Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WNCU general manager Lackisha Sykes Freeman heard talk of cutting federal funding for public broadcasters every year. But in the ...

NC State will have new faces where old ones remained for decades, entering the next football season. Radio analyst Tony Haynes is to retire after the 2025 football season. Haynes has been with the ...

Federal funding cuts threaten millions in support for WUNC and PBS NC in 2025. WUNC and PBS NC plan to review costs as CPB grants cover staff and core services. Local stations risk less NPR content; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But what they did have was the radio. For days, WWNC host Mark Starling and producer Tank Spencer were a lifeline, serving as a ...

CBS News — When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina last September, a local radio station played a critical role in keeping residents informed. Their work didn’t stop there. In the last six ...

North Carolina radio legend Carl Lamm of Smithfield has died. Tar Heel Traveler, Scott Mason remembers The Voice of Eastern North Carolina from a 2015 tribute. North Carolina radio legend Carl Lamm of ...

Blue Ridge Public Radio, based in Asheville, has been leaning on financial support from listeners after it lost federal funding. The station’s journalists played a major role in the aftermath of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The idea that federal funding for public broadcasting would be cut wasn’t new to Chapel Hill resident and longtime WUNC supporter ...

WNCU general manager Lackisha Sykes Freeman heard talk of cutting federal funding for public broadcasters every year. But in the end, elected representatives on both sides of the aisle would ...