Student Media Mission Statement
As a public forum for free expression, the student media at North Carolina State University exist to inform and to entertain, first and foremost, the students followed by members of the surrounding community and peers in the journalism profession. Working in student media gives participants hands-on experience in the mass media which will assist them regardless of their career goals. By upholding the highest standards of journalistic ethics, the student-run media will help students become competent as ethical and responsible adults, who are enthusiastic about their future involvement in human affairs and optimistic about their future.
Visit the Student Media Web site for information about all student media, the Society for Collegiate Journalists chapter, the Student Media constitution, board agenda and minutes, policies and press releases.
WKNC Mission Statement
WKNC strives to provide information and entertainment to the students of N.C. State University and the citizens of the Raleigh-Durham area. WKNC also provides NCSU students with the opportunity to gain experience in preparation for jobs in the broadcast industry. Finally, WKNC attempts to use its airwaves to compliment and support N.C. State University.
WKNC’s Charter
The campus student-operated radio station shall present musical and other forms of entertainment, and supplement the newspaper with instantaneous coverage. Whenever appropriate, the station shall engage campus and other figures of student interest for discussion and debate programs. In short, WKNC-FM shall compliment, through its unique format, the functions of the other student media.
Statement Of Equal Opportunity Employment
Discrimination based upon race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation is in violation of federal and state law and North Carolina State University policy, and will not be tolerated. WKNC will follow all Student Media, University, state and federal procedures, policies and laws regarding equal opportunity employment.
Student Status
WKNC is one of only a handful of college stations across the country which is not only completely student run, but is student-run, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. WKNC is also unique that we compensate some of our “student volunteers” for their time spent at WKNC. We are able to do this because student fees subsidize a portion of our annual budget. Consequently, we do not offer paid employment to individuals not currently enrolled as full-time students at N.C. State University.
It is the policy of N.C. State Student Media that all employees, paid and unpaid, maintain the minimum grade point average established in the current Student Media Academic Progress Policy. All paid student employees of Student Media shall be full-time students at N.C. State University unless in their final semester of study.
WKNC does, periodically, have alumni and others affiliated with the university assist us with training or other station duties. Alumni should make every effort to involve students in their programs. In the event the schedule is full for a given semester, non-students may be asked to give up their air shifts so students may have them. Those not enrolled during the summer semester, but enrolled in the fall, are still considered active students. Students with more than one air shift may also be asked to give up their additional shifts.
