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

November 25, 2012

12:00 AM
my addidas
Artist : run dmc
Album : raising hell
ReleaseYear : 1986
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12:02 AM
work all day
Artist : portugal. the man
Album : the satanic satanist
ReleaseYear : 2009
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12:05 AM
slippery people
Artist : talking heads
Album : stop making sense
ReleaseYear : 1984
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12:10 AM
time has come today
Artist : the chamber brothers
Album : time has come today
ReleaseYear : 1968
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12:14 AM
midnight rider
Artist : willie nelson
Album : the electric horseman
ReleaseYear : 1980
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12:17 AM
jesus was a capricorn
Artist : kris kristopherson
Album : jesus was a capricorn
ReleaseYear : 1972
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12:20 AM
have another drink
Artist : the kinks
Album : soap opera
ReleaseYear : 1975
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12:22 AM
lovin’ in my baby’s eyes
Artist : leftover salmon w/taj mahal & sally van meter
Album : the nashville sessions
ReleaseYear : 1999
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12:25 AM
skinny love
Artist : bon iver
Album : for emma, forever ago
ReleaseYear : 2008
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12:29 AM
shadow people
Artist : dr. dog
Album : shame, shame
ReleaseYear : 2010
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12:34 AM
how long
Artist : setting sun
Album : children in the wild
ReleaseYear : 2008
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12:37 AM
the joker
Artist : spearhead
Album : hempilation 2
ReleaseYear : 1998
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12:41 AM
sultans of swing
Artist : dire straits
Album : dire straits
ReleaseYear : 1978
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12:47 AM
tin angel
Artist : bob dylan
Album : tempest
ReleaseYear : 2012
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12:56 AM
me and my uncle
Artist : john phillips
Album : phillips 66
ReleaseYear : 2001
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1:00 AM
encyclopedia of classic takedowns
Artist : ac newman
Album : shut down the streets
ReleaseYear : 2012
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1:03 AM
sissyneck
Artist : beck
Album : odelay
ReleaseYear : 1995
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1:07 AM
work it out
Artist : jurassic 5 w/dave matthews band
Album : feedback
ReleaseYear : 2006
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1:11 AM
boogie philosophy
Artist : dephazz
Album : days of twang
ReleaseYear : 2007
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1:14 AM
werewolves of london
Artist : warren zevon
Album : excitable boy
ReleaseYear : 1978
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1:18 AM
for those about to rock
Artist : ac/dc
Album : for those about to rock
ReleaseYear : 1981
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1:24 AM
mutilated lips
Artist : ween
Album : the mollusk
ReleaseYear : 1997
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1:27 AM
my-my kind of girl
Artist : ramones
Album : subterranean jungle
ReleaseYear : 1983
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1:31 AM
i got nothing
Artist : dum dum girls
Album : end of daze
ReleaseYear : 2012
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1:34 AM
don’t step on the grass, sam
Artist : steppenwolf
Album : steppenwolf the second
ReleaseYear : 1968
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1:40 AM
pickie, pickie, pickie
Artist : jerry reed
Album : lord mr. ford
ReleaseYear : 1973
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1:42 AM
this song ain’t about you
Artist : urban horse thieves
Album : won't be long
ReleaseYear : 2004
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1:47 AM
english girls approximately
Artist : ryan adams
Album : love is hell pt 2
ReleaseYear : 2003
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1:52 AM
all night radio
Artist : sam bush
Album : glamour & grits
ReleaseYear : 1996
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1:57 AM
us blues
Artist : grateful dead
Album : mars hotel
ReleaseYear : 1974
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2:01 AM
gimme shelter
Artist : the rolling stones
Album : let it bleed
ReleaseYear : 1969
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2:05 AM
ghetto musick
Artist : outkast
Album : speakerboxx
ReleaseYear : 2003
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2:09 AM
blue eyed black boy
Artist : balkan beat box
Album : blue eyed black boy
ReleaseYear : 2010
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2:13 AM
bowtie
Artist : outkast
Album : speakerboxx
ReleaseYear : 2003
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2:17 AM
the weight of lies
Artist : the avett brothers
Album : emotionalism
ReleaseYear : 2007
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2:21 AM
no help from god
Artist : ryan bingham
Album : tomorrowland
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:28 AM
i’m the man who loves you
Artist : wilco
Album : yankee hotel foxtrot
ReleaseYear : 2002
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2:32 AM
into a daze
Artist : so many wizards
Album : warm nothing
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:34 AM
up against the wall
Artist : new riders of the purple sage
Album : oh, what a mighty time
ReleaseYear : 1975
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2:38 AM
red hot woman & ice cold beer
Artist : new riders of the purple sage
Album : who are those guys?
ReleaseYear : 1977
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2:41 AM
chicken in black
Artist : johnny cash
Album : crazy country
ReleaseYear : 1998
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2:44 AM
longhaired redneck
Artist : david allan coe
Album : longhaired redneck
ReleaseYear : 1976
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2:47 AM
rita ballou
Artist : guy clark
Album : craftsman
ReleaseYear : 1978
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2:50 AM
bananas and blow
Artist : ween
Album : white pepper
ReleaseYear : 2000
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2:54 AM
static
Artist : black marble
Album : a different arrangement
ReleaseYear : 2012
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2:57 AM
have a cigar
Artist : pink floyd
Album : wish you were here
ReleaseYear : 1975
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3:02 AM
throw me in the river
Artist : the pines
Album : sparrows in the bell
ReleaseYear : 2007
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3:06 AM
photographs & tickets
Artist : the loose salute
Album : tuned to love
ReleaseYear : 2007
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3:10 AM
call me the breeze
Artist : beth orton
Album : sugaring season
ReleaseYear : 2012
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3:14 AM
lady madonna
Artist : the beatles
Album : past masters vol. 2
ReleaseYear : 1968
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3:16 AM
hey ladies
Artist : the beastie boys
Album : paul's boutique
ReleaseYear : 1989
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3:20 AM
they all ask’d for you
Artist : the meters
Album : fire on the bayou
ReleaseYear : 1975
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3:24 AM
runfayalife
Artist : spearhead
Album : home
ReleaseYear : 1994
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3:28 AM
walk on by
Artist : el parro del mar
Album : pale fire
ReleaseYear : 2012
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3:33 AM
verbal clap
Artist : de la soul
Album : the grind date
ReleaseYear : 2004
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3:36 AM
the revolutionary kind
Artist : gomez
Album : liquid skin
ReleaseYear : 1999
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3:41 AM
find love
Artist : clem snide
Album : soft spot
ReleaseYear : 2003
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3:43 AM
thank the lord for the night time
Artist : neil diamond
Album : just for you
ReleaseYear : 1967
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3:46 AM
worn me down
Artist : rachael yamagata
Album : happenstance
ReleaseYear : 2004
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3:50 AM
all you need
Artist : brother ali
Album : mourning in american and dreaming in color
ReleaseYear : 2012
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3:53 AM
indictment
Artist : antibalas
Album : who is this america
ReleaseYear : 2004
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3:59 AM
(i’m want to build a) jumbo ark
Artist : nick lowe
Album : party of one
ReleaseYear : 1990
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4:02 AM
your mouth
Artist : frank zappa
Album : waka/jawaka
ReleaseYear : 1972
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4:05 AM
little white lies
Artist : deer tick
Album : born on flag day
ReleaseYear : 2009
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4:09 AM
doctor please
Artist : hell’s 1/2 acre
Album : under a whiskey moon
ReleaseYear : 2004
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4:12 AM
soul of the sea
Artist : joshua james
Album : the sun is always brighter
ReleaseYear : 2008
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4:16 AM
arrive like a whisper
Artist : patrick park
Album : everyone's in everyone
ReleaseYear : 2007
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4:20 AM
bones bones
Artist : greg brown
Album : hymns to what's left
ReleaseYear : 2012
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4:25 AM
love has no pride
Artist : bonnie raitt
Album : give it up
ReleaseYear : 1972
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4:29 AM
glad i stayed
Artist : the lonetones
Album : useful
ReleaseYear : 2004
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4:33 AM
america
Artist : simon & garfunkel
Album : bookends
ReleaseYear : 1967
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4:36 AM
recoil
Artist : ani difranco
Album : knuckle down
ReleaseYear : 2005
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4:41 AM
step inside this house
Artist : lyle lovett
Album : step inside this house
ReleaseYear : 1998
Label :
4:47 AM
desperate for love
Artist : over the rhine
Album : the trumpet child
ReleaseYear : 2007
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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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