2008 Woodie Awards
Ghosts of Campus Past
Dec. 5, 1984 - New station pulls students from airways
Brian Gallagher
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: Community Voice
This semester The Blue Banner will feature excerpts from previous issues of UNC?Asheville campus newspapers. The Kaleidoscope started publishing in 1982, renaming itself The Blue Banner in 1984. UNCA's first paper The Ridgerunner published from 1965 to 1979. The UNCA Free Press published one issue in 1974. The Rag and Bones Shop published from 1979 until 1982. For complete copies of past issues of student newspapers, visit our new Web site at www.thebluebanner.net.
In 1975, UNC Asheville received a FCC license to broadcast WUNF, an educational radio station, on 88.1 FM. Programming ranged from rock documentaries to variety shows with the aid of students running the station. Less than 10 years later, UNCA turned over the license to the Western North Carolina National Public Radio, Inc. because of rising costs for required improvements. Programming changed to more classical, jazz music and student participation dropped. Currently, the station broadcasts NPR news and classical music.
In 1975, UNC Asheville received a FCC license to broadcast WUNF, an educational radio station, on 88.1 FM. Programming ranged from rock documentaries to variety shows with the aid of students running the station. Less than 10 years later, UNCA turned over the license to the Western North Carolina National Public Radio, Inc. because of rising costs for required improvements. Programming changed to more classical, jazz music and student participation dropped. Currently, the station broadcasts NPR news and classical music.
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