This Old Porch™
Sunday 3:00pm - 6:00pm

WNCW’s program of old-time and traditional dance music. John Fowler and Joe Cline host this show that keeps the music of the mountains alive.

John Fowler

John started as a volunteer radio announcer in the spring of 1995, spinning vinyl and a brand new media, the Compact-Disc. He recalls, “In those days we had, reel-to-reel recorded programs, and guests crowding around the one mic to perform live - all bundled up into a 2 hour live old-time radio show." Now This Old Porch is three hours of top notch programming with up-to-date technology. “On top of that nothing has changed,” he said. When John is not playing his favorite traditional tunes on Sunday afternoon he is busy presenting old-time storytelling and music programs at schools, festivals, college's and special events throughout the region. He also conducts folklore research and workshops for grant development projects. John play's a number of old-time instruments including; banjo, fiddle, harmonica, spoons and auto-harp. "I love the old authentic music, the way it used to sound, and I enjoy playing this music when I'm on-the-air".

Joe Cline

As resident of Charlotte, I started working with WNCW in the early the 1990s as a host for This Old Porch. I enjoy bringing a good mix of traditional tunes, cowboy music, and, sometimes some fiddle tunes to my listeners on Sunday. For those who know me through This Old Porch may know that I’m a musician in addition to being a DJ. I’m a guitarist and lead singer of Bluegrass/acoustic-country band the Kilocycle Kowboys for over thirty years and have played old-time music with Mallard Creek String Band and Celtic with Magpye. I also pick up the mandolin, tenor banjo, guitar and/or bass to play along with many other bands. I’m often found at fiddlers conventions picking in jam sessions and sometimes recording picking sessions to play on the program. These days, I’ve been playing area contradances with Charlotte multi-instrumentalist Jon Singleton.