NC State Radio Voice Will Be Reinstated After Suspension Over ‘Illegal Aliens’ Comment

Illegal immigrants walk across the Rio Grande to surrender to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec.13, 2022. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

Gary Hahn, a long-time play-by-play radio voice for North Carolina State Athletics, will be reinstated next week after he was “suspended indefinitely” on Dec. 30 over an on-air comment about “illegal aliens down in El Paso” during a broadcast of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

Tammy Purves, vice president of Learfield Communications, said in a statement obtained by The News & Observer on Tuesday that Hahn would be back on-air starting Jan. 14.