WEED (AM)
radio station
WEED (1390 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a gospel music format. Licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Rocky Mount/Wilson area. The station is owned by Northstar Broadcasting Corporation.
History
WEED signed on in Greenville, North Carolina, in 1933, owned by the Wynne family. After moving to Rocky Mount, WEED added an FM station which later became WRSV. Bill Wynne took over the stations from his father and ran them until Charles and Sarah Johnson bought WEED in 1988. Sarah Johnson remained as head of Northstar Broadcasting after her husband's death.
In 1994, WEED began a four-hour Spanish language program called La Pantera. By 2002, La Pantera had become a 24-hour format. Early that year, WEED began airing a Spanish version of the WRAL-TV 6 p.m. newscast.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7948813. The first chronological checks are 1390, 1933, 1988 and 1994.
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