People

Joe Kendrick was born in Jacksonville, Florida while his father was in the Navy, but has lived all but the first two years of his life in North Carolina. His formative years were spent far off in the woods at his family's home in rural...

John started as a volunteer radio announcer in the spring of 1995, spinning vinyl and a brand new media, the Compact-Disc. He recalls, “In those days we had, reel-to-reel recorded programs, and guests crowding around the one mic to perform live...

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Kim grew up in the small town of Rutherfordton nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  She has always had “ a song in her heart” and has loved music of all kinds her entire life. Her sisters were...

Laura Blackley is a writer, musician, and artisan farmer living in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. She hosts and produces two shows for WNCW--Local Color, which spotlights music from throughout WNCW's listening area, and...

Eschewing his mother’s taste for easy listening music early on, Martin Anderson was raised on his dad’s love for jazz, his brother’s Beatles/classic rock LP’s, and the bluegrass and Top 40 radio of the D.C. area.  He played trombone all through...

Pam has an associate’s degree in Business Management from Isothermal Community College and a Bachelors degree in Business from Gardner Webb.  In the radio business since the late 80's, she has written and produced ads,  news, and  co-hosted...

Richard Beard  is a modern renaissance man.   Teacher, musician, historian,  and luthier,  Richard's interests range far and wide,  from  historical architecture to the novels of William Faulkner.   He is one of the founding members of WNCW,...

Roland Dierauf was the pseudonym for a 19th century London art collector.  At one time he owned the world's finest collection of porcelain gnomes.  In 1912, approaching old age and increasingly eccentric, he left London abruptly to travel to...