Public Radio East

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.

Public Radio East

City	New Bern, North Carolina WTEB, WZNB Atlantic Beach, North Carolina WBJD Kinston, North Carolina WKNS Greenville, North Carolina W201AO
Broadcast area	Greenville-New Bern
Branding	PRE News and Ideas WTEB PRE Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, W201AO
Slogan	We Bridge Sounds
Frequency	89.3 MHz WTEB 88.5 MHz WZNB 91.5 MHz WBJD 90.3 MHz WKNS 88.1 MHz W201AO
First air date	1984
Format	Public radio WTEB Classical WZNB, WBJD, WKNS, W201AO
ERP	99,000 watts WTEB 300 watts WZNB 85,000 watts WBJD 35,000 watts WKNS 120 watts W201AO
HAAT	147 meters WTEB 37 meters WZNB 98 meters WKNS 117 meters WBJD 41 meters W201AO
Class	C1 (WTEB,WBJD) C2 (WKNS) A (WZNB) D (W201AO)
Facility ID	14356 WTEB 94050 WZNB 14358 WKNS 14357 WBJD 14355 W201AO
Transmitter coordinates	35°06′32″N 77°06′10″W WTEB 35°06′33″N 77°06′09″W WZNB 34°45′34″N 76°51′16″W WBJD 35°25′01″N 77°48′57″W WKNS 35°36′56″N 77°22′10″W W201AO
Affiliations	NPR (WTEB)
Owner	Craven Community College
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	publicradioeast.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/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 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".[1]