The Bryan Hanks Show

Lenoir County Council on Aging Executive Director Betsy Griffin makes her inaugural visit to the show to promote Tuesday's nonpartisan candidate's forum. We also hear about her journey to her position with the LCCOA. Bryan opens the show by catching you up on all of Friday's prep football action and shares the schedule for this week's action. He also thanks the community for making Junious Smith I...

It's Football Friday on the show and we're joined by South Lenoir head football coach Brandon Proctor, Kinston's Ryan "Diesel" Gieselman and North Lenoir's Larry Dale II. Coach Proctor and Coach Gieselman preview tonight's first leg of the Jimmy Smith Cup at South Lenoir High School. Coach Dale recaps Thursday's big 21-20 win for his Hawks at Oxford Webb. It's also Junious Smith III Night at SL an...

We pack a lot of great stuff into our first hour today with Paul Whittington, Richy Huneycutt, Graham Hill and Dontrez Styles. Paul gives us a NASCAR Cup Series playoff update with the Bristol nighttime race taking place this weekend. We talk to the awesome Richy on her final day at Lenoir Community College after an amazing 32-year tenure at the school. Graham Hill, one of the state's up-and-comin...

We're joined today by Shirley Smith and Junious Smith II -- the parents of Junious Smith III -- to preview Friday's visit by JS3 to the Kinston-South Lenoir football game. They give an update on his recovery from brain surgery and share how excited JS3 is to come to Friday's game. North Lenoir coach Larry Dale joins us to preview tonight's NL-Oxford Webb varsity football game. Rick Vernon hangs a...

Kinston's "Uncle Rick" -- the venerable Rick Vernon -- joins us for his first "Third Thursday" visit to talk Junious Smith III Night at South Lenoir and much more.

The legendary Bill Ellis and new Down East Bird Dawgs General Manager Shari Massengill join Michael Martin and Bryan in the second hour. Shari, the former award-winning GM of the Kinston Indians, shares the road to becoming the Bird Dawgs GM and some of her goals in the new position. Bill gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the Bird Dawgs came into existence. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan draft the...

Kinston's Renaissance Man, Michael Martin, makes his usual Wednesday visit to talk Down East Bird Dawgs, ECU Pirates football and more.

Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation Department Director Scott Alston tells us about the big USTA event coming to the area this weekend. He also gives us a mini-preview of Tuesday morning's baseball announcement at Historic Grainger Stadium and a "state-of-the-department" update on the parks and rec department. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play Who Sang It with local birthday nods to Ted Gaskin a...

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark joins us in the first hour to talk NFL, ECU Pirates football and much more.

Kinston High School's Ryan "Diesel" Gieselman and Parrott Academy's Matt Beaman join us for Monday Morning Quarterback. Coach Diesel describes his team's big 12-6 win in a driving rain in Washington Friday while Coach Beaman looks back at Friday's 64-30 home win against defending state champion Rocky Mount Academy. Mark Panichelli opens the second hour by continuing his visit from the first hour t...

252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli helps us kick off the week with his thoughts on Sunday's NFL results and Saturday's ECU loss to Appalachian State. Bryan opens the hour by looking back at Friday's prep football results and previews this week's prep sports schedule.

It's a fun and jam-packed second hour with Kinston-Lenoir County Sports Hall of Famer Jimmy Smith, Parrott Academy football coach Matt Beaman and WRNS' Jason Bryant. Coach Smith gives us a health update following his open heart surgery last week. Coach Beaman previews tonight's Strickland Agner Pittman game of the week between his Patriots and Rocky Mount Academy. Jason opens the hour with excitin...

Paul Whittington and Jason Bryant join us in the first hour of today's show; Paul talks NASCAR while Jason shares his thoughts on tonight's prep football games.

Jimmy Ryals of The Assembly (TheAssemblyNC.com) joins us to share his thoughts on the Down East Wood Ducks leaving Kinston and the story he wrote about it. The Kinston native also shares his life journey that began in Lenoir County. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan talk about Jonathan's tweet that made the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN (that is now had more than 1.1 million views at https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/s...

One of Kinston's most important and positive forces -- Tonya Adams -- joins us to talk about the Lenoir County Fair (Oct. 1-5!), Lucky Cats and the Kinston Rotary Club. For more information about the "Spay it Forward" event coming to Kinston at the end of the month, visit luckycats.org and click on the Kinston Spay it Forward link. The Kinston Rotary Club will be holding its annual oyster roast on...

It's Hour 2 of our annual 9/11 show, this time from Pearson Park featuring Michael Martin and Bryan interviewing AmVets Post 1111 Commander David Ricke and USMC Maj. Gen. Tom Bratton (Ret.). Jon, Jonathan and Bryan share their 9/11 memories and draft their all-time favorite actors; they also give birthday nods to the ENC King of All Media Tony Denton and MLB pitcher Shawn Armstrong.

It's a special first hour of TBHS as Bryan and Michael Martin are live at Pearson Park to remember 9/11 with Billy "Shep" McLawhorn and Hannah McLawhorn.

Paxton Media Group's Trevor Dunnell -- the regional editor for ENC newspapers including the Kinston Free Press -- is our Big Interview today. He catches us up on the state of newspapers, his political ambitions in New Bern and more. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play "DawSangIt" with local birthday nods to retired South Lenoir coach/athletics director Lisa Smith and Campbell University's Chris Hemeyer.

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark joins us to talk NFL and other items in his appearance today. Rich also reacts to Jon Dawson's newest song about him.

It's Monday Morning Quarterback time with Friday's winning prep coaches: Kinston's Ryan "Diesel" Gieselman, Parrott Academy's Matt Beaman and Greene Central's Jay Wilson. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a traditional Birthday Game with a nod to Ron Owens.

252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli joins us to talk ECU football, Sunday's NFL games, NASCAR and much more. Bryan opens the hour by taking a look back at Friday's prep football games and does a quick preview of this Friday's action. He also gives final thoughts about the end of the Down East Wood Ducks and local idiots who continue to blame Kinston politicans and DEWD management for the team l...

It's Football Friday on TBHS and we're joined by Ayden-Grifton's legendary Paul Cornwell and Kinston's Ryan "Diesel" Gieselman. The two look back at their starts to the 2024 season and share their respect for each other. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a reverse Birthday Game hosted by Jonathan with nods to Kellan Bryant, Sam Lee, Coach Bobby Hatcher, Sandy Landis, the late Dr. Keith Cannon, Ryan Daw...

Down East Wood Ducks P.A. announcer Shane Aube and our NASCAR expert Paul Whittington are today's first-hour guests. Shane -- who is also the P.A. announcer for University of Mount Olive athletics and Parrott Academy football -- shares his thoughts on the end of the DEWD tenure in Kinston and recaps Thursday's amazing come-from-behind victory for the Woodies. Paul looks back at Thursday's Kansas C...

This is Hour 2 of the Parrott Academy Founders Day show, featuring volleyball coach Lee Avery and players Georgia Fanning, Callie Sanderson and Sydney Myers; athletics director and baseball coach Robert Kravitz; head football coach Matt Beaman and Chris "Smoke" Brown; and the legendary Hugh Pollock.

This is Hour 1 of the Parrott Academy Founders Day show featuring Head of School David Moody, Amanda Oakley Hort, Claire Valliere and Michael Martin.