WPYB, Country, is a radio station in
Benson, North Carolina
Benson is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States, near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 40. Benson celebrates Mule Days on the fourth Saturday of September, a festival that attracts over 60,000 people each year. In 2010, ...
—a small town between
Raleigh
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and
Fayetteville—that has a
classic country music
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format.
WPYB was the first station that was owned by George G. Beasley, the founder of
Beasley Broadcast Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owned 63 stations under the Beasley Media Group name.
History
The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasl ...
. Mr. Beasley has long since sold WPYB, and the most recent ownership was Dunn-Benson Broadcasting, a local company owned by Leon Tart & Sue Tart.
WPYB operates only during
daylight hours
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to accommodate the signal of
WBBR
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in
New York City
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.
According to a listing in the ''SRDS Radio Advertising Source'', Spring/Summer 2007, WPYB billed itself as "the best little station in the nation".
On May 1, 2021 WPYB was sold to McLamb Broadcasting for 190,000 USD.
References
External links
WPYB Website*
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Radio stations established in 1962
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