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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WNCW will be offline Friday, September 18, from 5 to 6 pm for scheduled maintenance. That means our stream will be down, but we will still be on the air. This will affect the playlist feature on our website for that hour, as well as phone and email. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This week marks one year since Congress clawed back all the Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding, causing WNCW to permanently lose about 10% of our annual funding. Listeners came through for us this past year, and we continue to need your support going forward, through wncw.org.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

WNCW will be off the air for about an hour on Tuesday evening, beginning around 6:00 or 6:30, for maintenance at our transmitter site. We will still be available via our online stream at wncw.org. WSIF should not be affected. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Live in Studio B, Monday at 11am: India Ramey Her latest album, Welcome to My Villain Era, seems to have been a critical healing force and a self-help catharsis for her. India joins us Monday morning, following weekend shows in Weaverville and Charlotte.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It’s Friday! That means we’ve got the Cosmic American Music Show at 6pm (hosted by Jasmin this evening), The Rhythm Theorem at 9, and Frank on Friday at 11. www.wncw.org/show/cosmic-...

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Cosmic American Music Show

In the late 60's, in a time when country music and musicians were seen as the furthest thing from hip or cool, Gram Parsons and a few others began to embrace and incorporate country music into the roc...

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

WNCW is sad to report the death of Sonny Rollins.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Joyeaux Mardi Gras! From big brass second line to Zydeco, we’ll let the good times roll with our annual trip to New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. Fun stuff from the Night Tripper, Fess, Fats, Irma, Big Chief, Buckwheat, the Nevilles, and other favorites in the day-long music parade.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Get ready for Goin' Across the Mountain Live!

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Airing Thursday, 9am-Noon. See a list of many notables we lost in 2025 here: www.wncw.org/2025-12-30/t...

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Our Top 100 albums of 2025 are posted on our website, along with staff Top 10s. Thanks to everyone who participated, in the voting and in general this year! www.wncw.org/top-100/2025...

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WNCW's Top 100 Albums of 2025

As voted on by our listeners and programmers, WNCW's Top 100 Albums of 2025! Click to see the full list.Click here to see some of our staff's picks.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Coming your way Monday between 9am and 6pm, and then again with different songs on Tuesday. Where might YOUR favorite albums land?

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Congratulations to @mgrace704.bsky.social for becoming WNCW’s 1000th BlueSky page follower!

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A uniquely WNCW-curated Holiday mix today and tomorrow to help get you in the spirit. Sacred songs, solemn songs, silly songs… Season’s Greetings!

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

WNCW is very sad to report the passing of singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader of the Mavericks Raul Malo. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Raul Malo, Golden-Voiced 'Maestro' of the Mavericks, Dead at 60

Raul Malo, the operatic singer and frontman of the country-rock band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This post may be too late for #GivingTuesday, but Wednesdays through Mondays are great days for donating to nonprofits, too! (Photo courtesy of @DIZANNA)

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Songs of food & gratitude all day long on WNCW this Thanksgiving Day. Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” airs just past Noon and at 9:30 p.m. www.wncw.org/2022-11-18/h...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Your WNCW family has a seat at the table for you, with songs of food & gratitude all day long this Thursday. In one of our favorite annual traditions, Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” fro...

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Here is the livestream of Sunday's Free Planet Radio concert that was a fundraiser for WNCW. Enjoy, and feel free to donate via the "GiveButter" weblink provided! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgv...

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WNCW Benefit Concert with Free Planet Radio - at The Resonating Room

YouTube video by WNCWStudioB

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A portion of our 2008 interview with the late Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, former singer with the Grateful Dead, is coming up next on "Studio B Rewind"!

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

WNCW is humbled to see this kind of support from the Free Planet Radio crew. If you can't make it to this Sunday afternoon concert person, they/we plan to livestream it on WNCW's YouTube page! givebutter.com/bIU4vw?fbcli...

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WNCW Benefit Concert

Intimate Studio Concert with Free Planet Radio & Friends

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

We have ended our official drive at $294,844, which *beats our record!* We would love to reach $300,000 these next few days. So, if you didn't get an opportunity to donate this week, it is not too late! www.wncw.org Thanks to you, WNCW will keep informing, inspiring, and entertaining listeners.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Our on-air fund drive wraps up at 9pm! Call 800-245-8870, or at wncw.org. At 6pm, one lucky person will win tickets to see Billy Strings at ExploreAsheville.com Arena on 2/10, plus a $50 Wicked Weed gift card. At 9pm: tix to the Warren Haynes Xmas Jam/Pre-Jam, plus 2 nights at The Aloft Asheville!

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Celebrate Public Radio Music Day today! We are pleased to report that the CPB has secured music rights for public media through 2027 (details below.) Celebrate with a donation to keep your station WNCW strong! www.wncw.org #publicradiomusicday2025

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Interview with The Infamous Stringdusters this afternoon in the 3 o'clock hour Joe Kendrick speaks with The Infamous Stringdusters’ bassist and Brevard, NC native, Travis Book, ahead of the band’s appearance at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday, October 29th.

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WNCW @wncw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Live in Studio B, Today at 11 am: Brennen Leigh Her latest release, Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love, was released just this month. Brennen and her band play The Grey Eagle in Asheville on Monday night, then visit us in Studio B before playing Durham on Tuesday and Decatur, GA, on Wednesday.

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