Something was in the air last night…

Great job everyone! We got to 1k. Took a little longer than 2 minutes so you get 3 repeats. Listen at wxyc.org or on our app.

New in our iOS app!

You can now make a song request directly from the app! Or if you're feeling lazy, ask Siri to do it for you by saying "make a request to WXYC".

Were you a DJ at WXYC?

Come reconnect, buy a fresh alphabet tee and meet more XYCers from times past and present this Saturday night at @catscradlenc.bsky.social.

RSVP here, and if you're no longer local, sign-up to get notified about future happenings: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We have a big tech update this week. Our iOS app now works on:

🚗 Carplay!
⌚️ Apple Watch
📺 Apple TV
💻 MacOS

Plus, we added some groovy new homescreen widgets and fixed a bunch of bugs. Get it here!

French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft find love, life, and death through the flames of their craft in Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love.

Tune in TODAY from 7pm-9pm to hear DJ Parsley dive into the film’s all-star ambient soundtrack, including a melodic score by Nicolas Godin.

900 square miles of coffee

We're on the lookout for a brand new class of DJs eager to stretch their musical boundaries with the communities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and beyond.

Apply by Jan 15th!
Interviews Jan 15-17.

Feel free to DM with questions.

Applications and interview signup here: linktr.ee/wxyc

Tonight on Sunset Soundtrack (7-9p):

2 hrs of modern melodic jazz and atmospheric vibes from Japanese composer Eiko Ishibashi.

DJ moonstruck dives into her original soundtracks for two wonderful films directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi — DRIVE MY CAR + EVIL DOES NOT EXIST ☁️☁️☁️

We've got some new merch up for the holidays, from our "artists big enough to actually make money on Spotify" collection.

Go snag a shirt/tote from your favorite local freeform station: merch.wxyc.org

TUNE IN at 4PM for this season’s last Backyard BBQ!

WXDU friends and favs little chair will be performing live from our record library with the sweetest jangle.

Interview with DJ Idler right after the performance. ⭐️

Tonight from 9pm-Midnight!

Discover the evolution of digital reggae as we dive into the dawn of digital rhythms from the 1980s. Join dj jazz incognito for a journey through the sounds that revolutionized the genre. #tnf

Tonight from 7-9PM, tune in for 2 hours of colorful, jazzy, romantic French pop from Jacques Demy’s dreamy 60s technicolor musicals The Umbrellas of Cherbourg + The Young Girls of Rochefort — hosted by dj down under and dj moonstruck ☂️🎵❤️ #sunsetsoundtrack

Coming up at 4pm today... tune in for a live set by Durham’s Dunums featuring all of their very best noisy-post-punk-bedroom-jazz, with an interview by DJ Birdhouse after the performance. #bybbq

Tonight is our annual prom night with WXDU! We get fancy, dance and dish about all of the terrible requests y'all make. A couple years ago we even started inviting @wknc881.bsky.social to the ball, why not?

Here's a flashback pic from 2006 of some of our lovely DJs riding the Robertson bus to Duke.

Tonight at 9pm – tune in for an exploration of Nyege Nyege Tapes, the Ugandan label committed to releasing outsider and electronic music.

Catch 3 hours of the label’s wide-ranging discography, including blends of kuduro, field recordings, percussion, funk carioca, and more; hosted by DJ Babyteeth.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the first ever 24/7 online radio stream, brought to you by WXYC and the fine folks at SunSITE (now iBiblio).

Just dropped some new merch. I’m partial to this wizard shirt, but they’re all good. Special drop for the dads out there as well, inquire inside ➡️ merch.wxyc.org