Public Radio East is the NPR member regional network for northeastern North Carolina.
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.
During the 1990s, it added two full-time stations--WKNS Kinston at 90.3 and WBJD Atlantic Beach (serving Morehead City) at 91.5.
[2] As of early 2022, Public Radio East added WHYC (88.5 FM) in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, to the PRE Classical stations.