Alternative Radio Coalition

Sunday, Midnight - 5am and Monday, Midnight - 4am
Rotating Hosts

A variety of hosts. A variety of music. WNCW's Alternative Radio Coalition (ARC) - anchored by Rob Daves during the week and hosted by dedicated volunteers and students from Isothermal Community College on the weekends - reaches out to the night owl in us all, exploring the familiar, the unfamiliar and the unexpected...guiding the third-shifters, up-all-nighters and insomniacs though the wee hours.

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Playlist

September 23, 2012

12:00 AM
lookin’ for a love
Artist : neil young
Album : zuma
ReleaseYear : 1975
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12:03 AM
sex & drugs & rock & roll
Artist : ian dury & the blockheads
Album : new books & panties
ReleaseYear : 1977
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12:06 AM
you stood me up
Artist : benji hughes
Album : a little extreme
ReleaseYear : 2008
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12:09 AM
bottle of blues
Artist : beck
Album : mutations
ReleaseYear : 1998
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12:14 AM
don’t think twice, it’s alright
Artist : jerry reed
Album : when youi're hot you're hot
ReleaseYear : 1971
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12:17 AM
the highland street incident
Artist : todd snider
Album : the devil you know
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:20 AM
turpentine
Artist : jj grey & mofro
Album : country ghetto
ReleaseYear : 2007
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12:23 AM
gin soaked boy
Artist : tom waits
Album : swordfishtrombone
ReleaseYear : 1983
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12:25 AM
hit it run
Artist : run dmc
Album : raising hell
ReleaseYear : 1986
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12:28 AM
holla
Artist : g. love
Album : lemonade
ReleaseYear : 2006
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12:32 AM
madman across the water
Artist : elton john
Album : madman across the water
ReleaseYear : 1971
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12:38 AM
bible on the dash
Artist : curb lund
Album : cabin fever
ReleaseYear : 2012
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12:42 AM
for eleanora
Artist : the honeycutters
Album : when bitter met sweet
ReleaseYear : 2012
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12:47 AM
forever now and then
Artist : clem snide
Album : soft spot
ReleaseYear : 2003
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12:50 AM
belated promise ring
Artist : iron & wine
Album : around the well
ReleaseYear : 2009
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12:54 AM
cowpoke
Artist : don walser
Album : cowpoke
ReleaseYear : 1993
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12:57 AM
monster
Artist : kanye west
Album : my beautfiful dark twisted fantasy
ReleaseYear : 2010
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1:04 AM
boe money
Artist : galactic
Album : ya-ka-may
ReleaseYear : 2010
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1:07 AM
singer songwriter
Artist : okkervil river
Album : the stand-ins
ReleaseYear : 2007
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1:11 AM
gone at last
Artist : paul simon
Album : still crazy after all these years
ReleaseYear : 1976
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1:14 AM
somebody to love
Artist : queen
Album : a day at the races
ReleaseYear : 1976
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1:19 AM
about cell block #9
Artist : jackie greene
Album : sweet somewhere bound
ReleaseYear : 2004
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1:23 AM
rita ballou
Artist : guy clark
Album : old no. 1
ReleaseYear : 1975
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1:26 AM
honky tonk heroes ( like me)
Artist : honky tonk heroes
Album : honky tonk heroes
ReleaseYear : 1999
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1:29 AM
joy tears
Artist : greg brown
Album : the evening call
ReleaseYear : 2006
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1:34 AM
wild quiet
Artist : junk culture
Album : wild quiet
ReleaseYear : 2012
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1:37 AM
jackie wants a black eye
Artist : dr. dog
Album : shame, shame
ReleaseYear : 2010
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1:40 AM
jealous guy
Artist : john lennon
Album : imagine
ReleaseYear : 1971
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1:44 AM
before we turn to dust
Artist : sean hayes
Album : before we turn to dust
ReleaseYear : 2012
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1:49 AM
good
Artist : morphine
Album : good
ReleaseYear : 1993
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1:52 AM
blue
Artist : the jayhawks
Album : tomorrow the green grass
ReleaseYear : 1995
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1:55 AM
waiting for the miracle
Artist : leonard cohen
Album : the future
ReleaseYear : 1992
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2:03 AM
weekend wars
Artist : deep sea diver
Album : history speaks
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:06 AM
you’re a wolf
Artist : sea wolf
Album : leaves in the river
ReleaseYear : 2007
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2:10 AM
she talks to angels
Artist : the black crowes
Album : shake your money maker
ReleaseYear : 1990
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2:15 AM
ain’t got no home
Artist : the band
Album : moondog matinee
ReleaseYear : 1972
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2:19 AM
if i were a weapon
Artist : suzanne vega
Album : songs in red & grey
ReleaseYear : 2001
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2:22 AM
tin angel
Artist : bob dylan
Album : tempest
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:31 AM
dark star
Artist : crosby stills & nash
Album : csn
ReleaseYear : 1977
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2:35 AM
how come you never go there
Artist : feist
Album : metals
ReleaseYear : 2011
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2:39 AM
bears
Artist : lyle lovett
Album : step inside this house
ReleaseYear : 1998
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2:42 AM
you ain’t going nowhere
Artist : the byrds
Album : sweathearts of the rodeo
ReleaseYear : 1968
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2:44 AM
skin & bone
Artist : the kinks
Album : muswell hillbillies
ReleaseYear : 1971
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2:48 AM
san tropez
Artist : pink floyd
Album : meddle
ReleaseYear : 1971
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2:52 AM
pieces
Artist : grasscut
Album : unearth
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:57 AM
calling and not calling my ex
Artist : okkervil river
Album : the stand-ins
ReleaseYear : 2008
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3:01 AM
sentimental heart
Artist : she & him
Album : volume one
ReleaseYear : 2008
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3:04 AM
live forever
Artist : caravan of thieves
Album : the funhouse
ReleaseYear : 2012
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3:07 AM
echoes
Artist : pink floyd
Album : meddle
ReleaseYear : 1971
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3:30 AM
simple twist of fate
Artist : jerry garcia band
Album : pure jerry - bay area 1978
ReleaseYear : 1978
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3:41 AM
run on for a long time
Artist : blind boys of alabama
Album : spirit of the century
ReleaseYear : 2000
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3:45 AM
brakeman
Artist : pete droge & the sinners
Album : find a door
ReleaseYear : 1996
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3:49 AM
tennesse plates
Artist : john hiatt
Album : slow turning
ReleaseYear : 1988
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3:52 AM
find love
Artist : clem snide
Album : soft spot
ReleaseYear : 2003
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3:55 AM
chilly water
Artist : widespread panic
Album : live at myrtle beach
ReleaseYear : 2004
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4:05 AM
dog door
Artist : sparklehorse
Album : it's a wonderful life
ReleaseYear : 2001
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4:07 AM
pizza box
Artist : danny barnes
Album : pizza box
ReleaseYear : 2009
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4:10 AM
romeo and juliet
Artist : dire straits
Album : making movies
ReleaseYear : 1980
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4:16 AM
golgi apparatus
Artist : phish
Album : junta
ReleaseYear : 1988
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4:21 AM
call the doctor
Artist : jj cale
Album : naturally
ReleaseYear : 1972
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4:23 AM
last night i had a dream
Artist : randy newman
Album : sail on
ReleaseYear : 1972
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4:26 AM
violin
Artist : amos lee
Album : mission bell
ReleaseYear : 2011
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4:31 AM
hallelujah
Artist : leonard cohen
Album : various positions
ReleaseYear : 1984
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4:38 AM
cover your eyes
Artist : jamey johnson
Album : the guitar song
ReleaseYear : 2010
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4:42 AM
blossom
Artist : ryan adams & the cardinals
Album : cold roses
ReleaseYear : 2005
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4:45 AM
brand new day
Artist : van morrison
Album : moondance
ReleaseYear : 1970
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4:51 AM
drop down
Artist : sean hayes
Album : before we turn to dust
ReleaseYear : 2012
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4:55 AM
every single night
Artist : fiona apple
Album : the idler wheel is wiser...
ReleaseYear : 2012
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9:30 am
Fri January 4, 2013

Upcoming Interview on ARC - Invisible

Sunday night/Monday morning on ARC, Jaclyn Anthony will interview Invisible.  Invisible has been touring the region for six years with a truck full of artstruments.  Click here for more information on Invisible.

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10:24 am
Fri October 5, 2012

Podcast - Interview with Marshall Ballew

Listen here to the entire interview between Joe Kendrick and Marshall Ballew.

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4:19 pm
Wed October 3, 2012

Interview with Marshall Ballew On ARC Overnight Tonight

Marshal Ballew

Marshall Ballew was WNCW's beloved morning mix host for many years, but he was also the first DJ for World Alternative on October 13th, 1989, WNCW's first day of broadcasting. Join midday host Joe Kendrick in this conversation with Marshall as he recalls he early days of World Alternative and ARC Overnight, how WNCW was almost an exclusively acoustic station, his love of playing music like Captain Beefheart, Laurie Anderson, The Connels and Pylon late at night, how he still buys cassettes and much more.

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6:00 am
Wed October 3, 2012

Interview with Dick Huey - Podcast

Listen to the interview with Dick Huey, founding member of the Alternative Radio Coalition, that was aired Tuesday night on ARC Overnight.

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10:57 am
Mon October 1, 2012

Tuesday Night on ARC: WNCW interviews Dick Huey, founding member of the Alternative Radio Coalition

D Huey Again

Dick Huey was one of the original eight people from Charlotte who created the Alternative Radio Coalition, which debuted ARC Overnight on WNCW 20 years ago this fall. Tune in to Rob Daves' show Tuesday night/Wednesday morning October 2nd/3rd, just after midnight, for Joe Kendrick's conversation with him about his role as membership director of ARC, his memories of the music of the era, and his music career since then. 

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12:55 pm
Tue September 25, 2012

ARC Overnight Feature

Markey Austin

Join WNCW's Joe Kendrick as he talks with Markey Austin about her memories of the early days of ARC Overnight, the wave of alternative and regional music from the era, and her return to the airwaves October 7th with co-host "Mad Dog" Sherril Ward as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARC on the air.

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10:00 am
Tue September 4, 2012

ARC Overnight To Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary

ARC Overnight Logo

Twenty years ago, WNCW signed off the air at 2 a.m. each weekday before coming back on air at 6 a.m. in the morning. A group from Charlotte came over to Spindale and changed all that in the fall of 1992, bringing ARC Overnight to the airwaves and making WNCW a 24-hour station.

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9:50 am
Tue September 4, 2012

Special Interview With Jay Sanders On ARC Overnight - Tuesday, September 4th

love and Barbiturates Album Art

Join Joe Kendrick on ARC Overnight next Tuesday night, September 4th during Rob Daves' show.  He will interview Jay Sanders of Asheville's E. Normus Trio, upon the release of his new album of all-original jazz, Love & Barbiturates. 

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12:58 pm
Thu July 12, 2012

ARC Overnight Volunteers Travel From East Tennessee

Keith and Cathy Shockley travel from Knoxville, TN, to volunteer for WNCW's late-night show, ARC Overnight. This is exceptional, but what makes their story even more memorable is that Keith is legally blind, and hosts the show with Cathy working alongside him as co-producer.
 

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