NCC: WONC records

Collection

Identifier: NCCA-C128

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes weekly programs, broadcast transcripts, member rosters, program proposals, and control room instructions for the College radio station. The majority of the papers date from 1967 through 1985 though some papers are from more recent years.

In addition, a selection of shows, newscasts, and excerpts of shows from 1972-1982 are available in digital format. Audio files of broadcasts, which won awards from the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) Student Silver Dome Awards are also present in digital format.

Dates

1967 - 2023

Biographical / Historical

Station WNCC began broadcasting from North Central College in 1947 using a “ham-radio” and was operated by the Amateur Radio Association with help from the Speech Department. In 1954, the station became a member of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System and changed its call letters from WNCC to WNOC. On June 28, 1968, WNOC went FM and became Station WONC, with a listening radius of 25 miles.

Extent

1.0 Linear Feet (2 manuscript, letter-sized boxes; 1 box for audiocassettes)

3.74 Gigabytes (10 MP3s and 11 WAV files)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Archives received files from Mike Quintero, a former student at WONC, in 2002. Audio files of IBA Student Silver Dome Award winners were transferred to Archives from the General Manager of WONC in November 2023 – accession number: 2023-30 and 2023-31.

Processing Information

The base collection of the College Archives had no inherent order. The Archives created this series out of the base collection in 1999. Files received from Mike Quintero, a former student at WONC, were added to the original collection in 2002. Brandon Herman ‘20 digitized audio cassettes that were labeled “WONC’s cassette archives” in 2017 for an audio documentary on WONC. The audio cassettes contained shows, newscasts, and excerpts of shows from 1972-1982.

Record Groups

- 13. Student Life

Digital Material

WONC records

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: NCC: WONC records, 1967-2004
Status: In Progress
Author: Kimberly Jacobsen Butler, Archivist; Megan Peterson, Archives Student Assistant; 2023 accession processed by Kristina Maldre Jarosik, Head of Archives and Special Collections
Date: 04-2006, 05-2024
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin