WNCW
@wncw.bsky.social
Grassroots public radio station broadcasting across a 5-state region that includes Asheville, Charlotte, & Boone, NC; Greenville/Spartanburg, SC, and East TN. Americana, rock, roots and other music styles, plus NPR. Live webstream and more at www.wncw.org
Get ready for Goin' Across the Mountain Live!
January 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Get ready for Goin' Across the Mountain Live!
WNCW is sad to report the death of Bob Weir. Fare thee well… www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78
Bob Weir, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead and later found success with Dead & Company, has died at age 78.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:58 AM
WNCW is sad to report the death of Bob Weir. Fare thee well… www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Check out what 2025 releases our staff liked the most: www.wncw.org/top-100/2025...
WNCW's Top 10 Staff Picks of 2025
Here are the Top Ten new album release picks from some of the WNCW staff. Click here for the complete Top 100 list as voted by our listeners and programming staff.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Check out what 2025 releases our staff liked the most: www.wncw.org/top-100/2025...
Airing Thursday, 9am-Noon. See a list of many notables we lost in 2025 here: www.wncw.org/2025-12-30/t...
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Airing Thursday, 9am-Noon. See a list of many notables we lost in 2025 here: www.wncw.org/2025-12-30/t...
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...
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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December 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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...
Tune in to our rebroadcast of the Warren Haynes Christmas Pre-Jam tonight! www.wncw.org/2025-12-30/w...
Wednesday at 8pm – Midnight: WNCW’s Rebroadcast of the Warren Haynes Christmas Pre-Jam
We were elated to have another Pre-Jam this month, after last year’s Helene cancellation. And it was a great one! Daniel Donato might have surpassed Warren himself for the most blistering performances...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tune in to our rebroadcast of the Warren Haynes Christmas Pre-Jam tonight! www.wncw.org/2025-12-30/w...
Coming your way Monday between 9am and 6pm, and then again with different songs on Tuesday. Where might YOUR favorite albums land?
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Coming your way Monday between 9am and 6pm, and then again with different songs on Tuesday. Where might YOUR favorite albums land?
Congratulations to @mgrace704.bsky.social for becoming WNCW’s 1000th BlueSky page follower!
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Congratulations to @mgrace704.bsky.social for becoming WNCW’s 1000th BlueSky page follower!
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!
December 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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!
WNCW is very sad to report the passing of singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader of the Mavericks Raul Malo. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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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December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
WNCW is very sad to report the passing of singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader of the Mavericks Raul Malo. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Just over a week left to vote. Has your top ten been counted?
Voting is open for your Top Ten Releases of 2025!
It's that time again! Time to vote for your 10 favorite WNCW releases of 2025, and help us create the Top 100 for our end-of-the-year countdown airing Monday, 12/29 from 9am to 6pm, and again on Tuesd...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Just over a week left to vote. Has your top ten been counted?
This post may be too late for #GivingTuesday, but Wednesdays through Mondays are great days for donating to nonprofits, too!
(Photo courtesy of @DIZANNA)
(Photo courtesy of @DIZANNA)
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This post may be too late for #GivingTuesday, but Wednesdays through Mondays are great days for donating to nonprofits, too!
(Photo courtesy of @DIZANNA)
(Photo courtesy of @DIZANNA)
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.
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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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November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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.
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www.wncw.org/2022-11-18/h...
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...
WNCW Benefit Concert with Free Planet Radio - at The Resonating Room
YouTube video by WNCWStudioB
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November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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...
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"!
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"!
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!
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WNCW Benefit Concert
Intimate Studio Concert with Free Planet Radio & Friends
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November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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!
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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.
Thanks to you, WNCW will keep informing, inspiring, and entertaining listeners.
November 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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.
Thanks to you, WNCW will keep informing, inspiring, and entertaining listeners.
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!
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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!
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
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
