Tar Heel Sports Network is a radio network

Radio network

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 in the United States

United States

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 dedicated to broadcasting live events

Broadcasting of sports events

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 and programming

Radio programming

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 relating to North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...

 athletics. It is operated by Tar Heel Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Communications, Inc., which manages the multimedia

Multimedia

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 rights for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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. The Network's flagship station

Flagship station

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 is WCHL-AM of Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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.

The Network consists mainly of local radio affiliates

Network affiliate

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 within North Carolina

North Carolina

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, southern Virginia

Virginia

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, and northern South Carolina

South Carolina

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. Some stations with local interest carry only football

College football

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 or basketball

College basketball

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 programming. For example, WAMW-FM

WAMW-FM

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 of Washington, Indiana

Washington, Indiana

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, the hometown of Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller

Tyler Paul Zeller is an American college basketball player who is currently a Senior at the University of North Carolina...

, broadcasts men's basketball

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...

 as of the 2009–10 season

2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

The 2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their head coach was Roy Williams. The team played its home games in the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They...

. Also, WRFX

WRFX

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 in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

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 airs men's basketball to make up for the weak nighttime signal of the network's main Charlotte affiliate, WFNZ

WFNZ

WFNZ "610 AM The Fan" is a Sports Talk format radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina.-History:WFNZ signed on in 1941 as WAYS . For much of the 1960s through early 1980s, it was Charlotte's top-rated Top 40 station under the moniker "61 Big Ways." The morning show was aired on both WAYS and...

.

The Network's lead commentator for football and men's basketball games was Woody Durham

Woody Durham

Woody Lombardi Durham , known as "The Voice of the Tar Heels", was the longtime play-by-play radio announcer for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football and basketball teams from 1971 to 2011. Durham grew up in Albemarle, North Carolina alongside Bob Harris, longtime accouncer for UNC...

 until his retirement in 2011, and had been "The Voice of the Tar Heels" since 1971. Jones Angell

Jones Angell

Jones Angell is the play-by-play voice of North Carolina Tar Heels football and men's basketball.Angell graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001 and immediately joined the Tar Heel Sports Network...

 has been named as the successor of Woody for both football and basketball beginning with the 2011 football

2011 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2011 college football season. The team will be led by an interim head coach and play their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium...

 season. Coaches Everett Withers

Everett Withers

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 (football

North Carolina Tar Heels football

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in collegiate level football. In Carolina’s first 121 seasons of football competition, the Tar Heels have compiled a record of 646–488–54, a winning percentage of .566...

), Mike Fox (baseball

North Carolina Tar Heels baseball

The North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in NCAA Division I college baseball. They participate in the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division....

), Sylvia Hatchell

Sylvia Hatchell

Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell is head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.She competed with USA Basketball as the Head Coach of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei.-College:...

 (women's basketball

North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball

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), and Roy Williams

Roy Williams (coach)

Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...

 (men's basketball

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...

) host programs on the Network during their respective team's season.

From 1977 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 2006, the state's most powerful station, WBT in Charlotte, was an affiliate of the network. WBT is a 50,000-watt clear-channel station that reaches parts of 22 states, and brought the Tar Heels' broadcasts to most of the eastern half of North America. According to longtime WBT station manager Cullie Tarleton, putting the Tar Heels on WBT was largely the idea of longtime coach Dean Smith

Dean Smith

Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

, who wanted to tell recruits from New England

New England

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that their parents would be able to listen to the games.