Freddy Jenkins

Freddy is a North Carolina native. He came to Chapel Hill to attend UNC-CH in 1978 and never left. He began working at WUNC in 1979 as a work-study student recording features, working on Listen Magazine and assisting in the music library. Later moved into on-air work. Duties over the years have included hosting music programs of all types, recording live concerts and engineering talk shows. He's written about music for various Triangle publications. Also, Freddy's been involved in just about every job there is in the music business, from music retailer/product buyer to making many trips around the country as a tour manager for rock bands. In any free time Freddy enjoys listening to jazz, reading and college basketball.