Public Radio East
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|---|---|
| Broadcast area | New Bern, Greenville, Jacksonville |
| Branding | PRE News and Ideas; PRE Classical |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk; classical music |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Craven Community College |
| History | |
First air date | June 4, 1984 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | publicradioeast |
| For technical information, see § Transmitters. | |
Public Radio East is the NPR member regional network for northeastern North Carolina. It is a service of Craven Community College in New Bern, with studios in Barker Hall on the college's campus.
The network's original station, WTEB in New Bern, was launched June 4, 1984, on the frequency 89.5, at 66 kW. Its call sign contains the initials of Thurman Elwood Brock, Craven Community College's founding president.[1] 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 (serving Morehead City) at 91.5. It also added a low-powered translator in Greenville at 88.1, W201AO; now W210CF at 89.9 MHz, 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”. [2]
As of early 2022, Public Radio East added WHYC (88.5 FM) in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, to the PRE Classical stations. WHYC is licensed to the Hyde County Board of Education.
Transmitters
[edit]| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTEB | 89.3 FM | New Bern, NC | 14356 | 100,000 | 147 m (482 ft) | C1 | 35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W | June 4, 1984 |
| WZNB | 88.5 FM | New Bern, NC | 94050 | 300 | 37 m (121 ft) | A | 35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W | 2003 |
| W210CF | 89.9 FM | Greenville, NC | 14355 | 170 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 35°35′36″N 77°22′49″W / 35.59333°N 77.38028°W | — |
| WKNS | 90.3 FM | Kinston, NC | 14358 | 35,000 | 98 m (322 ft) | C2 | 35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W / 35.41694°N 77.81583°W | |
| WBJD | 91.5 FM | Atlantic Beach, NC | 14357 | 85,000 | 117 m (384 ft) | C1 | 34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W / 34.75944°N 76.85444°W | |
| WHYC | 88.5 FM | Swan Quarter, NC | 28177 | 2,800 | 80 m (262 ft) | A | 35°26′27″N 76°13′19″W / 35.44083°N 76.22194°W |
References
[edit]- ^ Desrosier, Holly (June 9, 2019). "Public Radio East: Thirty-five years in the making, locally sourced with a national reach". The Free Press. Kinston, North Carolina.
- ^ PRE Changes to Serve You
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 14356 (WTEB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WTEB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 94050 (WZNB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WZNB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 14357 (WBJD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBJD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 28177 (WHYC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHYC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 14358 (WKNS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKNS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database