Public Radio East
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| Broadcast area | Greenville-New Bern |
| Frequency | 89.3 MHz WTEB 91.5 MHz WBJD 90.3 MHz WKNS 88.5 MHz WZNB 88.1 MHz W201AO |
| Programming | |
| Format | public radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Craven Community College |
| History | |
First air date | 1984 |
Call sign meaning | W Thurman Elias Brock, station founder Where Tomorrow's Education Begins WTEB WKiNSton |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 (WTEB,WBJD), C2 (WKNS), D (W201AO) |
| Power | 99,000 Watts WTEB 85,000 Watts WBJD 35,000 Watts WKNS 120 Watts W201AO |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W / 35.10889°N 77.10278°W WTEB 34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W / 34.75944°N 76.85444°W WBJD 35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W / 35.41694°N 77.81583°W WKNS 35°36′56″N 77°22′10″W / 35.61556°N 77.36944°W W201AO |
| Links | |
| Website | wteb.org |
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.
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 WKNS.
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.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WTEB ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WBJD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WKNS ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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