WXYC

Today, we're sad to announce that we're closing this WXYC blog.  It's always been a running journal of the culture of our radio station, as well as a place for discussion.  It will remain here...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/sad-news-everybody.html

Here is the Interview that WXYC had with Rapper Omar Offendum. In this interview he talked about his latest album SyrianamericanA and the album he is working now and more! Check it out!

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/interview-with-omar-offendum-04192012.html

Omar Offendum was in the house! The house of WXYC- Chapel Hill that is. In his interview, he talked about his album, SyrianamericA <- Definitely worth checking out, his journey as a rapper who ...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/syrian-american-rapper-omar-offendum.html

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post.html

Matthew Shipp in the studio @ WXYC today! Catch him tonight at Hill Hall at 7:30pm! Tickets are free for students, and $12 for general admission! See u there! <3 WXYC http://www.faceboo...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/matthew-shipp-performing-tonight.html

The Backyard BBQ on March 18 featured Caltrop. Here are snippets of the interview Julianna had with the band. They discussed their newest album, Ten Million Years and Eight Minutes, and their rel...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/backyard-bbq-caltrop.html

Join us at Chapel Hill Underground tomorrow night! WXYC DJs Nels, Atar, Karina, Julianna and Steph will be spinning all your favorite 90s dance jams. Music starts promptly after the Carolina...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/wxyc-90s-dance.html

"Sound is all our dreams of music. Noise is music’s dream of us."

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/sound-is-all-our-dreams-of-music.html

28 years on, we still have Bill Burton, we still get awkward phone calls, and we still have Kate Bush featured artist programs. WXYC: progressive radio that doesn't change. Start 2 minutes...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/wxyc-circa-1984.html

First of all, big ups to Pat for organizing these year after year. At the end of the year, the DJs are asked what releases defined their year (new, reissues, comps, EPs, whatever). This year we g...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-of-all-big-ups-to-pat-for.html

The 2nd Annual Bull City Metal Fest was this weekend at The Casbah in Durham, and I went to hear some great bands and take photos. First off, I haven't been to downtown Durham since I was 18 an...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/2nd-annual-bull-city-metal-fest.html

WXYC Valentine's Dance Sat. Feb. 11 at Nightlight (405.5 W. Rosemary St.) WXYC DJs will be spinning party jams from 9pm-2am. Come dance with us!! (Note to all the Valentine's Day haters: I...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/wxyc-valentines-dance.html

Sup y'all! My name's Drew. I wrote some haikus about some stuff! Most of them have something to do with music! Titles bolded. WXYC Totally the best. The DJ Khaled of all Radio stations. Dra...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/musically-oriented-haikus-with-drew.html

HEY THERE. I'm Julianna, and I coordinate WXYC's weekly local music show, The Backyard Barbecue . For this year's Hopscotch Music Festival , I lugged my camera all around downtown Raleigh, went t...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/hopscotch-2011-gallery.html

The Global Music Show for the month of January was kicked off with two tunes from Japan, and from there progressed through other Asian songs from Korea, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philipp...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/summary-of-this-months-global-music.html

1978 …So ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that you’re meant for something greater, Something greater than loose leaf pages and chasing paper. You gotta look outside of...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/better-know-dj-ari-hires.html

Now’s the worst time to be introduced to XYC from the inside, and I'm afraid newcomers won't have a proper grasp of the glory of the radio station. As I pointed out a few months ago , our post...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/pictures-for-general-populace-in-which.html

Let’s be honest here, WXYC is a frat. You go through initiation processes (i.e. “hazing”) of being a new DJ, you meet a bunch of like-minded (albeit, weird) folks, and eventually, you’ll ...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-you-should-apply-to-be-dj.html

That's all. *swoon* (P.S. - You're going to the 80s Dance this Saturday. If you're lucky, you'll see ^this guy^ there.)

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-i-love-80s-pt-3-prince.html

Alright so this doesn’t have a significant amount of relevance to the dance aspect of the 80s Dance (which you will be attending). The only significant dance single they put out was Pump Up t...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-i-love-80s-pt-2-4ad.html

Look folks, the WXYC 80s Dance is coming up (Saturday, December 3rd 9PM Cat’s Cradle GO!), and I will unabashedly say that my favourite decade is the 80s for a plethora of reasons. “What are...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-i-love-80s-pt-1-hip-hop.html

“Look at this loser,” I thought when I first met Grant Bisher. He was sitting across from me at a table in Lenoir while his (cooler, funnier, and frankly better looking) older brother wa...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/better-know-dj-grant-bisher.html

'ello, Since I'm the one using the blog most these days, I might as well plug my Thursday Night Feature happening TONIGHT (11/10/11) from 9-midnight. The show's going to highlight LGBTQ music....

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/tonights-tnf-and-big-freedia.html

Welcome to the first in a series of posts in my Better Know a DJ series. I have a feeling many listeners (and a good number of DJs) don’t know who the people spinning throughout the day are. In...

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/better-know-dj-billy-marinello.html

What it looks like to DJ at WXYC these days, beyond the white walls.

http://wxycblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/end-of-days.html