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Brian Bailey - Sports Director

Email: bailey@wnct.com

Brian Bailey is the Sports Director and 6pm and 11pm sports anchor for Eyewitness News Nine. He joined WNCT-TV in October of 1984 as a news reporter and weekend sports anchor. He was then promoted to Sports Director in April of 1986. Brian's sportscasting career began in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he broadcast high school football and basketball games for local radio and cable television.

Brian was born in Bluefield, West Virginia on July 16, 1962. He grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia and is a 1980 graduate of Indian River High School. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech Communications.

Brian is a 14-time award winner by the North Carolina Associated Press. He was named the Professional Broadcaster of the Year by East Carolina University in 1988. He has also been honored by the Raleigh Hot Stove League, the Pitt-Greenville Hot Stove League, the North Carolina High School Baseball Coaches, North Carolina Special Olympics, Pitt-Greenville Special Olympics, and by the City of Greenville for community service.

He is the father of a daughter, Kaitlyn, 18, and son, Ryne, 14.