With no fans in stands, Voice of the Tar Heels will be heard loud and clear as football returns

Posted Sep 11, 2020
It’s been business as usual for Jones Angell, the “Voice of the Tar Heels,” as UNC's play-by-play radio announcer prepares for Saturday’s football season opener against Syracuse. Well, sort of. While he will go about his job with the Tar Heel Sports Network, Angell said he and his staff have had to adjust how they do things amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (New Bern Sun Journal)

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