Public Radio East
Public Radio East is the National Public Radio member regional network for eastern North Carolina. It is a service of Craven Community College in New Bern, with studios in Barker Hall on the college's campus.
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| City | New Bern, North Carolina WTEB, WZNB Atlantic Beach, North Carolina WBJD Kinston, North Carolina WKNS Greenville, North Carolina W201AO |
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| Broadcast area | Greenville-New Bern |
| Frequency | 89.3 MHz WTEB 88.5 MHz WZNB 91.5 MHz WBJD 90.3 MHz WKNS 88.1 MHz W201AO |
| Branding | PRE News and Ideas WTEB PRE Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, W201AO |
| Slogan | We Bridge Sounds |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio WTEB Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, W201AO |
| Affiliations | NPR (WTEB) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Craven Community College |
| History | |
| First air date | 1984 |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 14356 WTEB 94050 WZNB 14358 WKNS 14357 WBJD 14355 W201AO |
| Class | C1 (WTEB,WBJD) C2 (WKNS) A (WZNB) D (W201AO) |
| ERP | 99,000 watts WTEB 300 watts WZNB 85,000 watts WBJD 35,000 watts WKNS 120 watts W201AO |
| HAAT | 147 meters WTEB 37 meters WZNB 98 meters WKNS 117 meters WBJD 41 meters W201AO |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W WTEB 35°06′33″N 77°06′09″W WZNB 34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W WBJD 35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W WKNS 35°36′56″N 77°22′10″W W201AO |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | publicradioeast.org |
The network's original station, WTEB in New Bern, was launched in 1984, on the frequency 89.5, at 66 kW. Later the station moved to 89.3 and increased power to 100 kW. The station has won many awards, including outstanding news operation from the Associated Press. During the 1990s, it added two full-time stations--WKNS Kinston at 90.3 and WBJD Atlantic Beach/Morehead City at 91.5. It also added a low-powered translator in Greenville at 88.1, W201AO; the translator is officially a repeater of WTEB.
Originally, all four stations aired a mix of NPR programming and classical music. In 2003, however, the network split into two separate services. The original NPR/classical format stayed on WTEB, while the other stations joined with newly signed-on WZNB at 88.5 in New Bern to become the News and Ideas Network, airing an expanded schedule of news and talk programming from NPR and other outlets. However, the two services simulcast most of NPR's more popular shows, such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
On February 5, 2018 the News and Ideas programming moved to WTEB, while WZNB, WKNS, WBJD and W201AO switched to classical as "PRE Classical".[1]
References
External links
- WTEB in the FCC's FM station database
- WTEB on Radio-Locator
- WTEB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- WZNB in the FCC's FM station database
- WZNB on Radio-Locator
- WZNB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- WBJD in the FCC's FM station database
- WBJD on Radio-Locator
- WBJD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- WKNS in the FCC's FM station database
- WKNS on Radio-Locator
- WKNS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database