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Meet Jim Goodmon, A Force Behind Durham’s Revitalization

By Anita Rao,

Frank Stasio

Published March 28, 2016 at 12:13 PM EDT

Image of Jim Goodmon, CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company — Jim Goodmon has been the CEO and president of Capitol Broadcasting Company for almost four decades. His company owns the Durham Bulls and was the primary force behind the development of the American Tobacco Historic District.

Jim Goodmon was immersed in the world of broadcasting as a young kid, watching his grandfather build Capitol Broadcasting Company from the ground up. He spent his teen years driving around eastern North Carolina giving away free TV antennas to encourage people to start tuning into WRAL. He took over as president and then CEO of the company in the mid-1970s, and tackled a number of entrepreneurial ventures like acquiring the Durham Bulls and developing the American Tobacco Historic District in Durham. Host Frank Stasio talks with Goodmon about his life, career, and vision for the future of North Carolina.

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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