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NPR member network for eastern North Carolina

Public Radio East

New Bern, North Carolina WTEB, WZNBAtlantic Beach, North Carolina WBJDKinston, North Carolina WKNSSwan Quarter, North Carolina WHYCGreenville, North Carolina W210CF
Broadcast area Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville
Frequency 89.3 MHz WTEB88.5 MHz WZNB and WHYC91.5 MHz WBJD90.3 MHz WKNS89.9 MHz W210CF
Branding PRE News and Ideas WTEB_PRE Classical_ WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, WHYC, W210CF
Programming
Format Public radio WTEB, W210CFClassical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, WHYC
Affiliations NPR (WTEB)
Ownership
Owner Craven Community College
History
First air date 1984
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority FCC
Facility ID 14356 WTEB94050 WZNB14358 WKNS14357 WBJD28177 WHYC14355 W210CF
Class C1 (WTEB,WBJD)C2 (WKNS)A (WZNB,WHYC)D (W210CF)
ERP 99,000 watts WTEB300 watts WZNB85,000 watts WBJD35,000 watts WKNS2,800 watts WHYC170 watts W210CF
HAAT 147 meters WTEB37 meters WZNB98 meters WKNS117 meters WBJD80 meters WHYC0 meters W210CF
Transmitter coordinates 35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W / 35.10889; -77.10278 WTEB35°06′33″N 77°06′09″W / 35.10917°N 77.10250°W / 35.10917; -77.10250 WZNB34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W / 34.75944°N 76.85444°W / 34.75944; -76.85444 WBJD35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W / 35.41694°N 77.81583°W / 35.41694; -77.81583 WKNS35°26′27.00″N 76°13′19.00″W / 35.4408333°N 76.2219444°W / 35.4408333; -76.2219444 WHYC35°35′36″N 77°22′49″W / 35.59333°N 77.38028°W / 35.59333; -77.38028 W210CF
Links
Public license information Radio East Public fileWTEB 94050 WZNB 14358 WKNS 14357 WBJD 28177 WHYC 14355 W210CF LMS
Webcast Listen live
Website publicradioeast.org

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 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 (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 Swan Quarter, North Carolina at 88.5, an addition to the PRE Classical stations.

  1. ^ WTEB 94050 WZNB 14358 WKNS 14357 WBJD 28177 WHYC 14355 W210CF "Facility Technical Data for Public Radio East". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ PRE Changes to Serve You