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Charlie Gaddy anchored WRAL News from 1974 to 1994. He died on Thursday, June 12, 2025. He was 93.

Longtime WRAL anchor Charlie Gaddy dies

LAKE GASTON, BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUT ON THE WATER THERE. >> TONIGHT, OUR WRAL FAMILY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF LEGENDARY ANCHOR CHARLIE GATTI. IT'S A TOUGH DAY HERE AT WRAL. HE PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 93, OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER INTERVIEW CHARLIE FOR HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY. AND TONIGHT, SCOTT MASON RETURNS WITH THAT STORY AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR COLLEAGUE AND OUR FRIEND. >> IF YOU LOOK ON HIM AT A MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA, THERE'S A DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOARD. DISCO IS RIGHT BESIDE THAT DOT, CHARLIE, GET THESE HOME 10 AND I CAN REMEMBER SITTING ON THE STEPS OF OUR LITTLE HOUSE AND HEARING AND MERLE FROM LONDON WHILE THE BOMBS WILL FALL. AND I THOUGHT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO BE A BROADCASTER. BUT INSTEAD YOUNG CHARLIE WENT TO WASHINGTON TO STUDY LAW AFTER I GOT INTO CONTRACTS TORSTEN LEGAL METHODS. I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD, HE WENT TO NBC TO NBC AND BECAME A PAGE. BOY, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY. AT A LATER HE LEARNED OF A JOB OPENING IN RALEIGH, READING COMMERCIALS, READING NEWS AND HOSTING A SHOW AND IT GOT TO BE VERY POPULAR AND THAT'S HOW I GOT OVER TO CHANNEL 5 BECAUSE CHANNEL 5 WANTED CHARLIE FOR ITS SHOW. THE SHOW THAT MAKES YOU LOVE THOSE DOGS. AT TIMES HE WAS A SINGING STAR BOARD. TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO SEE NOT MUCH EVENTUALLY HE BECAME THE WRAL NEWS. AND GOOD EVENING. I'M CHARLIE GADI. AND WHILE HE WAS ON THE DESK AND IN THE FIELD FOR 24 YEAR, THE HOT AMERICAN SUMMER OF 1977, CONTINUES TONIGHT. TELL ME ABOUT THE ROBERTS. SONY A NEWSPAPER AND THE HOSTAGE SITUATION. OH, MY GOODNESS. AND HE HAD YOUR AMERICAN INDIAN ACTIVISTS WENT IN THERE WITH A SHOTGUN. WANT TO TAKE FOR YOU TO ADJUST TO. >> I TALKED OF AN ISIS SAID, HEY, YOU GOT TO PUT THAT GUN DOWN. EVENTUALLY HE DID PUT THE GUN AWAY. A TORNADO THAT STRUCK RALLY IN 1988. WE WERE COMING IN HERE WITH THE FIREMEN AND THE RESCUE PEOPLE. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS PART OF FRANCE WOULD HAVE TRUE HEROES FOR LIFE. THERE'S THE CYBER FIGHTS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE ACTION NEWS. 5 FOUND NEWS MADE MY LIFE. >> ENRICHED IN SO MANY WAYS. THE MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW AS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, CHARLIE, RETIRED FROM WRAL IN  >> IF YOU FOLLOW THE TRUTH AND YOUR FAIR AND YOU'RE JUST USE YOUR COMMON SENSE. I DO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT I'VE DONE BECAUSE I'VE SAYING THINGS AND I COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED BIG-BOY FROM BISCOE AND IT WAS AMAZING. REALLY. >> AT A CAREER BROADCASTERS WOULD DREAM OF HAVING AND SUCH AN. KIND KIND PERSON AT THAT FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE STILL PENDING AT THIS TIME. COMING UP NEXT, AT 6 O'CLOCK WRAL'S GERALD OWENS. WE'LL SHARE MEMORIES OF HIS LONGTIME MENTOR AND HIS FRIEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT 5.30, WRAL NEWS AT 6 IS JUST AHEAD. >> I'M TRYING TO GET IS SPEAKING HERE FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL TRUSTED AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT HERE. PLEASE STAY AT HOME, GIFTED OR ANCHORS STATES. ENERGY DIRECTOR SAYS HE WILL CALL UNDER PRESSURE WHERE YOU CAN JUST. AND DEEP LOSS FOR THE WRAL FAMILY TONIGHT, WE LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF WRAL, LEGIT. CHARLIE GETTY. >> TONIGHT, THE WRAL NEWS FAMILIES IN MOURNING. WE LOST A GREAT FRIEND. THEN LEGENDARY NEWS ANCHOR CHARLIE GETTY. HE DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 93. I WAS OFF TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THE NEWS WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M SO GRATEFUL YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS. GERALD, CHARLIE BECAME KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. >> AS THE WALTER CRONKITE OF NORTH CAROLINA TELEVISION. HE WAS THE PRIMARY ANCHOR OF WRAL'S EVENING NEWS FOR 2 DECADES. HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME. ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WHEN I CAME HERE BECAUSE CHARLIE IN BODY, BUT WRAL WAS ALL ABOUT OVER THE YEARS. WE BECAME GREAT FRIENDS AS DID MANY OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO WORKED WITH HIM, KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM. THAT INCLUDES OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE DAVID CRABTREE. TONIGHT, DAVID LOOKS BACK AT CHARLEY'S IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND HIS LEGACY HERE IN THE AREA. >> AND NOW WITH THE NEW >> GOOD EVENING. CHARLIE. GETTY WAS THE FACE OF WRAL TV FOR 24 YEARS. THE GRAND CUBA LAW. I MEAN, YOU HAVE CHARLIE SAID IT. >> IT WAS SO GOOD. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. AND WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> WRAL HIRED GETTY IN 1970, TO DO A MORNING CALL IN SHOW. AND LATER A VARIETY SHOW. AND JON RAHM FISH, 5 FILET GO. WHILE CHARLIE COULD SEE THAT HE WAS REALLY A JOURNALIST HAVING WORKED AS A NEWSMAN AT WPTF RADIO, WRAL DECIDED TO PUT HIM ON THE ANCHOR DESK, THE STATE'S ENERGY DIRECTOR SAYS HE WANTS TO CLEAR UP A LOT OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE GASOLINE SHORTAGE AND LOT OF THE SUCCESS. THE STATION ENJOYED. >> IN THOSE EARLY YEARS AS THE NEWS REALLY GREW AN AUDIENCE WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHARLIE. YEAH, MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW AS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. I'M CHARLIE GET IS SPEAKING HERE FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN THE 70'S AND 80'S. CHARLIE, HELP TO WRAL NEWS ACHIEVE MARKET DOMINANCE YEARS AND A NATIONAL PROBLEM THAT I THINK HE PROBABLY IN THOSE DAYS WAS TO SEW WRAL NEWS. IN MANY, MANY WAYS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT HERE, PLEASE STAY AT HOME. AS AN ANCHOR, HE WAS A GIFTED COMMUNICATOR. AND YOU FELT LIKE CHARLIE WAS TALKING TO YOU THAT READING TO YOU NOT PREACHING TO YOU. >> OR ANY OF THAT JUST SIMPLY SITTING BACK AND TALKING TO US AND GLAD YOU GOT OUT CHINESE CONNECTION TO VIEWERS TRANSCENDED TELEVISION. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WAS TO CHARM AND THE MAGIC OF CHARLIE AGAIN. >> IS THAT WHEN YOU SAW HIM ON TV, HE WAS TELLING YOU ONE NEIGHBOR TO ANOTHER. WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DAY. >> FOLKS BELIEVE THEN AND THERE THAT ARE REASONABLE, EVEN JOHN, IT WAS. >> UNBELIEVABLE. WHEN WE DROVE IN HERE, WE WERE COMING IN HERE WITH THE FIREMEN AND THE RESCUE PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE THAT EARLY. CHARLIE ONE SAID THAT 2 OF HIS MOST DEFINING MOMENTS AS A NEWSMAN CAME IN 1988. WITH A DEADLY TORNADO THAT HIT NORTH RALEIGH, THE END OF THE ARMED TAKEOVER OF THE ROBERTS O DIA NEWSPAPER IN LUMBERTON. >> CHARLIE TALKED ON THE AIR WITH ANY HATCHER. ONE OF THE 2 MEN HOLDING THE NEWSPAPERS, EMPLOYEES HOSTAGE. >> I WAS NERVOUS. I WAS AWFULLY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. AND YET AND YET I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ASK THEM AND WHAT HE WANTED. >> ATTORNEY RETIRED FROM WRAL IN 1994 BUT RETURNED A DECADE LATER TO HOST A DOCUMENTARY ON HURRICANE HAZEL. HAZEL WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING HURRICANES EVER TO HIT THE UNITED STATES. HE ALSO BEGAN HOSTING THE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL PROGRAM. AGAIN, WRAL LISTENS. HELLO AND WELCOME TO WILSON COUNTY. LONG AFTER HE RETIRED FROM SHAWNEE REMAINED THE SOLE OF WRAL TV AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY. I JUST FEEL LIKE I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. >> THIS WAS WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. >> AND I WANTED TO DO IT WELL. >> IN 2012, GABBY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE RALLY HALL OF FAME. NOT ONLY FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE NEWS BUSINESS BUT ALSO HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING WORK WITH CHILDREN THROUGH GROUPS LIKE UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY AND CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK. >> IT'S GREAT TO SEE DAVID THERE AND CHARLIE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I MENTIONED MANAGEMENT MADE SURE THAT CHARLIE IS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I MET HIM BECAUSE HE EMBODIED WITH WRAL WAS ALL ABOUT EQUITY, HONESTY AND FAIRNESS. AND I QUICKLY REALIZED CHARLIE'S THE PERSON YOU GO TO TO MAKE SURE YOUR COMPASS IS POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND YOU REMAIN FRIENDS WITH HIM. ABSOLUTELY. OVER THE YEARS YOU HAVE DINNERS AND LUNCHES AND TALKED ABOUT LIFE AND ABOUT NANCY IS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. I WANT TO JUST ONE STORY BLESSING AND LATER, BUT WHEN HE MET NANCY AT NBC, BUT HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HER. THE CPP BASICALLY HUNG THE MOON, IMMENSE AND OTHER TOGETHER BACK TOGETHER. SO BEAUTIFUL. I WAS THINKING OR WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST TIME I MET CHARLIE GOTTI. IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AFTER I STARTED. I WAS WORKING AT MY FIRST CODES FOR THE CHILDREN TELETHON AND HE WAS THERE EVEN IN 2016 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW ICONIC IN. >> AND JUST SYMBOLIC. HE WAS FOR WRAL AND HE STILL WORKED ON EVENTS LIKE THAT. AND I WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS STANDING NEXT TO DEBORAH AND GERALD AND DAVID AND THEN CHARLIE. AND AFTER I WAS DONE, HE TURNED TO ME AND HE SAID, YOU FIT RIGHT INTO A NEW ARE SO TALENTED AND YOU HAVE HEART AND THAT MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME. RYAN, YOU MENTIONED YOU, YOU YOU, YOU KNOW, GREW UP IN FEW KUWAIT AND BACK BEFORE THERE WAS THE INTERNET. WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF A TV AT 6 O'CLOCK IN TURN ON CHANNEL 5 TO CHARLIE WAS IN OUR HOUSE. >> EVERY NIGHT AND JUST LIKE WE SAID IN THAT STORY, HE WAS THAT PERFECT BLEND OF CREDIBLE YET BUT FRIENDLY LITTLE SOUTHERN AS YEAH. YOU LOOK AT THAT. HE WAS A GREAT BROADCASTER, GREAT COMMUNICATOR. I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HOME KNOW THIS, BUT IN OUR INDUSTRY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. WRAL IS UNKNOWN. >> NEWS INSTITUTION AND VERY, VERY WELL RESPECTED. AND IT WAS BUILT ON THE WORK OF CHARLIE COUNTY. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL AND I KNOW ALL OF US ARE TO BE A PART OF WHAT HE BUILT IN THERE. I CAME TO WRAL, 94. MY FIRST DAY WAS CHARLIES BECAUSE I HAD BEEN WATCHING HIM BECAUSE MY BROTHER USED TO LIVE IN CARY, NOT IF I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH CHARLIE GETTY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS HIS LAST DAY FOR THE STUDIO. HERE WAS FULL OF SINGERS AND DANCERS CELEBRATING THE FINAL THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO OF CHARLIE WOULD SAY, THOUGH, SO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERA THAT YOU PEOPLE AT HOME DON'T SEE RIGHT NOW. >> WHO ARE HURTING JUST AS MUCH AS WE ARE. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE'RE ALL WE LOVE CHARLIE. >> WERE IN PAIN THAT HE'S GONE. BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT HE'S WITH NANCY AND HIS LEGACY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. AND WE CARRY ON HIS LEGACY AS HE WOULD SAY THIS THE NEWSCAST BECAUSE CHARLIES, NO BONUS THAT WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. AND THANK YOU, JERROLD, FOR BEING HERE FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, CHARLIE, FOR BEING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BE THERE. SO MANY

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