Walter Storholt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1360 WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC - August 2005-Present
•   News and Sports Director since May 2010
•   Sports and news reporter
•   Play-by-play and color commentary for local high school sports since 2005
•   Host of the WCHL Evening News and morning news fill-in
•   Host and produce hourly newscasts, UNC football, basketball and soccer pre and post game shows and podcasts

PLAY-BY-PLAY EXPERIENCE/HIGHLIGHTS

Radio
•   Sports broadcast: football, basketball, hockey and soccer
•   Play-by-play of the UNC-Chapel Hill Ice Hockey team (2010-2011 season)
•   Play-by-play of UNC-Chapel Hill women's soccer on 1360 WCHL (2010)
•   Play-by-play for local high school football and basketball (2004-present)

Television/Webcast
•   Play-by-play on ESPNU for UNC vs. UNC-Asheville men's basketball game (January 9, 2008)
•   Sideline reporter for UNC vs. Duke football on ESPNU (November 2008), UNC vs. UCONN women's basketball game
    on ESPN2 (January 19, 2009) and for UNC vs. Clemson men's basketball game on ESPN (January 21, 2009)
•   Play-by-play for the 2009 ACC Men's Lacrosse Championships on Carolina All-Access

RELATED EXPERIENCES

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- August 2006-May 2010
•   Play-by-play for multiple Olympic sports broadcasts on Carolina All-Access (webcast with video)
•   Public address announcer for women's softball
•   Producer for award-winning, student-produced 30-minute radio show and anchor for student TV news and sports show

WTKF 107.3 FM- August 2003-August 2006
•   Play-by-play voice for high school football
•   Host of a weekly talk show and sold sports advertising to local businesses

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- May 10, 2009
•   B.A. Electronic Journalism with a Sports Communication Certificate

SKILLS

REFERENCES

•   Jeff Hamlin- play-by-play broadcaster and news reporter for WPTF
•   Charlie Tuggle- broadcast journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill
•   Ron Stutts- longtime morning news host on 1360 WCHL

BROADCASTING AND REPORTING HONORS

•   Two-time Hearst Foundation Finalist (national reporting competition, 2007 and 2008)
•   Recipient of the first-ever Furman Bisher Medal (awarded to a UNC student who excels in sports broadcasting or sports writing,
    April 2008)
•   Recipient of the 2008-2009 Stephen Gates Scholarship which is awarded to a student who excels in sports journalism (given in
    memory of a former Tar Heels Sports Network announcer)
•   Named to the UWIRE 100 as one of the nation's top 100 college journalists (2008)
•   1st Place- National Broadcasting Society- National Winner for Best Radio Sports Segment (April 2009)
•   1st Place- Society of Professional Journalists- National Winner for Best Sports Reporting (2008)
•   1st Place- National Broadcasting Society- National Winner for Audio News Segment and Audio Sports Segment (2008)
•   1st Place- Broadcast Education Association- National Winner for Radio Hard News Reporting and Radio Sports Reporting
    (2008)
•   1st Place- Broadcast Education Association- National Winner for Best of Festival King Award for overall Radio Reporting (2008)
•   1st Place- College Broadcasters, Inc- Student Production Awards National Winner for Best Radio Sports Reporting (2008)
•   1st Place- National Broadcasting Society- National Winner for Best Radio Sports Segment (March 2007)
•   In total, I have received more than 30 regional and national awards for broadcast excellence from the Hearst Foundation,
    National Broadcasting Society, Society of Professional Journalism, Broadcast Education Association and other organizations.