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CBS 17 News’s Bill Young announced that he is leaving the morning broadcast in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday, July 16. Young, whose last morning anchoring was Friday, July 17, will still anchor the News at Noon broadcast.
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For the past seven years, Young has been co-anchor for CBS 17 News This Morning in Raleigh after previously working in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas.
Young’s position on the morning show was filled by Greg Funderburg starting Monday, July 20. Funderburg joined CBS 17 News as a weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter in January 2024.
Although Young is leaving the morning show, he is not leaving CBS 17, he said in his video. Young and can still be seen on the Job Alert segment, where he talks to experts about the challenges facing both jobseekers and employers in weekly episodes.
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Young announced he is transitioning to a new project in the works at the television station. “More details to come in about the next month or so, but it’s very exciting as we’re putting everything together,” Young said in his Facebook post.
“Selfishly it’s going to be really neat because I get to sleep in past 2:41[a.m.] or the first time in a very long time,” Young said.
The News & Observer reached out to Young for comment and received an automated message, but is still awaiting response.
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This story was originally published July 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM.