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Non-Music News

Gen Ed 2: Intersectionality at NC State

Listen to this informative podcast about intersectionality and microaggressions, explained to us by the very wise assistant director of the NC State GLBT Center, Preston Keith.

Happy Diversity Education Week 2016 to North Carolina State University. Make sure you take advantage of this week and help educate yourself outside of the classroom. 🙂 For more information, check out the calendar of events.

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Non-Music News

Gen Ed 1: NC State Transportation Episode

Are you a new student at North Carolina State University? Looking for all the ~*~inside info~*~ on life here in the Triangle?

Listen to this informational podcast on parking and transportation at NC State, as well as what it’s like to be a DJ for WKNC!

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Non-Music News

WKNC celebrates 50th anniversary as FM by adding HD

On Oct. 9, 1966, WKNC switched
from an AM to FM radio station. Fifty years later, the station had upgraded to
an HD radio signal.

We chose October 9 to flip the switch because it’s symbolic as our
50th anniversary as an FM station,” Jamie Lynn Gilbert, associate
director of NC State Student Media said. “We’ve grown enormously in the past
fifty years and chose that date to highlight the transformation of the station
from a carrier current station built in someone’s dorm in Watauga Hall to a
25,000 Watt operation which, in terms of wattage and coverage pattern is one of
the top ten largest student-run radio stations in the nation.”

Will Patnaud, chief engineer at Capitol
Broadcasting in Raleigh, performed the operations necessary for WKNC to
broadcast in HD. The station can now be picked up on HD radios, which means the
sound quality will improve as well. WKNC’s broadcasting will now sound like “CD
quality,” instead of “radio quality” to listeners with HD radios.

“The benefits of broadcasting in
HD are the overall sound quality improvement and the fact that we will eventually
be able to multi-cast,” Emily Ehling, general manager of WKNC said. “Only about
a dozen or so college radio stations broadcast in HD, which makes us even
cooler since we’re ahead of the curve!”

WKNC began the process of
upgrading to HD in 2008, but the project was stalled due to budget constraints.
When the need for a new transmitter became evident, Gilbert knew it was time to
upgrade to HD radio 

Listeners will still be able to
hear WKNC 88.1 on their FM radios and will eventually be able to hear WKNC’s
HD-2 sub-channel on HD radios and online.

WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 is 25,000-watt
student-run non-commercial radio from North Carolina State University featuring
indie rock, electronic, metal and underground hip-hop. WKNC’s programming also
includes podcasts and a public affairs program, “Eye on the Triangle.”

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Radio 200/Indie Rock Charts 10/11/16

1 LVL UP Return To Love – SUB POP
2 INFINITY CRUSH Warmth Equation – Joy Void
3 IAN SWEET Shapeshifter – Hardly Art
4 Y LA BAMBA Ojos Del Sol Tender – Loving Empire
5 ANGEL OLSEN MY WOMAN – Jagjaguwar
6 TOLD SLANT Going By – Double Double Whammy
7 AND THE KIDS Friends Share Lovers – Signature Sounds
8 GLOBELAMP The Orange Glow – Wichita
9 WEAVES Weaves – Kanine
10 RY X “Howling” [Single] – Loma Vista
11 HOLY ESQUE At Hope’s Ravine – Beyond The Frequency
12 WARPAINT Heads Up – Rough Trade
13 EL PERRO DEL MAR Kokoro – Control Group
14 MERCHANDISE A Corpse Wired For Sound – 4AD
15 ALLAH-LAS Calico Review – Mexican Summer
16 MINOR VICTORIES Minor Victories – Fat Possum
17 EZRA FURMAN Big Fugitive Life – Bella Union-Pias
18 NO GHOST Welcome Home – Sequel Sound
19 STARBENDERS Heavy Petting – Institution
20 WAREHOUSE Super Low – Bayonet
21 AMBER ARCADES Fading Lines – Heavenly-Pias
22 SNEAKS Gymnastics – Merge
23 PILL Convenience – Mexican Summer
24 PREOCCUPATIONS Preoccupations – Jagjaguwar
25 NOTS Cosmetic – Goner
26 DEVENDRA BANHART Ape In Pink Marble – Nonesuch
27 BELLOWS First And Palm – Double Double Whammy
28 WILCO Schmilco – Anti
29 FLOCK OF DIMES If You See Me, Say Yes – Partisan
30 EROS AND THE ESCHATON Weight Of Matter – Bar None

Top Adds

1 CRYING Beyond The Fleeting Gales – Run For Cover 
2 LA SERA Queens – Polyvinyl
3 SCIFLYER The Age Of Lovely, Intimate Things – Claire
4 PURLING HISS High Bias – Drag City
5 SPRINGTIME CARNIVORE Midnight Room – Autumn Tone

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WKNC 88.1 FM RPM/Afterhours Charts 10/11/16

1 NOISIA Outer Edges
2 JUST A GENT Stories To Tell [EP] – Lokal Legend
3 GHOST DATA Occulus – Occult
4 MACHINEDRUM Human Energy – Ninja Tune
5 KATUCHAT Lapis Lazuli [EP]
6 YOSTE Chihiro (Remixes)
7 THE RANGE Superimpose – Domino
8 SEPALCURE Folding Time – Hotflush
9 RJD2 Dame Fortune – RJ’s Electrical Connection
10 FLYBEAR “Soon” [Single]

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM Loud Rock/Chainsaw Charts 10/11/16

1 HOUR OF PENANCE Regicide
2 MALEVOLENT CREATION Dead Man’s Path – Century Media
3 AMON AMARTH Jomsviking – Metal Blade
4 AVATAR Feathers And Flesh – Entertainment One
5 SYMPHONY X Iconoclast
6 BLIND GUARDIAN At The Edge Of Time – Nuclear Blast
7 BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Abysmal – Metal Blade
8 DEVIL WEARS PRADA Transit Blues – Rise
9 HAERESIS Noctem
10 EPICA The Holographic Principle – Nuclear Blast

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WKNC 88.1 FM Hip Hop/Underground Charts 10/11/2016

1 TUT “G35” [Single]
2 NOTCHO The Peril
3 TRIZZ Leatherface 2
4 LIL DURK I’m A Hitta
5 MAGNIF “The Last” [Single]
6 NAPPY ROOTS The 40 Akerz Project – Nappy Roots Entertainment
7 GOLDLINK “Fall In Love” [Single] Soulection
8 KENDRICK LAMAR “Black Friday” [Single]
9 MEYHEM LAUREN Silk Pyramids
10 METHOD MAN The Meth Lab – Tommy Boy

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Non-Music News

LW5 Landlord and Tenant Rights

Do you worry about the day when you’ll move out of university housing and have to rent your own home by yourself?? Do you even know what a sublease is??

The newest episode of Legal Werk is all about landlord and tenant rights, common problems experienced when renting an apartment, and information on the different types of leases.

Listen to this informative podcast all about common housing issues, and landlord/tenant rights! 

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Festival Coverage

Shakori Hills Beyond the Music: A Survival guide

Each May and October hundreds of music lovers, artists, and adventure seekers alike gather together in Pittsboro, NC for Shakori Hills grassroots festival of music and dance, I myself have become one of those people.  Rain is a notorious part of Shakori In fact, there hasn’t been a dry festival in years, but this hasn’t ever stopped people from packing their belongings and heading out for a weekend getaway. This year is no acceptation as we lurk the midst of hurricane Matthew this may be the rainiest Shakori yet. With this being said here are a few items I am taking out to the festival to keep the festivities going despite the ominous weather.

1.)    Boots: Not only do boots keep out rain and mud, you can dance in them. When I’m forced to wear shoes I’ll be sure to have a pair of boots on deck.

2.)    Plastic Rain poncho: Not the picture of fashion but very necessary if you want to get out and enjoy some music without getting soaked and catching a cold. I’ll be taking around my clear $1 rain poncho I picked up before Spring’s Shakori.

3.)    Vitamin C: The last thing you want is a cold to force you home for the weekend. To keep my energy up and immune system kicking I’ll be taking Emergen-C along with me.

4.)    Tarps: Not only will your tent need a cover but you won’t want that mud seeping into your sleeping bag this can easily be avoided by covering your campsite in a tarp.

5.)    Lots of Layers, extra clothes: With Autumn in full swing it’ll be chilly at night, pack lot layers you can strip off when you get sweaty swing dancing to Dirty Bourbon river show and can pack on when you’re hanging out by the fire at the end of the night.

If you choose to partake this weekend follow these tips, be safe, and have a happy Shakori!

– DJ Whatsherface

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WKNC 88.1 FM Hip Hop/Underground Charts 10/03/2016

1 DENIRO FARRAR “Fears” [Single]
2 LIL WAYNE No Ceilings 2
3 FKB$ “Believe” [Single]
4 MINDSONE AND DJ IRON “Follow The Light” [Single] – Ill Adrenaline
5 JRUSALAM Teeth Was Toes
6 JOE BUDDEN “Wake” [Single]
7 PROFESSOR TOON Take Notes – Cardigan
8 KAZI “Demons” [Single] – Below System
9 DANNY BROWN Atrocity Exhibition – Warp
10 PHENE AND MICXSIC “They Don’t Rap No More” [Single] – High