UNC-TV's North Carolina Weekend Show to Feature Local Attractions -
Wentworth, N.C. — A couple weeks ago, Robin Yount, vice president of Tourism, and other Rockingham County Partnership staff spent the day showing off county attractions to the producer of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend” show. That day resulted in additional trips to Rockingham County and several features for local attractions that will air on “North Carolina Weekend” in the coming months.
“North Carolina Weekend” is a weekly show on UNC-TV that highlights the best things to see and do across the state each weekend. The show takes viewers on a journey beyond black and white pictures and boring text descriptions and into the latest colorful sites and sounds of the story - giving them a firsthand look at what North Carolina has to offer. The show airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m. and repeats on Fridays at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV.
Bob Garner, “North Carolina Weekend’s” food host, noted author and authority on North Carolina barbeque and cuisine, spent a Saturday afternoon sampling the food at Fuzzy’s Bar-B-Q in Madison and Mountainside Restaurant in Mayodan. Garner filmed segments at each restaurant for upcoming episodes of “North Carolina Weekend.”
A feature on Mountainside Restaurant will air during “North Carolina Weekend” on May 27th at 9:00 p.m. on UNC-TV. That episode will also include a segment about the upcoming Charlie Poole Music Festival in Eden.
Fuzzy’s Bar-B-Q will be featured during the food segment with Bob Garner during “North Carolina Weekend” on June 10 at 9:00 p.m. on UNC-TV.
A crew from “North Carolina Weekend” will spend the day on Rockingham County’s rivers next weekend. The crew, which will be guided by Three Rivers Outfitters in Eden, will film a feature on the history of the county’s rivers and the paddling adventures offered here. The date the river feature will air is still to be determined.
Additional features on other county attractions and events will air in the coming months. “We will be sure to announce the dates when other features on Rockingham County will air,” said Robin Yount, vice president of Tourism. “We are very excited to have our local attractions and events featured on North Carolina Weekend. We thank the staff at UNC-TV for taking such a great interest in Rockingham County and helping us promote our local attractions throughout the state.”
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