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WKNC leads sessions at national media convention

WKNC General Manager Rose Kelley and Station Adviser Jamie Lynn Gilbert presented “I’m In Charge. Now What?” at the College Broadcasters, Inc. National Student Media Convention Oct. 23-26 in Seattle. Steven Hames of Viking Fusion at Berry College joined the WKNC crew for the presentation. The long-running session offers practical advice on how to manage a student-run electronic media outlet as a new leader including writing job descriptions, setting goals, running effective meetings, conflict resolution, delegation and time management.

Kelley was also joined by Clara Ketchell from KJHK at University of Kansas for “The Ins and Outs of Managing a Content Team.” Both former content managers, Kelley and Ketchell offered advice on how to handle teams of bloggers, videographers, interviewers, podcasters and sportscasters. Besides managing communication and deadlines, a key takeaway from the session was to train your staff how to do their job properly, offering gentle correction as needed, so the content manager doesn’t spend all their time fixing mistakes.

Gilbert presented “Digital Accessibility for Student Media,” which underscored the importance of providing transcripts for all podcasts and videos, alt text on images for websites and social media, and ensuring designs have appropriate color contrast. Gilbert gave the same presentation at Student Media’s department-wide training day on Sept. 21.

Promotions Director Mason Baker, Public Affairs Director Emilia Rivadeneira, Daytime Music Director Sarah Hernando and Program Director Willow Sessions joined Kelley and Jennette and Gilbert at the convention.

More than 400 students, advisers/managers and professionals from around the country attended the three-day event. As part of the educational mission of Student Media, WKNC publishes the students’ summaries (PDF) so others can learn from the conference.

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WKNC wins college media awards

A WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2 DJ has been named among the best in the country.

Emma Bookhardt, a third-year student studying English and communication, earned first place in the best DJ personality category in College Media Association’s 2024 Film and Audio Festival. On the air as Bodhi, Bookhardt hosts “Reel-to-Reel,” a weekly two-hour program that takes a deep dive into the intersection of movies and music. In her award-winning submission, she examined the 1977 classic “Smokey and the Bandit” with music from the film and the time period explored it in. Other episodes have explored “Dazed and Confused,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “Animal House.” “Reel-to-Reel” airs Fridays from 8-10 a.m. on WKNC 88.1 FM.

Film and Audio Festival winners were announced at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association’s Fall National College Media Convention, held Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in New Orleans.

College Media Association also presented its individual and organizational Pinnacle awards at the convention. WKNC Public Affairs Content Creator Ellie Feaga, who graduated in May 2024, was awarded third place for audio newscast for “Eye on the Triangle Weekly News Jan. 29, 2024.” WKNC was also named third place for Radio Station of the Year. This was WKNC’s ninth year as a finalist for the award.

WKNC also received honors from the College Media Business and Advertising Managers at their national convention Nov. 7-9 in Philadelphia.

Bookhardt’s “Reel-to-Reel” took another top finish, this time in Best Digital Self Promotion Ad for “Reel-to-Reel Presents: Hello, I’m…Johnny Knoxville?” The March 8, 2024 episode included tracks by Johnny Cash, Southern Culture on the Skids, and Guided by Voices.

Ad for “Reel-to-Reel Presents: Hello, I’m…Johnny Knoxville?” It looks like an invoice cluttered with a pack of Marlboro cigarette, a crumpled dollar bill, red pills, a Marvel Comic book about Evil Knievel and an image of a shirtless Johnny Knoxville with a small alligator biting his nipple. In the middle on a blue note it reads "Reel-to-Reel Friday morning 8-10 a.m. on WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1."
Emma Bookhardt won first in Digital Self Promotion Ad for her “Reel-to-Reel” episode featuring music from and inspired by the “Jackass The Movie.”

WKNC’s final award was second place Best Promotion Audio Ad for “Jazz in my Radio” to advertise WKNC’s “Sunset” jazz music block, airing Sundays from 6 p.m. to midnight. The ad was voiced by Spencer Grattan, a fourth-year student studying computer science, and produced by Claire Conklin, a May 2024 graduate.

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WKNC provides live election coverage

Student radio station WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2 joined college media outlets nationwide to provide 24-hour election coverage as part of Student News Live.

Created as a non-partisan news hub to amplify the voices of student journalists, Student News Live coordinated a live audio and video feed starting at noon ET on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Marshall University from Huntington, West Virginia started and ended the 24-hour broadcast and was joined by student journalists from North Carolina State University, William Paterson University (NJ), Wayne State College (NE), Harrison High School (GA), Syracuse University (NY), State University of New York at Old Westbury, Ohio University, Metropolitan State University (CO), Grand Valley State University (MI), Kutztown University (PA), University of Texas-Arlington, Ashland University (OH), University of West Georgia, Santa Monica College (CA), Texas A&M University, California State University-Fullerton, University of California-Berkley, University of Cork (Ireland) and Centenary University (NJ).

WKNC at NC State took the midnight to 1 a.m. slot. Public affairs director and “Eye on the Triangle” host Emilia Rivadeneira, a fourth-year student studying political science and communication, divided her hour into two, 30-minute segments.

Rivadeneira was joined live by Mac McCorkle, Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, and Elizabeth Lane, Assistant Professor of Political Science at NC State. They offered an analysis of the election results, including the impact of Donald Trump’s win in North Carolina, the N.C. Supreme Court race, the citizenship voting amendment, and the future of North Carolina voting patterns. The interview was simulcast on Student News Live and WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 and recorded for YouTube.

WKNC then considered how NC State students felt about the election in a conversation with Annabelle Rossi, a third-year student studying political science and President of Students for Immigrant Rights and Equality, and Zania Sanders, a third-year student studying science, technology and society and AYA Ambassador at the African American Cultural Center. They discussed anxiety about the election, what issues were important to college students, youth voter turnout and influences, and the role of student organizations in election advocacy.

“Collectively, we created a nationwide student journalism broadcast that offered the audience something new: the perspective of the younger generation of Americans,” wrote Rob Quicke, professor and director of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University and co-founder of Student News Live, in a post-broadcast news release. “Topics and issues of interest to this generation were probably only covered by Student News Live, and not heard elsewhere. It’s important that we shared those voices and reported from the communities that don’t get a platform or opportunity to communicate on other forms of media.”

Student News Live had more than 1,700 YouTube views on their livestream. The election coverage was produced in partnership with iHeartRadio, PBS News Student Reporting Labs and West Virgina Public Broadcasting.

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WKNC set to host 4th annual 24-hour broadcast for World College Radio Day

Written by Mason Baker, WKNC Promotions Director

On Friday, Oct. 4, WKNC is set to host the fourth annual 24-hour celebration of World College Radio Day. 

Starting in 2012, over 600 colleges across the globe have participated in the annual World College Radio Day. October 4th will mark the fourth year WKNC has participated in the festivities, boasting 24 hours of non-stop DJ sets on our HD-1 and HD-2 channels, with a healthy assortment of entertainment on our Production Room livestreams.

WKNC will kick off the day on HD-1 with our electronic and pop block Afterhours and rap and R&B block Underground from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. Afterwards is our indie rock block Daytime from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. rounded out by our metal Chainsaw block from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Additionally, our HD-2 schedule is chock full of music of all genres, including a smattering of sets from our newly trained DJs.

In addition to the live broadcast, WKNC will host a 24-hour livestream on both YouTube and Twitch. During the stream, you can catch such exhilarating activities as WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, LEGO building, PowerPoint presentations, detective work and many more.

“I’m so excited for World College Radio Day this year! This is going to be the fourth year in a row we have celebrated it, and each year it’s only gotten better,” said Rose Kelly, WKNC’s current general manager. “It’s such an incredible way to connect with other DJs, and I know everyone is looking forward to it so much!”

WKNC HD-1 can be heard throughout the Triangle on 88.1 FM. Our HD-2 channel can be heard on HD-enabled radios. Both stations stream online at wknc.org/listen and through our Live365 mobile apps.

Schedules for WKNC HD-1, HD-2 and Production Room Livestream are below. Do note these schedules are subject to change.

WKNC HD-1 Schedule

TimeDJTheme
12-1 a.m.
Big Anthony/Steel Nipz
all the music they wouldn’t let me play during the day
1-2 a.m.dj paruko/dirty chaiTHIS WCRD WE ARE NUKING YOUR SPEAKERS
2-3 a.m.DJ Southpaw/perfume charmsafterhours x underground yaoi??
3-4 a.m.chalcopyrite (with special guests the Dungeon Master and the Crypt Keeper)Chalcopyrite and two wizards get sucked into a strange, twisting, alternate Forest. Together, they must not stray from the path in their quest to escape.
4-5 a.m.DJ MithraxAFTERHOURS? I BARELY KNOW HER!!!!
5-6 a.m.johnny ghostThe Radioman is speaking, and the Radioman says it is a beautiful night out there in Raleigh. (mostly big beat techno/sample heavy stuff)
6-7 a.m.JustinTimeplaying alt country just before sunrise
7-8 a.m.perfume charms / animus worm
Japanese & English Post-Hardcore
8-9 a.m.BodhiYour love letter to movies through music: 1940s Halloween – Aresenic & Old Lace
9-10 a.m.DJ TullykinesisNOT Vocaloid!! (daytime with a tiny touch of afterhours)
10-11 a.m.auxymoron & DJ MithraxPlaying the greatest hits from Yo Gabba Gabba’s hit recurring segment, “The Super Music Friends Show”, featuring your favorite Super Music Friends, DJ Mithrax and auxymoron!
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ CrushSpookiest songs heralded by your spookiest host
12-1 p.m.dj rodentmusic you can squeak to – worldwide rock, psychedelia, and shoegaze.
1-2 p.m.Claymoremixture set, like anything is game
2-3 p.m.lagomorph & tableWORLD EMO
3-4 p.m.MaddogMy 2014 playlist #lit
4-5 p.m.President Shrimpo/DJ SouthpawDo you like rock and roll? Do you enjoy eating raw onions like apples? Would you vote for President Shrimpo for four nonconsecutive presidential terms? If you said yes to any of these questions you should listen to Fireside Chats with President Shrimpo Pop! Fireside Chats is the preeminent place to find music on this hemisphere of the Earth, so listen or you’ll feel a great sense of emptiness in your life!
5-6 p.m.Fullmetal Racket/DMC Woodstockbassline b2b livemix
6-7 p.m.Wizard of GoreAll of the best from across the metal spectrum, with lots of death metal and underground extreme metal
7-8 p.m.SleepyheadMetalcore/Post Hardcore/Emo
8-9 p.m.Kjdoggy/DJ REAMQueens of the scream. Female fronted metal bands only ;p
9-10 p.m.Lead PipeDo you like strange metal music that would scare your grandparents? Then you’ll like the Sewage System Symphony. Here, we play metal in all its unholy glory in every one of its ungodly forms. Stick here and listen, or else…
10-11 p.m.ClaymoreGaming metal
11 p.m.-12 a.m.DJ Mithraxmetal, punk and very silly

WKNC HD-2 Schedule

TimeDJTheme
12-1 a.m.DJ VileThe Garden + their billion side projects + other bands that sound similar to them
1-2 a.m.DJ CherryheadacheLove and joy and whimsy and kindness
2-3 a.m.DJ Vile, DJ WaterboyHardcore
3-4 a.m.tablepsychic medium contacts the dead (GONE WRONG)
4-5 a.m.perfume charmsoldhead scaring music
5-6 a.m.shmulikfolk, psychedelic, soft rock, and other laurel canyon-y sounds
6-7 a.m.Small creaturelittle bit of a groovy funk experience
7-8 a.m.dj cornbread, jfootwork/house adjacent chunes
8-9 a.m.tableCRAZY HYPERFLIP MEGAMIX *O*
9-10 a.m.DJ Mucas & DJ Mithraxrandom stuff with some punk perchance?
10-11 a.m.DJ MucasPunk and almost punk. Expect ska
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ BabesicleNC based bands 🙂
12-1 p.m.Klementinefeel good, sweet, calm music
1-2 p.m.Mythossongs like east by earl sweatshirt
2-3 p.m.Klementinefeel good, loud, fervent music
3-4 p.m.DJ MotoMoto takes you on a sonic journey throughout his mind.
4-5 p.m.DJ Eysa and DJ Ranikpop set except we vote on who has better songs (sudden death!)
5-6 p.m.Rodeo RomeoOldies that will have you dancing like there’s no tomorrow
6-7 p.m.Origen
A sampling of modern (and not nazist yes that’s somehow an issue here too) neofolk
7-8 p.m.DJ REAMOne more time?
8-9 p.m.DJ Southpawtrust me its more than an MF DOOM set
9-10 p.m.moonbytesdeath rock / post punk
10-11 p.m.DJ CrushOld and new K-Pop alike
11 p.m.-12 a.m.Big Anthony1990s/2000s R&B

WKNC Livestream Schedule

TimeHost & EventDescription
12-1 a.m.chalcopyrite – Bad Music Quiz Bowlwe got double bad music hour. test your knowledge of the worst music ever made
1-2 a.m.Big Anthony – Glee Plots: Real or Fake?Glee has absurd storylines but can you tell which ones are made up by me and other station gleeks?
2-3 a.m.JustinTime – GeoguessrI play geoguessr with others
3-4 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
4-5 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
5-6 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
6-7 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
7-8 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
8-9 a.m.WKNC Fall Craft Hourjoin your 2 favorite hosts as they share hacks, tips, and tricks for fall crafts!
9-10 a.m.DJ Crush – WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth GraderNo, the answer is probably no
10-11 a.m.DJ Pon-3 – Man Bites DogIn 2018 I went to the Mall of America and bought this card game. It’s time to take it out of the plastic.
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ Southpaw – The Promo Hourhave you wanted a promo for your set? stop by to get one recorded since you’ll be in the station anyway
12-1 p.m.
1-2 p.m.DJ Crush & President Shrimpo – WKNC Cold Cases: The PoopeningTwo of WKNC’s okayest detectives try to solve the crime of the century
2-3 p.m.DJ Sles – LEGO BuildingI love LEGOs!
3-4 p.m.DJ Southpaw – Where’s The Radio?play some custom Geoguessr maps of various college radio stations made by me
4-5 p.m.[DJ Name TBD] – Metal Lyrics or Edgy Rant?Is the provided text metal/punk lyrics? or an incel/edgelord rant? Find out in our game show!
5-6 p.m.Lagomorph – Smash Bros BracketWe got games, we got platforms, we got fighters… Bracket type tournament free to enter with small prizes
6-7 p.m.
7-8 p.m.President Shrimpo – Powerpoint NightPowerPoints. At night.
8-9 p.m.DJ Tullykinesis – WKNCcore Album Cover SkribblioI make a Skribblio with the names of many classic album covers and everyone tries to draw and guess them!
9-10 p.m.Wizard of Gore – Guess The Metal Band From The LogoMaking people try to read increasingly incomprehensible band logos
10-11 p.m.DJ Southpaw – WKNC Family Treestime to update the family tree! featuring all our new DJs over the past semester or two.
11 p.m.-12 a.m.chalcopyrite + dmc woodstock – Electronic Music Genres: Real or Fake?we present electronic subgenre names and the non-brainrotted kncers have to guess if it’s real, fake, or real to 5 people. will be harder than you think