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WXYC has recently become 17 DJs stronger.  Wake up in the wee hours of the day to welcome these friendly new voices to the airwaves.  Very beautiful people.  Dang, even more news…our 2000s dance is TONIGHT (Friday the 24^th) at Chapel Hill Underground.  Stop by!  These things are always a blast.  Oh, and we do radio, specifically the following:

Who goes out on a Friday night anyways? No, that's not a rhetorical question. There's no reason to do anything other than tune in and drop out Friday night at 9pmfor the Inside Track to hear 'School Daze,' a new re-issue of early 80s gay American porn soundtracks by pioneering electronic musician and composer Patrick Cowley. Maybe that wasn't the best way to describe the album, even if that was the original use for most of the music. Cowley was literally decades ahead of his time, taking influence from contemporary classical composers such as Wendy Carlos as well as the Italo sounds of Giorgio Moroder and merging them into an often beatless wonder at times when such juxtapositions were anything but the norm.

On tonight's New Science Experience local DJ Mike D is bringing the all-vinyl-apocalypse to the stations decks from ten to midnight! Especially tune in if you're thinking of going to Roller Disco Sweat at Wheels Fun Park tomorrow for the appropriate dance immersion. 

Hell or High Water this week will be DJ'd by Blanche. Tune in this Sunday from 1 to 2 pm to listen to a variety of children's music---tunes performed both for and by youths. Highlights include: Mississippi Children's Choir, Counting Games and Rhythms for the Little Ones, with Children from Lake Meadows Nursery School, Alerta Sings & Canciones para el Recreo/Children's Songs for the Playground, Children's game songs of French Canada.

Sunday afternoon, Broken Music explores the works of Belgian electroacoustic composer Léo Kupper. While studying musicology in the early 1960s, Kupper took post under Henri Poussuer at the Brussels Apelac electronic music studio, acting as engineer on many of Pousseur's works of the time. Soon thereafter, Kupper founded his own electronic studio in Brussels, the Studio de Recherches et de Structurations Electroniques Auditives. There, he created a number of unique electronic instruments and developed a unique blend of electronic textures combined with the human voice. In the early 1970s, he studied the Persian santur, becoming highly proficient on the instrument and creating a number of works integrating electronics and santur.

Don’t forget about our good buddy Lincoln and the Backyard BBQ. Tune in for a unique and in depth retrospective on everything “local.” Chapel Hill rockers from the college radio heyday to the new noisy beats emanating from the triangle.  Every Sunday from 8-9 PM!

Sunday at 9PM the Sports Rap team will be talking about team sports, predicting the Super Bowl, discussing the News & Observer lawsuit, and so much more! Tune in for the only local sports-centric talk show that is sometimes an antisports-centric talk show. And always remember: you can participate (facebook or @dunksbutts).  Slamma Jamma! 

Tune in Monday night at 9pm for the Outside Track featuring the latest set of 'continuous music' compositions by Canadian based pianist Lubomyr Melnyk, out now on Unseen Worlds! Using the sustain pedal to create a rippling blanket of Sound, Melnyk's pieces require a great degree of technical skill without ever sounding 'academic,' instead creating a peaceful, intriguing sound that becomes frantic and gripping as the pieces progress. Relentlessly beautiful and haunting, this is one of Melnyk's most gripping opuses since 'Wave-Lox.'

Should Does Does Radio is coming back to keep you warm! We'll be reading poetry, reviewing movies, and premiering the call-in advice show you've all been waiting for. Light the fire and tune-in this Wednesday at 9pm!

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