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.
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