Amid a generous outpouring of support by the community on “Giving Tuesday,” the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County announced Karen Phillips as its new resource development director. She
Over the years, the annual Mountain Song Festival has reliably produced three things: stellar line ups, ecstatic audiences and a bounty of funding for the The Cindy Platt Boys &
Tune in as one of our absolute favorite legends in Bluegrass talks with Martin about touring during the pandemic, his family’s Western North Carolina history, the making of his latest album “Almost Proud”, and more! Del was in top form for this interview recorded a few days ago, with his characteristic good cheer and reflections on life. The Del McCoury Band returns to our area Friday the 9th for the Mountain Song Festival in Brevard.
“It’s not so easy to explain to regular or ‘normal’ folks something that is very clear to all us banjo people,” said Béla Fleck, banjo virtuoso and leader of the
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Richard Beard 2017
I was as surprised as anyone when I heard that the North Carolina Legislature, in the late 1980s, had mandated that citizens within our state should, and would, receive a National Public Radio signal generated within the state boundaries. I had been listening to NPR, and especially
Morning Edition, for decades on the WEPR affiliate of the South Carolina ETV network. Since no such network existed in North Carolina, both the far Eastern and Western portions of our state had no NPR representation. All of that was about to change.
It was through a series of events, some that now seem providential, that WNCW came into being, and was established on the campus of Isothermal Community College. We all take for granted, some almost three decades later, of the impact WNCW has had, not only in our region, but also on the public radio landscape nationwide, and in the new era of cyber broadcasting, on the International scene as well. Where a