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Abstract:
Located in Raleigh, WCPE-FM is North Carolina's only 24-hour classical music public radio station. In 1973, five college students, seeing a need for this type of programming, began the work necessary to bring the station into being. Five years later, on July 18, 1978, WCPE-FM broadcast its first program. Donations from its listeners support the station.
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Tom Kearney started a part-time job at WPTF in Raleigh in 1982 and in 1988 he had his own show, broadcasting weekly between 9 and 10 pm. His is a measured and soothing voice among a host of vitriolic broadcasters. He has a loyal audience, and his shows cover a range of topics like drive-in-restaurants and old movies, as well as guests including a pharmacist, economist, stamp-and-coin expert, and state government officials.