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WNCW (88.7 FM, "WNCW 88.7") is a non-commercial public radio FM station licensed to serve Spindale, North Carolina. Owned by Isothermal Community College, the station broadcasts a varied format including Americana, folk, blues, jazz, reggae, Celtic, world, rock, bluegrass, indie, and National Public Radio News.
The station's broadcast area covers most of western North Carolina from a tower on Clingman's Peak near Mount Mitchell. The tower's elevation is 6,634 feet (2,022 m) above sea level. WNCW programming is also available on WSIF, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and on four translators. WNCW has at least secondary coverage in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia.
The station has a recording facility, Studio B, where a range of musical artists perform and are interviewed for the station's regular live programs. Selected recordings are compiled into annual "Crowd Around The Mic" albums which are only available to people who pledge support to the station, while some video recordings of the sessions are posted on YouTube.
In 1986, Isothermal Community College received support of the State of North Carolina and the federal government to begin the process of planning and starting a public radio station for western North Carolina along with the communities it would be serving. The college was granted a construction permit for a new station by the Federal Communications Commission on October 8, 1986.
On October 13, 1989, WNCW signed on from a tower on Clingman's Peak near Mount Mitchell at 6 a.m. with Morning Edition, starting with the theme music from B.J. Leiderman. Station manager Burr Beard described the audience as "everyone". Crossroads aired from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, with songs from 6000 LPs and "hundreds of compact discs", and started with a song from the Tracy Chapman album Crossroads. Other programming included National Public Radio and American Public Radio. The earliest description of WNCW's original programming said that the station's weekday program was Crossroads, featuring a broad range of music genres, similar to today; in the evenings, listeners could hear classic radio dramas like The Lone Ranger and Sherlock Holmes followed by classical music. The FCC granted the station its first license on January 23, 1990.
In 1992, the Alternative Radio Coalition began. A major goal of the 1600-member group was to raise $15,000 for a translator that would reach Charlotte listeners. Meanwhile, WNCW added a translator at 97.3 MHz in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1993 and had plans for one in Boone, North Carolina, by 1995. The Charlotte translator finally signed on at 100.7 MHz across the street from Cotswold Mall in May 1994.
WNCW produced its first "Crowd Around the Mic" CD compilation of live recordings in 1997. In 1999, WNCW began streaming programming on the Internet.
In 2002, WNCW wanted to improve its signal in Charlotte, which would include a move to 100.3 MHz and relocating to the WFAE tower. One reason for the change: WABZ (broadcasting at 100.9 MHz) planned to move to the Charlotte area from Albemarle, North Carolina, and this would significantly impact WNCW's translator on 100.7 MHz. The move to 100.3 MHz was completed late in 2004.
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WNCW
WNCW (88.7 FM, "WNCW 88.7") is a non-commercial public radio FM station licensed to serve Spindale, North Carolina. Owned by Isothermal Community College, the station broadcasts a varied format including Americana, folk, blues, jazz, reggae, Celtic, world, rock, bluegrass, indie, and National Public Radio News.
The station's broadcast area covers most of western North Carolina from a tower on Clingman's Peak near Mount Mitchell. The tower's elevation is 6,634 feet (2,022 m) above sea level. WNCW programming is also available on WSIF, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and on four translators. WNCW has at least secondary coverage in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia.
The station has a recording facility, Studio B, where a range of musical artists perform and are interviewed for the station's regular live programs. Selected recordings are compiled into annual "Crowd Around The Mic" albums which are only available to people who pledge support to the station, while some video recordings of the sessions are posted on YouTube.
In 1986, Isothermal Community College received support of the State of North Carolina and the federal government to begin the process of planning and starting a public radio station for western North Carolina along with the communities it would be serving. The college was granted a construction permit for a new station by the Federal Communications Commission on October 8, 1986.
On October 13, 1989, WNCW signed on from a tower on Clingman's Peak near Mount Mitchell at 6 a.m. with Morning Edition, starting with the theme music from B.J. Leiderman. Station manager Burr Beard described the audience as "everyone". Crossroads aired from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, with songs from 6000 LPs and "hundreds of compact discs", and started with a song from the Tracy Chapman album Crossroads. Other programming included National Public Radio and American Public Radio. The earliest description of WNCW's original programming said that the station's weekday program was Crossroads, featuring a broad range of music genres, similar to today; in the evenings, listeners could hear classic radio dramas like The Lone Ranger and Sherlock Holmes followed by classical music. The FCC granted the station its first license on January 23, 1990.
In 1992, the Alternative Radio Coalition began. A major goal of the 1600-member group was to raise $15,000 for a translator that would reach Charlotte listeners. Meanwhile, WNCW added a translator at 97.3 MHz in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1993 and had plans for one in Boone, North Carolina, by 1995. The Charlotte translator finally signed on at 100.7 MHz across the street from Cotswold Mall in May 1994.
WNCW produced its first "Crowd Around the Mic" CD compilation of live recordings in 1997. In 1999, WNCW began streaming programming on the Internet.
In 2002, WNCW wanted to improve its signal in Charlotte, which would include a move to 100.3 MHz and relocating to the WFAE tower. One reason for the change: WABZ (broadcasting at 100.9 MHz) planned to move to the Charlotte area from Albemarle, North Carolina, and this would significantly impact WNCW's translator on 100.7 MHz. The move to 100.3 MHz was completed late in 2004.