WPET

Station Information

Call Letters: WPET

Frequency: 950 AM

Location: Greensboro, NC

WPET banned The Beatles!

Evidence of the Ban:

North Carolina's Asheville Citizen on August 4, 1966, reported, "Other Carolinas stations which announced a ban on the Beatle recordings included: WKDK, Newberry, S.C., WLSC, Loris, S.C., WPET, Greensboro, N.C., WBBB, Burlington, N.C., WVCB, Charlotte, N.C., WRKB, Kannapolis, N.C., WTYN, Tryon, N.C."

Current Info:

Correspondence:

The station was contacted to see if they want to apologize to The Beatles, but they did not respond.