how i hope all my listeners tune in WE SO BACK BABY WELCOME TO WXYC FALL 2025

ICYMI... MJ Lenderman did a guest DJ set last week. Go back in time and listen to the show with our new show archives: archive.wxyc.org/?t=202507181... Full playlist here: wxyc.info/playlists/ra...

baby’s first deep listening mixtape in the wild, a few cassette copies left !! digital option too, support music from the outer realms softerrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/demi

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.

If we can get 1000 followers in the next 2 minutes I’ll play In The Air Tonight on repeat for 30 minutes.

Who on town council wants to come play records on-air tonight? www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

RIP MICHAEL HURLEY. the great snock has made his last wish for a potato. he made this planet a much better place to live & i miss him already

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".

Bumping this one more time. Event is this Saturday.

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!

Your mechanic's favorite radio station.

@wxyc.org just played something so rad. We thought our air conditioner was breaking in the office midway through a sick pop song, but it was actually part of the record. Respected that Brecht game!

Today is our birthday. We just turned 48! Thinking it might be cool to do something BIG for our 50th since we've got some time to plan it. Any ideas?

Nice little slice of life segment about the new class of DJs who cover our graveyard shifts. Being on the radio at 4 in the morning is truly a wonderful thing!

New tunes in the playbox this week... V/A — DJ-Kicks: Honey Dijon V/A — Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 Brenda i Funky — Fale Rogê — Curyman II Damon Locks — List of Demands Missile Strategy — S/T Little Chair — Ladybug Cat X-Cetra — Summer 2000

wxyc loves you <3

Tomorrow

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.

New albums in the playbox this week... Nicola Ratti — Automatic Popular Music (LL Edizioni) eat-girls — Area Silenzio (Bureau B) NAIL CLUB — Prima Facie (Optik Muzak) Tarta Relena — Es Pregunta (Latency) Dennis Bovell — Sufferer Sounds (Disciples)

900 square miles of coffee

New tunes in the playbox this week (now with bandcamp links)! Thorn Wych — Aesthesis (Hood Faire) Nahawa Doumbia — Vol. 2 (Awesome Tapes From Africa) Good Sad Happy Bad — All Kinds of Days (Textile)

hell yeah man

Spotify donated 1.7 million kroner to Trump’s inauguration and hosted a party featuring Ben Shapiro & Tim Pool. These companies and mega-rich CEOs don’t care about the workers who make their companies run, they care about cozying up to Trump’s oligarchical power.

Imagine where we'd be today if @danielbachman.bsky.social had clinched the #1 spot in WXYC's 2012 album of the year voting... 5. Goat - World Music 4. Daniel Bachman - Seven Pines 3. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 2. Julia Holter - Ekstasis 1. Grimes - Visions

New tunes in the playbox this week: • Vernal Scuzz — Vernal Scuzz (Sweet Wreath) • Prince Philip — Dubplates and Raw Rhythm from King Tubby’s Studio 1973-1976 (DKR) • Peace de Resistance — Lullaby for the Debris (La Vida Es Un Mus) • Hildegard — Jour 1596 (Chivi Chivi)

A running thread of albums on Bandcamp that benefit those affected by the LA wildfires: 2025 LA Fire Relief Comp supports the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Features bloodsports, Astro Nick, Computerwife. 2025lafirereliefcomp.bandcamp.com/album/2025-l...

Happy Monday! We just added a bunch of new records to our playbox – spinning soon on a freeform station near you: Dawuna — Naya (Sun Royalle) Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz — The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985-1990 (Freedom to Spend) DJ T-1000 — Progress (Tresor)

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 ☁️☁️☁️

esse quam videri

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

Spotify is anti-artist, full stop.

doing some impromptu call-ins tonight. give me a ring at 919.962.8989 and tell me what you're thankful for, or just send a message out to the universe on your local airwaves

we'll see you at the bar on thanksgiving eve, fellow traveller

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. ⭐️

Mipso at the shop today at 3PM!

Hello world!

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

For ten years, Shadowbox Studio, an offbeat space owned by Jim Haverkamp and Alex Maness, has been an intimate home to the experimental arts. indyweek.com/culture/insi...

when once we sought to save journalism, now we seek to save journalism

Did you know? The WXYC website and apps are open source! 🎶 Dive into the code and see how we keep freeform radio alive online. Contributions and feature requests are welcome! Check it out: github.com/wxyc

For your Monday morning, here's Mipso playing a stripped down set in our oddly-shaped record library back in March. #bybbq

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.

hell yeah, sounds like a dope set

Chances are good that you missed you this incredible live set from Durham-based traditional/experimental group Weirs earlier this year. For fans of Sluice (duh), Amps for Christ, and other haunted melodies. Soak it in... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1r...

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.