Was very interested when I ran across information leading me to a (very) local radio station but…read morewhen I try to access it I get the msg. "DNS address cannot be found". What's going on? Is it already down for the count or am I doing something wrong? Would love to give a local station a try especially one that covers local talent. Will cross my fingers and give it another try a little later. Don't know just exactly how to rate a station that I've never heard but will give it the benefit of the doubt, seeing that it seems to have it's heart in the right place, and give it five stars for now.

Yeah - radio emanating from Plaza Midwood!! I think the only time you're supposed to use the word…read more"emanating" is when you're referring to cool radio. Methinks this online radio station has been up and running about one year. It's the only radio in Charlotte that I can listen to. WNCW isn't bad but there's only so much bluegrass and mountain music one can take. I never have a clue what I'm listening to on PMCRADIO.ORG but it sounds fresh and different and wonderful. Plus, when I have it up on my computer screen, there is all this crazy stuff floating by - like artwork by local comic-dude Dustin Harbin and advertisements for local bands. Here are some of their shows - Audio Floss, Medieval Arab Lesbians (hey now!) and Viva Indie Rock! You can donate to keep this awesomeness going - and you'll get a bumper sticker or t-shirt depending on your tithe.

"The best music ever recorded."…read more Tooling around Charlotte this morning to get my errands done, I realize that I've never reviewed my favorite radio station. Rare on the breaks and the music in between is excellent. Bob Seger. The Police. The Eurythmics. A Sunday morning "Deep Cut" radio program and a Saturday morning "acoustic recordings" program. Excellent stuff. Keep it up. "Our friends call us... The Ride."

a very good station one of my favorites is a fan of deep cut vault style classic rock. however I…read morenoticed over the last year or sohas Iraq with the ride many times do a lot of stuff down around Gastonia Trucking in and out of there Trucking across 85 a lot we're doing this Trucking gig for almost 30 years now Long haul Rock and roller... there's been a little bit of a change in the format and the music selection is kind of not quite what it was. don't get me wrong it's still rocks balls to the wall for the most part just a little bit of change though can be noticed as a long time listener for Monday first came on the air back in the early 00s I believe. compared to if you look back when the station first began some more pop stuff is starting to seep in slowly. I mean Duran Duran really?? although being from Chicago I cannot deny the fact that my home station 97.1 The Drive is the same kind of way.. it all depends on who owns the station nowadays. But as a long-haul truck driver I could say there are three great stations and indeed that I love to even just log on to sometimes and listen live to. I have trouble with radio apps so a lot of times in areas where I am but if I have a Wi-Fi I will just go right to the station and listen live even like somewhere around the country. the ride, the drive, and the original 50 year old powerhouse that's never change format never Back Down been through changes but never stop rocking 94.7 The mighty KSHE 95 out of St Louis. being from Chicago and people ask me what would you listen to those are the three I would choose but the ride is still very enjoyable and has a good strong signal you pick it up quite a ways away and your rack with it for quite the way so it's still a good thing compared to a lot of the garbage that you can choose on the radio but personally for me I have just noticed that more and more though some of the format changes to the pop kind of stuff of the 80s that you really wouldn't consider back when it first started and they were more heavy deep cut. Just classic rock but the good Vault stuff

Well, I can't believe nobody's written a review about Access21. CMPAC (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public…read moreAccess Corporation is a non-profit local access channel where anybody in the public can go and make a show after they complete a series of nearly-free, very educational classes and seminars. You may have seen it while channel surfing if you have Time Warner Cable (if you don't then you don't get it) and probably saw some lunatic preaching so you kept moving right along. Next time you're gonna sit in front of your TV check out channel 21 because sometimes they have some really cool, interesting and, best of all, local shows with a wide range of interests. Some of the cooler shows I've seen here are Z-axis, Crazy Late with Johnny Millwater and Scotty's Drive-In Theater. But there are quite a few other diamond sin the rough out there, check out their schedule http://www.tvaccess21.com/froms/4th_quarter_2011.pdf. The best part is that for a small membership fee, $25, you can take some of their most involved TV production classes such as Basic Studio and Control Room. Other great opportunities to learn television production include Final Cut Pro X, Green Screen Lighting, Chroma Keying and Webcasting. CMPAC provides a great opportunity for Charlotte to display a wide range of opinions, voices and interests, unfortunately, the channel is mostly being overrun by religious programming.

WGNC 1450 AM - 101.1 FM is a radio station in Gastonia, NC where my first radio experience…read morehappened. I was in high school and one if my friends had a brother who had an on air gig at this little AM radio station on a hill. Back in the day (I never use that phrase) if you didn't graduate from a broadcasting school, heck I still hadn't graduated from high school, the only way you could be on the radio was to get a license. I got sponsored by the chief engineer and after a few months of hard study and some hands-on I got my "3rd class radio-telephone operators license with broadcast endorsement" it was a mouth full. It was actually required for announcers who had to record meter readings or who operated low power radio broadcast stations From 1963 to 1978 an additional simple technical written test added "Broadcast Endorsement" to the "Third Phone" that allowed announcers to be the sole operators at some limited power stations. A 1st class was what the actual engineers needed. The FCC issued 1st and 2nd class licenses in 1927 then in 1953 a 3rd class was added. Hey, it was kinda a big deal, especially for a 15 year old but fast forward to today and all you need to do to get on the air is show up. Anyway, after I got my 3rd phone I got my first shot of being on the radio with a Saturday afternoon 4 hour show spinning rock n' roll, Wooohooo! The first "big" on-air phrase that I was known for, was my opening greeting, ready? .... "Welcome to your Saturday on wonderful whacky WIG-NACK in the mill village of the south, Gastonia, North Carolina". :-) Well it sounded better when I said it, and I did get a call from the station owner "Mr. McAwain" once that needed me to explain that phrase LOL I also got a call from the owner, and by call I mean "come to Jesus talking to" about my poor judgement of playing a song that he thought was a Vietnam protest. Well the song was "War" and he was correct. Those kind of exchanges were a harbinger of many, many more over the decades to come at the different radio gigs I had, But I digress. Back to WIG-NACK, it was founded by Mr. McSwain and his son in 1939 and is a 1,000 watt AM transmitter and 220 watt FM. The station has had many formats over the years, country, pop, rock, etc. but us currently a news-sport-talk station. They carry syndicated programs with Glenn Beck and Dave Ramsey and a lot of high school sports and even some MLB & NFL with local hosts in different day parts. If you were so inclined you could listen live on TuneIn or stream at their website: https://www.wgncradio.com/ I must admit I tune into all the old stations, where I worked, from time to time, the ones that are still on the air of course, just out of neustalgia and because I can. Bottom line: I decided to write this WGNCreview after recognizing Marconi yesterday and even though National Radio Day isn't until August 20th every day is a good day for some good ol' radio.

I've been watching less television since the switch to digital over the air but WBTV still manages…read moreto make it into my rotation. WBTV went onto the air in 1949 which made it the very first television station in the Carolinas and the 13th station in the United States. WBTV is an an affiliate of CBS and so they have all the CBS television shows. For news, it's mostly been Norah O'Donnell when she's not on break. I'll miss her when she steps away from the anchor desk. WBTV does broadcast some of the CBS programming including Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage that took over for Young Sheldon and Blue Bloods for Tom Selleck's moustache. I don't watch football or baseball so I skip over those when CBS starts with the sports programming. [Review 2554 of 2024 - 4006 in North Carolina - 23565 overall]

I have watched WBTV news since the 1960 s I remember Doug Mays, Clyde McClain, and Big Bill Ward…read moreand many others over the years. I remain loyal. recent coverage has declined. very little sports coverage. too much weather multiple times during the broadcast time. you frequently fail to report the high and low temp/air temp for the day you dwell on "feels like" and forecast while not reporting on actual almanac stats. also white reporters have become the minority. I hate to say this, but spectrum news is now better

This is 1 of the 2 radio stations I actually listen to in the Charlotte area, as I've gotten away…read morefrom music radio. Being the only sports radio station in Charlotte though, I wish it were much better. But my 4 stars means I'm a fan, but mainly because I check it out even though I despise most of the hosts & shows. The main on air personality is Mark Packer, Billy Packer's son. He's a huge SEC fan & pretty much is Mr. Negativity about everything else...can you say like father, like son? He pretty much hates the ACC, but will slurp up SEC news all day. As for the other show, Chris McClain is the main host...which also boggles my mind. Why is a show based in Charlotte, the heart of ACC country, have one of their main shows hosted by a couple of Yanks? He's a Penn State fan & pretty much shows how he & his co hosts know nothing about the local college sporting realm. But like I said, I'm still a fan of this station to just hear the garbage that is spoken daily. It's a good place to tune into to yell at your radio aloud, wondering why they don't see the obvious points. I consistently want to call in & ask them what the heck they're doing.

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Tim Johnson is gre8 on this station. Have listened to the Beach music for ever. Love the the Local…read moreHangouts and stores Awesome .