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WXYC is a non-commercial student-run radio station at UNC. The station, staffed by about 150 UNC students and alumni, broadcasts 24 hours per day to a 370 square miles of North Carolina from 89.3 FM.
The group was formed in March of 1977. Originally, it was only broadcast to dorms through electrical wiring. However, WXYC was able to purchase a FM broadcast license in the 1970s. It began broadcasting through the air in 1975.
WXYC boasts famous alumni like ESPN anchor Stuart Scott, director Peyton Reed and former Squirrel Nut Zipper member Tom Maxwell. In 1994, it was the first radio station in the world to rebroadcast its signal online. Today the station is known for playing local, independent and experimental music of all genres.
The impetus for the first collaboration between CUAB and WXYC came from a famous jazz musician. While Googling himself, jazz pianist Matthew Shipp discovered that UNC radio station WXYC frequently plays his music. He asked the station to help him find a venue to perform in the area.
For those who are passionate about radio, working at 3 a.m. on a Saturday is a small price to pay for bringing music to the masses.
The message has come through loud and clear for WXYC, UNC's student-run radio station, and anyone involved in Web casting: Time to pay up.
The new royalty rates for the transmission of programming online by commercial and noncommercial broadcasters per performance are 0.07 and 0.02 cents, respectively. A performance is defined as one person listening to one song.
The Library of Congress rejected a recommendation from the Copyright Arbitration and Royalty Panel on May 21 that could have caused WXYC, UNC's student-run radio station, to stop broadcasting online.
The panel has until June 20 to make further recommendations to the Library of Congress, which is responsible for all cases involving copyright laws.
The University's student radio station, WXYC, is fighting against new copyright proposals that could put an end to its Internet broadcasting.
The station, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week, was the first student station ever to begin simulcasting its program over the Internet in the summer of 1994.
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