
Gurnal Scott
Assistant News DirectorGurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
Gurnal left ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ in January 2015.
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The U.S. Attorney for North Carolina's Eastern District, Thomas Walker, is promising to follow disclosure policies for defendants prosecuted by his…
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Workers at state DHHS healthcare facilities are being required to get flu shots. Secretary Aldona Vos is implementing the policy to fall in line with what…
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UNC Board of Governors members voted unanimously to cancel a policy allowing men and women to live together on the Chapel Hill campus. The vote nullified…
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Members of a Raleigh-based community medical organization say a new study shows a transitional care program they launched has cut hospital re-admissions…
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Medicare patients who are frequently admitted to hospitals are beginning to cause extra fees for those facilities. The federal Affordable Care Act lets…
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Officials with Aqua North Carolina are seeking another rate increase -- the third in five years.. The private water provider wants a 19 percent jump in…
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Aspiring defense contractors are in Fayetteville for this year's annual Defense and Economic Development Trade Show. Companies will be at Fayetteville…
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Friends and the state's legal community are honoring the life of Julius Chambers who died last week. He was 76 years old. Chambers was active in the 1960s…
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Weather forecasters may soon have a new tool that could predict a hurricane's landfall more accurately. Researchers at Coastal Carolina University say the…
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UNC- Chapel Hill and Duke researchers will share national grant money to further breast cancer studies. Ten programs at the schools will get $3.6 million…