WNCU

Here you listen to and be informed by someone who has an esteem for a wide array of, what is Jazz Music!

This is the college radio station run by NC Central University, and one of the best places on the radio to hear jazz music. I’ve been a big fan of jazz music since I took a course in Jazz Appreciation at Wake Tech to eat up some credit hours, and this is the best station in the triangle to check out different artists.
Although they do focus mainly on Jazz there are some programs that focus exclusively on Afro pop and World Music, as well as blues. My favorite program is on Saturdays from noon to four PM and is called «8 Track Flash Back». The host plays old R&B from the early sixties. I’m not very familiar with the genre, so it’s exciting for me to tune in and hear a great artist for the first time, especially in a time when 90% of all radio stations play the same old stuff over and over.
Its strange how only publicly supported radio stations such as WCPE and college radio stations like WNCU and WKNC are the only stations that take a risk anymore. The other radio stations should follow the example set by these guys and return us back to a time when radio was exciting and educational.