WRNB

Station Information

Call Letters: WRNB (now WWNB)

Frequency: 1490 AM

Location: New Bern, NC

WRNB banned The Beatles!

Evidence of the Ban:

The Charlotte Observer on August 4, 1966, reported, " 'Any one making a sacrilegious remark like that has no place on our station,' said George Nelson of WRNB, New Bern, N.C., in announcing he was discontinuing Beatle records."

Current Info:

Correspondence:

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