UNC Board of Governors Reappoints Three
To UNC-TV Board of Trustees

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has reappointed three members of the UNC-TV Board of Trustees. All terms will run through June 2008.

Reappointed were Betty R. McCain of Wilson, Ervin L. Hester of Durham, and Peggy Ward of Charlotte. Mrs. McCain is the former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and is active in many cultural, civic, and political organizations. Mr. Hester is a retired broadcasting professional formerly with WTVD-TV in Durham and is a member of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Mrs. Ward is a longtime agent for the New York Life Insurance Company and currently serves as Advancement Committee chair for the UNC-TV board. She is former chair of the Board of Trustees at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), her alma mater.

UNC-TV Director and General Manager Tom Howe welcomed the reappointments saying, "We are delighted to have Ervin Hester, Betty McCain, and Peggy Ward back for another term on the UNC-TV Board of Trustees. Their experience and leadership have already been invaluable to UNC-TV, and we look forward to the opportunity to benefit from their support and wise counsel for another four years. I am sure that their continued service will pay great dividends as UNC-TV deals with the challenges before us."

Member-supported UNC-TV is the 11-station statewide digital television service of the University of North Carolina.

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