WUNC (FM)

WUNC
Broadcast areaResearch Triangle and eastern North Carolina
Frequency91.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
FormatPublic radio (news, information, specialty music)
SubchannelsHD2: BBC World Service
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
April 3, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-04-03)[1]
Call sign meaning
University of North Carolina
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66581
ClassC
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT415 meters (1,362 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wunc.org

WUNC (91.5 MHz) is a listener-supported public radio station, serving the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. It is licensed to Chapel Hill and is operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On weekdays, WUNC carries National Public Radio, American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange, and BBC programming in an "all-news-and-information" format, including shows such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Fresh Air. On weekends, in addition to NPR weekend shows, WUNC broadcasts locally produced folk music programming. The longest-running continuously produced program offered by the station is Back Porch Music, a weekly folk and traditional music program. WUNC holds periodic on-air fundraisers seeking listener contributions.

The station operates five full-service FM repeater stations, WFSS from Fayetteville on 91.9; WRQM from Rocky Mount on 90.9; WBUX from Buxton on 90.5; WUND-FM from Columbia on 88.9; WUNW-FM from Welcome on 91.1; and WZCO from Chadbourn on 89.9. WUNC should not be confused with WXYC, which is UNC's student radio station.

As of January 2024, WUNC has the second highest ratings of any station in the Raleigh–Durham radio market.[3]

  1. ^ "WUNC FM, Your NPR Station Celebrates 25 Years of Public Radio". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. March 23, 2001. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WUNC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Raleigh/Durham". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2 January 2022.