University
1989
Chairman of the Board of The Einstein InstituteInc.
1989
Conceiver/Adaptor and a Composer/Performer of Merry Wives of WindsorTX (respectiveley)
1989
Chairman of the Board of the Historic Hope Foundation
1989
The Executive and Artistic Director of Raleigh’s Theatre in the Park
1989
President & General Manager of The Grove Park Inn
1990
Governor
1990
Managing Partner of Market Square – High Point
1990
Director of the Lineberger Cancer Research Center
1990
Director of Athletics at UNC-Chapel Hill
1990
Principal of West Charlotte High School
1990
President of the Center for Creative Leadership
1990
Psychiatrist at Duke University Medical Center
1990
President of Monarch Temporary ServicesInc.
1990
Director of the Weatherspoon Art Gallery and Chancellor of UNC Greensboro (respectivley)
1990
of CBS News
1990
Forest Pathologist NC State University and Hugh Morton of Grandfather Mountain
1990
President of the N.C. Bar Association
1990
Dean of the School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill
1990
Chairman of the Board of the Research Triangle World Trade Center
1990
President of Mount Olive College
1990
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
1990
Edenton residents
1990
Executive Director of the N.C. Nature Conservancy
1990
Garden Writer
1990
Civil War Historian
1990
Director of the NC Jaycee Burn Center
1990
Sculptor
1990
Professor of Psychology at Meredith College
1990
Professor Emeritus of Social Medicine at UNC-chapel Hill
1990
President of the Capitol Foundation
1990
Director of the National Humanities Center
1990
Director of the Carnivore Preservation Trust
1990
Site Manager of Somerset Place
1990
Author of “The Tongues of Angels”
1990
Foods and Nutrition in the NCSU Extension Program
1990
Chairman of the N.C. Parole Commission
1990
The Lap Quilter
1990
Editor & Publisher of The Pilot
1990
Development Director of the N.C. Indian Cultural Center
1990
House Speaker of N.C. General Assembly
1990
Of the Elk River Development Corporation
1990
Editor of the Raleigh News & Observer
1990
Writer
1990
Writer
1990
Chapel Hill Internal Medicine
1990
Executive Director of the NCHS Athletic Association
1990
Chairperson of Trustees at N.C. School of the Arts
1990
President of Segmented Marketing Services
1990
Associate Professor of Reading at Western Carolina University
1990
Professor of History Emeritus at Duke University
1990
Artist
1990
Chairman of the Historic Halifax Restoration Association
1990
Governor Jim Martin
1990
Principal of E.E. Smith High School
1991
Associate Professor at Duke University Medical Center
1991
Naturalist Photographer
1991
President of the N.C. Child Advocacy Institute
1991
Presents the 1990 North Carolina Awards Profiles
1991
Executive Director of the N.C. Agribusiness Council
1991
Associate Dean of Veterinary Medicine at NCSU
1991
Gospel Singer
1991
Director of Education for the North Carolina Symphony
1991
(D) of Farmville
1991
Senior U.S. District Judge
1991
Treasurer of the U.S. Olympic Committee
1991
President of the Triangle Orchid Society
1991
Director Emeritus of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
1991
Author of “Killer Diller”
1991
Director of the N.C. School of Science and Math
1991
Kenan Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Epidemiology at UNC-Chapel Hill
1991
President of the University of North Carolina
1991
Chancellor of the N.C. School of the Arts
1991
Ms. Wheelchair NC of 1990-91
1991
Artistic Director of An Appalachian Summer
1991
(D) N.C. Speaker of the House
1991
Dean of Wake Forest MBA
1991
Journalist
1991
MD of Chapel Hill Dermatology
1991
N.C. House of Representatives
1991
President of Dudley Products
1991
Dean of Forest Resources at NS State University
1991
Blacksmiths at the Mountain Heritage Center
1991
Executive Director of the Greensboro Urban Ministry
1991
UNC Football All-American
1991
N.C. First Lady
1991
Of the UNC Sea Grant
1991
Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill
1991
Director of the Penland School of Crafts
1991
Chairman of the Board of the Smith Richardson Foundation
1991
CEO and Chairman of the Boad of Boddie-Noell Enterprises
1991
Chancellor of N.C. State University
1991
The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour
1991
Producer/Director at UNC Public Television
1991
Protection Planner at the National Heritage Program
1991
Chief District Court Judge – Wake County from 1968-1991
1991
Musician and CBS News correspondent (respectivley)
1991
Director of the State Bureau of Investigation
1991
Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1988
1991
Opera singer
1991
Luthier musician and musician (respectivley)
1991
Governor
1991
President of N.C. Equity
1991
Track & Field Head Coach at Hillside High School
1992
Attorney-at-law
1992
Principal of Fairview Elementary School
1992
WTVD-TV news anchor
1992
State Democratic Party Chairman
1992
State Republican Chairman
1992
Executive Director of the Raleigh Housing Authority
1992
Physician’s Assistant at Lincoln Community Health Center
1992
Composer/lyricist
1992
Restaurant Critic and Food Editor at the Washington Times
1992
Senior State Executive at IBM
1992
North Carolina music legend
1992
Vice President for Academic Affairs of the UNC General Administration
1992
Director of t he Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise
1992
Honorary Chairman of the Bryan International String Competition
1992
Professor of Islamic History at UNC-Chapel Hill
1992
Founder & Executive Director of the Latin American Resource Center
1992
Of S.D. Dillards & Sons, Inc.
1992
N.C. State Treasurer Harlan E. Boyles
1992
Chairman of the Board of The Research Triangle Foundation
2003

Pianist

2006

NC Commissioner of Agriculture

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