WXYC is the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. WXYC broadcasts at 400 watts on 89.3 FM. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Its signal has been simulcast on the Internet by ibiblio since November 1994 and is usually credited as having performed the first internet radio broadcast in the world. It can also be found on iTunes, where, based on listener feedback, it would appear to enjoy some popularity in the U.K. and the American Northeast among internet listeners. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the eleventh-oldest institution of higher education (and the oldest public institution) in the United States. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... ibiblio (formerly SunSITE and MetaLab) is a collection of collections, and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and open source software. ...

The station is known for an eclectic variety of content, including (but not limited to): jazz, blues, rock, hip hop, zydeco, metal, electronic music, folk music, bluegrass, country, traditional Asian music, traditional African music, calypso, samba, tejano, mariachi, Latin American music, funk, electroclash, synthpop, pop, cajun, doo wop, reggae, dance hall, classical, and almost any other type of music. There is a stated emphasis on music from the 20th century onwards (as opposed to classical), though classical music is played from time to time. Furthermore, there is a conscious attempt to give artists from North Carolina (especially the greater Chapel Hill area) more air time, but local artists do not dominate the content. There are also specialty talk shows that highlight sports, news, and student government at UNC. 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WXYC's offices and studios are in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. WXYC's transmitter is located at the base of the south campus water tower near Morrison Dormitory and its transmitting tower is atop the water tower. WXYC is known for putting on dances throughout the year with various themes, including the 80's, the early 90's, and the best music released in the past year.

Prior to 1977, WXYC was a carrier current station known as WCAR. Carrier current is a method of low-power broadcasting that uses the electrical system of a building to distribute an AM radio signal. ...

In the early 1970's, several UNC residence colleges had their own carrier current stations, such as WMO which broadcast to Morrison Dorm. Eventually these stations consolidated into one station, WCAR. The WCAR studios were located in the basement of Ehringhaus dorm and broadcast to every other dorm via AM frequency 550 kHz. The staff and management of WCAR had big plans to upgrade the service to UNC students with the hope of eventually getting an FM license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At that time, it was also hoped that the station would be a good training ground for future broadcasters and not be solely an outlet for, what was called at the time, "progressive rock".

In order to achieve their ambitious plans, many WCAR staff members ran for Student Legislature (SL). In 1972, the running joke around campus was that the SL was made up of three parties, the liberals, the conservatives, and WCAR. Through the shrewd use of political power, WCAR was allocated the funds necessary to move its studios and offices to the Frank Porter Graham Student Union in 1973. UNC students Jim Srebro, Gary Rendsburg, Jim Bond, Bob Heymann, Randy Wolf, Monte Plott, and George Frye were all instrumental in the upgrading of facilities and doing the preliminary engineering work in order to be licensed as an FM station. A student referendum was held to allocate the necessary funds to formally apply for and build an FM station. Through the tireless work of WCAR volunteers, the referendum passed.

Finally, in 1974, WCAR received its coveted Construction Permit from the FCC to begin building its FM station. Unfortunately, when the UNC Administration realized that this "new" FM station would be licensed with over 10,000 watts of power and therefore could be clearly heard in Raleigh and by the North Carolina General Assembly, they pulled their support for the entire project. The FCC canceled the Construction Permit and hopes were dashed.

WCAR's management did not give up, however. They formed a not for profit corporation, Student Educational Broadcasting, which would be the new licensee of WXYC. Jim Srebro served as the first Chairman of Student Educational Broascasting, Inc. In the intervening months, however, other new FM stations were licensed by the FCC in North Carolina which forced WXYC to be licensed with its current 400 watts of power. WXYC finally went on the air in 1977.

WXYC should not be confused with WUNC, which is also affiliated with the university. North Carolina Public Radio is a public radio network based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ...

Rick Dees is perhaps the best known WCAR/WXYC alumnus. Other noted alums include E.W. Scripps Co. President and CEO Ken Lowe, who was known in the early 1970's by his WKIX air name of Steve Roddy, Peyton Reed (IMDB entry director of The Weird Al Show), Jim Bond, retired founder of the prestigious Washington D.C. broadcast consulting firm of Bond and Pecaro, Bob Heymann, former NBC and CBS radio announcer and current national broadcast broker, CBS News producer Randy Wolf and John Altschuler (IMDB entry executive producer and writer for King of the Hill). Rick Dees is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the novelty song Disco Duck. ... whos wierd alThe Weird Al Show was a short-lived television show starring Weird Al Yankovic. ... This article is about the King of the Hill TV series. ...

 Rolling Stone magazine has rated WXYC as the #4 college radio station in the United States. 

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External links

• WXYC home page
• WXYC at the Radio Locator
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WXYC