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{{Infobox
| name = WPET
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| city = [[Greensboro,
| area = [[Piedmont Triad]], [[North Carolina]]
| branding = WPET AM 950
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| translators = {{Radio Relay|92.7|W224CO|Greensboro}}
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| class = D
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id = 71271
| owner =
| licensee
| affiliations = [[Townhall|Townhall News]]▼
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| coordinates = {{coord|36|03|42|N|79|47|35|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}}
| website = [http://www.wpetam950.com wpetam950.com]▼
| webcast = [https://stream.falconinternet.net:9038/;mp3 Listen Live]
▲| affiliations =
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'''WPET''' (950 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to [[Greensboro,
==History==
Wayne Nelson put WPET on the air, in June 1954.
In the late 1950s, WPET was Greensboro's first rock and roll station.<ref>Jeri Rowe, "'King' of Local Radio Dies at Age 78 - Radio Pioneer Bill Mitchell Helped Introduce Rock 'N' Roll to the City," ''Greensboro News & Record'', December 6, 2000.</ref>
For a few years starting in 1954, "Merrill the Pearl" Watson hosted a gospel music show on WPET, but many of his listeners didn't realize that he
In 1967, under the Ownership of MIDO Communications and Station Manager (and part
From 1969 to 1974 Armshaw hosted one of the area's talk shows where listeners called in. He and Wes Jones, who came to the station in 1978, later co-hosted "Wes and Willie", which may have been the first radio morning show in the area with two hosts.<ref name=Armshaw>{{cite news|url=http://www.greensboro.com/news/radio-pioneer-tom-armshaw-left-legacy/article_764118b2-54ce-549a-afcd-b54b9d85a364.html|title= Radio pioneer Tom Armshaw left legacy|last=McLaughlin|first=Nancy|work=[[News & Record]]|date=August 30, 2015}}</ref>
After [[WKEW]] became a [[Radio Disney]] affiliate in 1998, WPET hired WKEW's Andy Durham as its sports director. Durham started a local sports talk show, and WPET began airing high school football and basketball. Starting with the 1999 season, WPET began airing the games of Greensboro's [[minor league baseball]] team, then known as the Bats.<ref>Jeri Rowe, "Bats Games Can Be Heard on Local Radio - A Southern Gospel Station Becomes Voice for Gate City Sports," ''Greensboro News & Record'', April 8, 1999.</ref> Later, [[UNCG]] basketball and [[minor league hockey]] were added.<ref>Bill Hass, "Local Radio Station Beefing Up Sports Coverage," ''Greensboro News & Record'' - August 21, 1999.</ref>
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Dave Compton, who came to work at WPET in 1978 at age 19, remains with the station now, with over 30 years of service. Dave serves as station Program Director, while Jim Scott heads up sports programming,
[[Bahakel Communications]] sold WPET and [[WSMW|WKSI]] to Entercom in 2001.<ref>Jamie Kritzer, "New Owners, Economy Spur Cuts at Radio Stations," ''Greensboro News & Record'', December 6, 2001.</ref>
WPET, along with sister station [[WEAL]], was sold to Stuart and Nancy Epperson's Truth Broadcasting Corporation in September 2020. Both stations joined Epperson's other stations in the Greensboro market, namely [[WTRU]], [[WKEW]], and [[WPOL]]. [[Galax, Virginia]]-based [[WBRF]], another station partially owned by Stuart Epperson, also broadcasts in part of the same market.<ref name=Epperson>{{cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/197926/station-sales-week-of-9-18-entercom-sells-two-greensboro-ams/|title= Station Sales Week Of 9/18: Entercom Sells Two Greensboro AMs|last=Venta|first=Lance|work=RadioInsight|date=2020-09-18|access-date=2020-09-20}}</ref> The sale, at a price of $400,000, was consummated on December 31, 2020.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=66114&.pdf FCC History Cards for WPET]
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{{Piedmont Triad radio}}
[[Category:Radio stations in
[[Category:Christian radio stations in North Carolina|PET]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1954]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in North Carolina]]
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