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==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 was also host of "Sugarfoot's [[Rhythm and Blues]] Express.<ref>Tanya N. Ballard, "Radio Legend Still Riding High on the Local Airwaves," ''Greensboro News & Record'', October 11, 1997.</ref>"
In 1967, under the Ownership of MIDO Communications and Station Manager (and part owner) Tom Armshaw, WPET began airing [[Southern gospel]] music full-time.<ref>"WPET Marks 30 Years of Broadcasting," ''Greensboro News & Record'', September 18, 1997.</ref>
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 morning show with two hosts in the area.<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>
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==External links==
*[http://www.wpetam950.com/ official site]
{{Piedmont Triad radio}}
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