More Highlights for Bill Leslie

• Bill Leslie Revisits Troubles of Neuse River in New WRAL Documentary

  Retired WRAL-TV Anchor Bill Leslie will be back to discuss current problems for the Neuse River, a natural resource he first reported on 30 years ago.  The WRAL Documentary “New Trouble on the Neuse River” premieres this Thursday, April 18,
• Bill Leslie Receives Highest Civilian Honor in NC

  On Friday night, November 16, 2018, retired WRAL news anchor and musician Bill Leslie received the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. Leslie is among a group of six civilians that was honored for their contributions to our
• WRAL-TV Names New Morning Anchor, Set to Replace Retiring Bill Leslie

  Television news veteran Jeff Hogan will join the WRAL Morning News team beginning January 29, 2018.  Jeff will work alongside the team of Renee Chou, Elizabeth Gardner, Brian Shrader and Lena Tillett along with long-time morning anchor Bill Leslie who
• America’s Favorite Journey: The Blue Ridge Parkway

  America’s Favorite Journey: The Blue Ridge Parkway

  The Blue Ridge Parkway is the most popular destination in our national park system, hosting about 17 million visitors a year.

  Nearly half the 469-mile route runs through North Carolina, including its highest elevations. Some of the parkway’s iconic features are in our state, including its highest peak and the Linn Cove Viaduct at Grandfather Mountain.

  Visitors to the parkway generate more than $2 billion dollars a year for mountain communities. Its biological diversity, rich history and its parks and trails make the parkway a valuable educational and recreational resource.

  Host: WRAL News anchor Bill Leslie
  Producer/writer: Clay Johnson
  Photographer/editor: Jay Jennings

  America’s Favorite Journey’ aired June 29, 2010 on WRAL-TV.

• Tar Heel Tartans

  Tar Heel Tartans!

  WRAL news anchor Bill Leslie and news photographer Rick Armstrong document North Carolina native Bill Caudill’s search for his Scottish ancestral homeland. Along the way they meet an artist, visit castles, watch Bill Caudill participate in a bagpipe competition and learn about the significance of the tartan.

  Enjoy this six part series produced in May, 1986 and aired prior to the annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans in July, 1986. You will discover that the people in Scotland have a high regard for the gathering that takes place every year near Linville, North Carolina.

  Bill Caudill is Director of the Scottish Heritage Center and Instructor of the College Pipe Band at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, North Carolina.