WUNC Records, 1929-2004 (bulk 1970-1995)

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WUNC Records, 1929-2004 (bulk 1970-1995)

WUNC is the non-profit public radio service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, broadcasting to central and eastern North Carolina through stations located in Chapel Hill, N.C., Rocky Mount, N.C., and Manteo, N.C., and streaming online at wunc.org. WUNC was located in Swain Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina from its creation in the 1940s until 1999, when it moved off campus to the James F. Goodmon Public Radio Building in Chapel Hill. WUNC began broadcasting intermittently as an AM radio station in the 1940s, switched to FM on 3 November 1952, went off-air in 1970, and was reinstated as a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate on 3 April 1976. WUNC initially provided listeners with a combination of daytime and evening cultural affairs commentaries, news, and music; in 2001, the station switched to a 24-hour local and national news- and information-based programming format. Records of WUNC consist of papers, photographic materials, and sound recordings that document the operation, administration, and programming content of the station. Included are materials relating to station licensing and legal issues; grants; staffing; fundraising; advertising; concerts and other station-sponsored special events; expansion of facilities; listener and donor relations; and programming. Among the materials are correspondence, reports, applications to the Federal Communications Commission, grant proposals, news clippings, and programming logs. There are 2,708 audio recordings of content that was broadcast on WUNC; many are of jazz performances, especially the locally produced program which aired from 1978 to 1990 and was hosted by Gary Shivers, general manager of WUNC. Gary Shivers on Jazz,

About 33900 items (39.0 linear feet of textual material, plus 2708 audio recordings)

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WUNC is the non-profit public radio service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, broadcasting to central and eastern North Carolina through stations located in Chapel Hill, N.C., Rocky Mount, N.C., and Manteo, N.C., and streaming online at wunc.org. WUNC was located in Swain Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina from its creation in the 1940s until 1999, when it moved off campus to the James F. Goodmon Public Radio Building in Chapel Hill. WUNC began broadcasting ...