The Bryan Hanks Show

Chance Scott, of Pirate Pulse and Neuse News Sports, joins Michael Martin and Bryan to talk everything ECU athletics -- basketball, football and baseball -- including Tuesday's baseball loss in Fayetteville vs. UNC Wilmington. Chance also gives us his quick prediction on ECU football in 2025 and his final analysis of the 2024-25 Pirates hoops season. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan draft their favorite Bl...

The dean of ENC sports talk hosts -- 252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli -- joins Bryan halfway through the hour to talk NCAA Tournament and Sunday's NASCAR race. Bryan opens the hour with a comprehensive look at all our local sports, including prep baseball, softball, soccer, LCC baseball, ECU baseball and University of Mount Olive baseball. He also puts a wrap on the winter side of our Hometo...

A true hero -- Kinston Police Department Maj. Brandon Turner -- joins us to begin a new monthly feature on the show where you, dear listener, can help solve a cold case. This month's cold case features the case of 17-year-old Dzyer Gooding, a South Lenoir student who was shot to death on Memorial Day weekend 2024 at Bill Faye Park. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of...

On his regular Friday first-hour visit, Paul Whittington talks NHL, Carolina Hurricanes, NASCAR and ACC Tournament. He also gives Bryan some advice on who to pull for since America's Driver, Joey Logano, was pictured with his family in UNC gear. Bryan opens the hour by catching you up on all the local sports in our area, including prep baseball, softball and soccer scores from Thursday and preview...

It's a jam-packed second hour of today's show with Trey Scott (of Trey Scott Sports) joining us live from Charlotte and N.C. Central hero Isaac Parson joining us live from Norfolk. Trey is live from the ACC Tournament, where he looks back at yesterday's quarterfinal games, including an update and his analysis of Cooper Flagg's ankle injury. He also previews tonight's big ACC Tournament semifinal g...

One of Kinston's most positive leaders, Tonya Adams, joins us for her Second Thursday visit to share what's going on in downtown, including new restaurants and other businesses. She also catches us up on the Offroad Affair, the BBQ Festival on the Neuse and much more. Bryan catches you up on all the local sports and previews tonight's action.

Lenoir County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent and Athletics Director Nicholas Harvey II joins us to talk about a broad variety of subjects, including how the latest NCHSAA realignment will affect county schools. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan chat about women's basketball, the ACC Tournament and more, with birthday nods to Gabe Whisnant and Kelly Edwards.

It's a poignant first hour as former Parrott Academy coach and student-athlete Olivia Wooten shares her ALS journey, from the diagnosis to how she is battling it today. Kinston's Renaissance Man, Michael Martin, co-hosts today's show; Mike and Bryan get you caught up on all of Tuesday's local sports results, give you today's schedule and more.

Michael Martin continues his visit from the first hour to talk ACC men's basketball tournament, ECU hoops and more. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan draft their all-time favorite Johnny Cash songs, with birthday nods to Greg Novicki and retired Jones Senior coaching legend Debbie Philyaw.

252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli joins us to talk Duke-UNC, Christopher Bell's three-peat, Kevin Keatts being fired by N.C. State and more. WRNS' Jason Bryant also adds his thoughts. Bryan opens the week by getting you caught up on everything in local prep sports, local college baseball and our Hometown Heroes.

Heath Radford and Jennifer Turlington join us in the second hour to preview this weekend's production of "Romeo and Juliet" at the Paramount in downtown Goldsboro; for tickets and more, visit GoldsboroParamount.com. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a traditional Birthday Game (with a cool story about Bryan's interaction with Jim Valvano) and a birthday nod to Kevin Cary.

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark joins us to talk NBA and college hoops; he also gives us his picks for NBA postseason awards with a little less than a quarter of the season remaining. Bryan opens the show by catching you up with all the local sports, including Hometown Heroes.

Ben Ricks, the Coastal Region Supervisor of the Inland Fisheries division of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and co-host of the "Better Fishing with Two Bald Biologists" podcast, joins Jonathan Massey and Bryan to talk fishing. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan talk about Jim Valvano, college sports and more, with birthday nods to Hardy Creech and Luke Cannon.

National recording artist Lessette and our NASCAR/NHL/Carolina Hurricanes expert Paul Whittington are our guests in the first hour today. Lessette, an acclaimed gospel singer based out of ENC, is the headliner for tonight's "A Night of Christian Music" at the Kinston High School Performing Arts Center, presented by the Lenoir County Association of Congregations. Lessette, along with about a dozen...

Matthew Young of the CSS Neuse Museum joins us as our First Thursday guest of the month; he previews this weekend's 10th anniversary event at the museum, talks some college basketball (including his beloved Auburn Tigers!) and gives us a tough trivia question to answer. Bryan catches you up on all the local sports in our area.

The mother-daughter duo of Cathy Holder and Holly Holder join us in studio to preview Friday's "A Night of Christian Music" that will be held at the Kinston Performing Arts Center. Cathy is organizing the event, which will feature Kinston's own acclaimed recording artist Lessette, along with Holly, Will Sawyer, the KHS Gospel Choir and many more acts. The show begins at 7 p.m. Friday. Jon, Jonatha...

N.C. Central senior point guard Isaac Parson joins us for his regular "TGIF with IP" NIL appearance on TBHS; he talks about Thursday's loss at S.C. State, his impact for the Eagles this year and the potential of coming back for another year of college basketball. Bryan begins the hour with our local sports update and ends it with his thoughts on the new realignment of public schools that will take...

Kinston's Renaissance Man, Michael Martin, co-hosts today's show; Mike and Bryan share their favorite concerts they've ever attended and more. Nathan Perry joins the show at about the 50-minute mark and Bryan apologizes to Nate for an incident that happened in 2008.

One of Kinston's all-timers -- Nathan Perry -- makes his debut on TBHS with Michael Martin and Bryan. Nathan tells us about coming from one of Kinston's most influential families, training and running in his first marathon last weekend in Myrtle Beach, his pride in being an Arendell Parrott Academy graduate and much more. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan draft their all-time favorite Ozzy Osbourne songs; J...

Carteret County News-Times News Editor Richard Clark joins us to talk college basketball, including Duke's dominance, the potential of the SEC getting 13 teams in the NCAA Tournament (and the ACC only getting three!) and more. Rich and Bryan also look at the success of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and more. Bryan opens the hour by looking back at Monday's prep sports results, previews tonight's games a...

One of Kinston's leading businessmen, GOECO owner Jacques Passailaigue, joins us to talk NHL, the greatness of Alex Ovechkin and where he ranks with the sport's all-timers. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan talk about the SNL50 special and more, with a birthday nod to North Lenoir basketball great Omar Jones.

252 Fox Sports Radio's Mark Panichelli joins us midway through our first hour to talk ECU baseball and basketball; we also talk about our middle names and more. Bryan spends the first half-hour of the week getting you caught up on all the local and regional sports that was played over the weekend.

Bethel Christian Academy head baseball coach Kenny Sutton and South Lenoir head softball coach and assistant athletics director Madison Leigh Harvey are our Big Interviews today. Coach Sutton looks back at the uber-successful state runner-up finish his Trojans had in 2024, previews this season and explains why high school baseball is so doggoned good in Lenoir County. Coach Harvey also looks back...

Lenoir County Commissioner Keith King joins us to talk about the hot topic du jour (the new property tax assessments), the death of Gene Hackman, local sports and more.

Movie expert and friend of the show Brandon Plotnick joins us live from Fayetteville to give us his predictions and thoughts on the 97th Academy Awards, which will take place Sunday. Jon, Jonathan and Bryan play a reverse Birthday Game with nods to Dr. Claire Paris, Eddie Colie and Lenoir County Commissioner Minister Preston Harris (whose birthday is Feb. 29).