March 13, 1953: Carl Kasell and Charles Kuralt Help Launch WUNC-FM

Posted Mar 13, 2020
On March 13, 1953, UNC students Carl Kasell and Charles Kuralt stepped up to the microphone for WUNC’s inaugural FM broadcast. After getting its start as a student-run AM station in the 1940s, the station made its transition to the FM band with future broadcasting greats Kasell and Kuralt. Both Kasell and Kuralt went onto distinguished careers. (NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources)

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