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“We’re trying to reach all different kinds of people. It’s not just the nerdy kids that come into KNC all the time.”
General Manager Bri Aab, as published in the as published in the Feb. 12, 2014 IndyWeek

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Recruitment ad for indie rock DJs published in Jan. 10, 2000 Technician.
WKNC's top 10 Underground, Rock and Afterhours albums, published in March 22, 2000 Technician.
Kelly Reid and Ben McNeely interview Chancellor Marye Anne Fox on the Jan. 21, 2004 "Benny Mac Show."
Cartoonist Brian Walsby designed this ad for the April 2004 Raleigh Hatchet magazine. WKNC purchased usage rights in 2014.
General Manager Jamie Proctor at WKNC's Double Barrel Benefit 2 on Jan. 15, 2005 at Kings Barcade. Proctor started Double Barrel Benefit as a way to supplement the station's meager budget. Photo by Melih Onvural.
WKNC magnet design from 2006.
Steve Salevan, Nick Barry, Brian Ware, Adam Nelson, John Jernigan and Zach Bodenheimer at the WKNC "radio shack" during Shack-a-thon 2006 on the NC State Brickyard. Photo by Christian Urena.
Kristen Jeffers hosts "Laid Back," a Sunday morning jazz show, in October 2007. Photo by Andy Musselman.
WKNC poster from 2007.
Since fall 2007, all WKNC DJs have their picture taken for the staff bulletin board on their last day of classroom training. Kieran Moreira became a DJ in February 2008. Photo by Jamie Lynn Gilbert.
WKNC staff photo by Luis Zapata, published in 2008 Agromeck.
Jon Gomes trains Logan Kimler on the audio board in February 2009. Photo by Christin Hardy.
WKNC's on-campus concert series Fridays on the Lawn started in fall 2009. Poster design by Kirsten Southwell.
WKNC DJs ran the Krispy Kreme Challenge on Feb. 6, 2010, in between nights of Double Barrel Benefit 7.
Randy Woodson spent a few minutes of his first day as NC State chancellor visiting with DJs Jeremy Leonard and Kirsten Southwell. Photo by Amanda Wilkins from 2011 Agromeck.
WKNC celebrated its 45th birthday as an FM station on Oct. 14, 2011 with a free concert at Kings Barcade featuring Lonnie Walker, Juan Huevos and a solo set by Stu McLamb of the Love Language.
Program Director Michael D'Argenio and General Manager Bri Aab broadcast live from Wristband City during the 2013 Hopscotch Music Festival. WKNC has been a media sponsor of Hopscotch since its inception.
Program Director Walt Lilly and DJ Charles Parrish film the band Tweens performing in the WKNC lounge on June 17, 2014. WKNC launched its "The Lounge" video series in October 2013. Photo by Jamie Lynn Gilbert.
WKNC's first official zine, "Bad Words (and other things you can't say on the radio)," was published in February 2015 for Double Barrel Benefit 12. Photo by Jamie Lynn Gilbert.
In 2015, WKNC launched its first Radio Ride, an alleycat style bicycle ride and scavenger hunt, as a secondary fundraiser for the station.

In 2001, the FCC approved WKNC’s construction permit and allowed the station to move forward with its signal increase. In October 2003, WKNC began broadcasting at 25,000 watts to expand its broadcast signal outside Wake County.³⁷ The station hosted its first Double Barrel Benefit concert at Kings Barcade in January 2004. General Manager Jamie Proctor started the benefit to help supplement the station’s budget and move away from reliance on student fee income and it raised more than $55,000 in its first 12 years.

WKNC continued to expand its presence and influence in the North Carolina music scene. In 2006, the local music program “Smash Hits” was rebranded as “The Local Beat.” “The Local Lunch” premiered as a weekly program focused on local music in January 2008 and was expanded to five days a week in May 2008. The station co-created the weekly Local Band Local Beer concert series in March 2007 and on-campus concert series Fridays on the Lawn in September 2009.

Moving into the 2010s, WKNC began increasing its cover of local and national music festivals. The station signed on as a media sponsor of the first Hopscotch Music Festival in 2010 and volunteers have covered festivals like Moogfest, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, Art of Cool Fest, Carolina Rebellion, South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, Wrecking Ball and Day for Night.

WKNC also continued to expand its off-air presence, offering its first podcast-only program “SoundOff” in 2010. In 2013, the station launched “WKNC’s The Lounge,” a video series featuring performances live from WKNC’s back lounge. They added another medium in 2015 with the publication of its first zine, “Bad Words (and other things you can’t say on the radio).”

^{37. “WKNC moving up the air waves.” (2003, Oct. 6). Technician.}