Public Radio East

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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.

Public Radio East
Broadcast areaGreenville-New Bern-Jacksonville
Frequency89.3 MHz WTEB
88.5 MHz WZNB and WHYC
91.5 MHz WBJD
90.3 MHz WKNS
89.9 MHz W210CF
BrandingPRE News and Ideas WTEB
PRE Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, WHYC, W210CF
Programming
FormatPublic radio WTEB, W210CF
Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, WHYC
AffiliationsNPR (WTEB)
Ownership
OwnerCraven Community College
History
First air date
1984
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID14356 WTEB
94050 WZNB
14358 WKNS
14357 WBJD
28177 WHYC
14355 W210CF
ClassC1 (WTEB,WBJD)
C2 (WKNS)
A (WZNB,WHYC)
D (W210CF)
ERP99,000 watts WTEB
300 watts WZNB
85,000 watts WBJD
35,000 watts WKNS
2,800 watts WHYC
170 watts W210CF
HAAT147 meters WTEB
37 meters WZNB
98 meters WKNS
117 meters WBJD
80 meters WHYC
0 meters W210CF
Transmitter coordinates
35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W / 35.10889; -77.10278 WTEB
35°06′33″N 77°06′09″W / 35.10917°N 77.10250°W / 35.10917; -77.10250 WZNB
34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W / 34.75944°N 76.85444°W / 34.75944; -76.85444 WBJD
35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W / 35.41694°N 77.81583°W / 35.41694; -77.81583 WKNS
35°26′27.00″N 76°13′19.00″W / 35.4408333°N 76.2219444°W / 35.4408333; -76.2219444 WHYC
35°35′36″N 77°22′49″W / 35.59333°N 77.38028°W / 35.59333; -77.38028 W210CF
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitepublicradioeast.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 (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.

References

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  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.
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  2. ^ PRE Changes to Serve You
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