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Radio/TV: Men's Basketball
Jeff Charles is in his 22nd year as the "Voice of the Pirates" and his 27th as a college play-by-play announcer. His previous stints included Virginia Tech, Furman, and Illinois. The Piqua, Ohio, native also has a major market sports background, having worked at WSB-AM in Atlanta, where he served as sports director and the "Voice" of the Peach Bowl. In addition to Charles' responsibilities at ECU, he works selected college basketball telecasts for Fox Sports Net South. He was selected as the 2000 North Carolina Sportscaster of the Year. He and his wife, Debby, reside in Greenville. Joining Charles for his 12th season on the broadcasts is Si Seymour. The Elizabeth City native served as head basketball coach at Craven Community College in New Bern for 17 years and was four times named Region X Coach of the Year. An East Carolina graduate, Seymour now resides in New Bern with his wife, Vanita. Greg Pierce returns for his seventh season as the network engineer. Pierce also serves as ECU's Director of Athletic Video Services. He and his wife, Erin, reside in Simpson with their daughter, Madeline, and son, Peyton.
"The Mack McCarthy Show" with East Carolina head basketball coach Mack McCarthy and host Jeff Charles, will air weekly during the 2009-10 season. The one-half hour program takes viewers inside ECU basketball with in-depth interviews, taped highlights, and interesting features. The show is produced and directed by Charles with WITN's Brian Meador. The Mack McCarthy Show airs throughout Eastern North Carolina each Sunday on WITN (channel 7) at 12 noon and in the Triangle on WAUG-TV at 5 p.m.. The show also airs Sunday night at 10:30 on WGSR-TV 47 in Greensboro and is repeated on Friday night at 8 p.m. It also may been seen at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays on MASN at 1 p.m., and on Suddenlink Cable in Greenville and Rocky Mount on Thursdays at 8 p.m. The show will be produced through the facilities of WITN-TV. Due to NBC Sports coverage of the NHL and the Olympics, the show will air on WITN at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, Feb. 7, Feb. 21 and Feb. 28.
East Carolina head coach Mack McCarthy will field calls with host Jeff Charles on the Pirate ISP Radio Network each Thursday night from 7-8 p.m., live from Logan's Roadhouse in Greenville.
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