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27481
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The Best Show with Tom Scharpling is a podcast radio show that has attracted devotees from the worlds of music and comedy. Every Tuesday night, Scharpling has phone conversations with Chapel Hill’s Jon Wurster, who portrays a fake caller from the fictional town of Newbridge, New Jersey. The eccentric phone conversations feature comedy and music critiques.
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13959
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The W.E. Debnam radio program is now carried five times each week by thirteen stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
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36115
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A subject almost one hundred and fifty years old found a newer audience through Gerald Prokopowicz podcasts, Civil War Talk Radio. The stereotypical dry, dull history lecture didn’t apply in this case, due to his Siskel and Ebert style discourse.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 12 Issue 3, Spr 2014,
p12
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38259
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Helping to offer an understanding of beach music and shag is the author’s discussion of the dance style, its accompanying music, famous recording artists, and a disc jockey who played a pivotal role in making beach music and shag synonymous with Eastern North Carolina.
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24210
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Mark Packer is a radio talk show host at WFNZ-AM in Charlotte's South End. He delivers sports news and generated an impressive following of his 'Primetime with Packman,' which has spread to ten stations across the Carolinas.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 5, May 2006,
p52-59, il
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29668
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Stefan Latorre is an attorney and radio host of his Spanish language radio show, “La Verdad de la Ley” in Charlotte, North Carolina. When he started the program more than ten years ago, the Latorre set out to address common concerns and misconceptions, and inform Charlotte’s Hispanic community about their legal rights.
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24023
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Mountain Area Radio Reading Service provides readouts of the news to Asheville locals over the radio. This Service is particularly geared towards helping those with vision and print disabilities.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 11 Issue 10, October 2014,
p122-123, por
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24179
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Batanga.com, located in Greensboro, is a radio web site that caters to those who enjoy Latin music. The site features genres such as tango, flamenco, salsa, and even classic rock, all in Spanish. The author interviews the owners of the business to find out why they have been so successful in Greensboro.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 7, July 2007,
p42-49, il
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7756
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During the Great Depression, North Carolina families found an inexpensive form of entertainment in the radio. Every weekday afternoon the program “It's Briarhopper Time†aired, which featured country and gospel songs and novelty numbers. The program lasted through World War II and popular singers and movies stars made appearances, including Claude Casey and Whitney and Hogan. “It's Briarhopper Time†was still playing when the article was written in 1986, and was more popular than ever. The original members of the program, who were in their seventies, made appearances all over the United States and Europe. Their unique style of country music endured the cultural changes of a century.
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24406
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This article discusses radio stations in North Carolina’s biggest cities and how they compete with each other for advertisers and listeners. It also discusses broadcast groups and how they buy and transform radio stations, as well as discussing the overall trends in the radio market.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 7 Issue 11, November 1987,
p40-47
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28779
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Warren Hicks and Jeff Bell are Chapel Hill artists and producers of the new podcast, Don’t You Lie to Me. The podcast explores personalities from the artist community through unscripted dialogues, and aims to illuminate all levels of the art world.
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29751
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For the last 30 years, Mountain Area Radio Reading Service (MARRS) has broadcasted a news radio program for blind and visually impaired people in Asheville and surround areas. The program is run by George deWalder, Jonathan Milam, and sixty volunteers who provide on-air readings of local newspapers and national publications.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 3, March 2017,
p38-39, il, por
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26964
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Gary Shivers is the general manager of Chapel Hill’s WUNC Radio and the host of a jazz program every Saturday morning. Gary’s passion for records and music led him to radio. Each week, his program features unique songs, new performances of familiar songs, and facts about the performers and composers.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 6 Issue 3, Feb 11-24 1988,
p23-26, por
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