North Carolina Public Radio is a public radio network based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It broadcasts NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, and BBC programming in an "all-news-and-information" format. On the weekends, the network broadcasts locally-produced folk music programming; the longest-running continuously-produced program offered by the station is Back Porch Music, a weekly folk and traditional music program.
North Carolina Public Radio should not be confused with WXYC, which is UNC's student radio station.
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