WKNC 88.1 HD1

WKNC 88.1 HD1 is NC State's student-run radio station, and it refuses to play it safe. The playlist jumps from Baroque fugues to underground hip hop without warning. A typical afternoon might start with a Coltrane solo, pivot to a local indie band, then land on a Muddy Waters delta blues track. It's jarring. That's the point. The student DJs are given creative freedom, and they run with it. They dig into crate-digger territory - think rare soul 45s and jazz fusion B-sides. This isn't your cookie-cutter classical radio United States station; classical is just one ingredient in a wild stew. When…