Public Radio East

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Public Radio East
Broadcast areaNew Bern, Greenville, Jacksonville
BrandingPRE 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 (1984-06-04)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website publicradioeast.org
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.

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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]

Transmitters

Public Radio East transmitters
Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFounded
WTEB89.3 FM New Bern, NC 14356 100,000147 m (482 ft)C1 35°06′32″N77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W / 35.10889; -77.10278 (WTEB) June 4, 1984
WZNB88.5 FM New Bern, NC 94050 30037 m (121 ft)A 35°06′32″N77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W / 35.10889; -77.10278 (WTEB) 2003
W210CF89.9 FM Greenville, NC 14355 1700 m (0 ft)D 35°35′36″N77°22′49″W / 35.59333°N 77.38028°W / 35.59333; -77.38028 (W210CF)
WKNS90.3 FM Kinston, NC 14358 35,00098 m (322 ft)C2 35°25′01″N77°48′57″W / 35.41694°N 77.81583°W / 35.41694; -77.81583 (WKNS)
WBJD91.5 FM Atlantic Beach, NC 14357 85,000117 m (384 ft)C1 34°45′34″N76°51′16″W / 34.75944°N 76.85444°W / 34.75944; -76.85444 (WBJD)

References

  1. 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.
  2. PRE Changes to Serve You