Wesley H. (Wesley Herndon) Wallace

Life and Orange County connections

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1. by September 5, 1972 UNC's WUNC-FM applies to renew its license after two years off the air The University's WUNC-FM, inoperable for about two years, applied to the Federal Communications Commission by September 5 to renew its three-year license, though it needed about $20,000 toward new equipment and $90,000 a year to operate; a former RTVMP student wrote the governor and the FCC opposing renewal without a funding commitment. People: Wesley H. (Wesley Herndon) Wallace Place: WUNC-FM, Swain Hall, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 15, 1972, p. 1
2. December 1976 Earl Wynn, founder of UNC's radio, television and motion pictures department, retires Earl Wynn, who founded the UNC Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures in 1947 and chaired it until 1963, retired after 38 years on the faculty and planned to try a film acting career in Hollywood. He was known in Chapel Hill for his yearly reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, given since 1966. People: Wesley H. (Wesley Herndon) Wallace Place: University, Chapel Hill · Also named: Earl WynnSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, March 2, 1977, p. 1 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, September 18, 1986, p. 1