Month: May 2013

  • Radio Pioneers: ibiblio and WXYC, UNC’s Student Station

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    WXYC 89.3 Chapel Hill was the first radio station in the country to broadcast its signal over the Internet. And how were they able to do this? Through ibiblio, of course!

    We’re proud to have joined WXYC in taking that first step in what is now an inextricable relationship between broadcast media and the Internet.  WXYC practices what they call “free form radio,” where DJs move from one song to the next using sometimes obscure segues. This means you might hear a song like “Octopus’s Garden” by the Beatles followed by “That is Why” by the 90s band Jellyfish (see the connection?).

    As former station manager Jason Perlmutter puts it: “Our disc jockeys harness the almighty power of the segue to draw musical linkages across time, culture, and pure sound.”

    Tune in and see if you can follow the themes…

  • Radio with Vision

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    WHQR 91.3 based out of Wilmington has been providing Southeastern North Carolina with engaging programming  for almost 20 years.

    ibiblio provides hosting for WHQR so they can serve not only the Wilmington area, but can also reach homes across the country via the Internet.

    WHQR runs in-depth news and feature stories, like this one about a marine and a mother of two, as well as a number of programs  highlighting music and the arts, like Celtic Connections.

  • Apartheid: (nearly) two decades out

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    On May 10, 1994 Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s president. The day was a leap forward for South Africa and the world, yet the impacts of Apartheid are still present today.

    ibiblio’s catalog features an interactive photo project, South Africa: Ten Years On that looked at how the country had changed ten years after apartheid’s end.

    Ten Years On  is a compelling portait of a country and its people. how has the country changed now nearly twenty years later?