johnny ghost
- Website: http://wknc.org
- Since: 2020
- DJ Calendar
Passed my board test on Friday the 13th in 2020; how's that for good luck?
Host of The Racket on WKNC HD2, which I have stubbornly refused to leave for over a year. I have the music taste of an eighty year old man. Surf rock ain't dead!

johnny ghost's previous playlists
Jun 8, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
The Funk Strikes Back
What to do with four songs worth of a funk set that's been languishing in my drafts for a year and a half? Finish it, finally.
Jun 1, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Racket 101
For my 101th episode, I've whipped up an introductory course to the show: a neat little sampler of some of my favorite music.
May 25, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Local Oldies (The 100th Episode Special)
We've reached triple digits! The big one double-oh! So, finally, I will do something I have been set on for the better part of two years: I will take you all, my beloved listeners, through a twisting tour of North Carolina's musical history.
May 18, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Lone Ranger Radio 2
I've been on a spaghetti western kick, so here's more cowboy vibes.
May 11, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Scarewaves
Playing some new wave and getting a little creepy with it.
Apr 27, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Bargain Bin Soul
A much hyped set finally finished! I have trawled through an assortment of oldies multi-artist compilation albums (one of the most fascinating ways to find music) to bring you the best deep cuts in funk, soul, rhythm & blues, soft rock and more from (mostly) the 1950s through the '70s.
Apr 20, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Plant Music
A calendar appropriate selection of the trippy stuff ;)
Apr 13, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Mud Music
Some gritty rockabilly and blues cuts that have been stuck in my head lately.
Apr 6, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Twang Time
A basic fuzzy surf/garage rock mix I threw together a couple weeks ago for a rainy day. It's that time of the year, folks.
Mar 30, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Lone Ranger Radio
Finally another western themed set, with an nod toward the Ennio Morricone sound since I watched Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy over spring break. I wish I was half as cool as Lee Van Cleef.
Mar 23, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Spring Dirtying
With spring break finished, we're back with a selection of raw and fuzzy surf/garage/blues rock, featuring some of the newest cuts from The Nude Party, Daddy Long Legs, Death Valley Girls, The Bomboras, Grandmas House, and Screaming Females.
Mar 9, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Racket Roadtrip
Leaning mostly but not entirely blues rock, here's a road trip playlist to carry us out into spring break.
Mar 2, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Throwback Tens: Hey, Psychedelia!
For episode 90, my personally curated selection of 1960s (and a couple '70s) psychedelic rock deep cuts.
Feb 23, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
21st Century Twist
Peppy '50s and '60s vibes from the past couple of decades, featuring lots of Racket classics.
Feb 16, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
The Magic Number Special
For episode 88 (like 88.1), I've tried to create the most college radio set imaginable. Jangle pop, twangy indie rock, some local bands and old favorites, and more.
Feb 9, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Some Blues
Exactly what it says on the tin. I've had a long couple weeks, so we're keeping it chill today.
Feb 2, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
That Crypto-Punky-Psychobilly Beat
Borrowing a line from one of last week's songs ("Summer in a Small Town" by the Cleaners from Venus) for a hard-edged mix of garage rock, punk blues, and of course psychobilly. Time to get weird with it.
Jan 26, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Orange Soda Music
It's jangly, it's twangly, it's...mostly new wave, actually.
Jan 19, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Dawn Patrol
What was originally intended as my not-Christmas Christmas set that I never got to play, so we're doing it now: surf rock, baby!
Jan 12, 2023 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The Racket
Nighttime Rock
With johnny ghost
Songs From the Tar Pits
My first proper set of 2023 (excluding last week's 2022 recap) starts season 3 off with an experiment: a dive into the post punk/alt rock phase I was abruptly catapulted into over winter break.