WUNC (91.5 MHz) is a listener-supported public radio station, serving the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.

[citation needed] WRQM began in 1992 as a separate NPR station under the call sign WESQ, licensed to North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount.

[7][8] On May 31, 2023, WUNC announced the purchase of WZCO in Chadbourn, the former Columbus County Schools student-run radio station, for $50,000.

The network began offering podcasts for The State of Things and other locally produced news stories in September 2005.

On October 17, 2005, The State of Things began production at the new Durham location and broadcasts live about once a month remotely from Triad Stage in Greensboro.

WUNC is the home station of the American Homefront Project, which reports on military life and veterans issues.

However, in recent years, it has largely reverted to using "WUNC" as its main on-air name, with "North Carolina Public Radio" as a secondary brand.

WUNC's 100,000-watt signal broadcasts from the PBS North Carolina tower on Terrells Mountain in Chatham County, five miles west of Chapel Hill.

In addition to its home market of the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill), it also provides a strong city-grade signal to the eastern Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro and High Point.

Terrells Mountain is roughly halfway between the Triangle and the Triad, and WUNC has long claimed Greensboro as part of its primary coverage area.

WUND serves northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks, with WBUX covering southern Dare County.

Combined, the seven stations reach just over half of North Carolina's population, providing at least secondary coverage from the fringes of the Charlotte suburbs to the Outer Banks.