Raleigh's AM 850 (now WPTK "Talk Radio 850 WPTF"--sister station to "News Radio 680 WPTF") did indeed sign on in (I think) 1948 as the News and Observer's WNAO, along with WNAO-FM 96.1 (now WBBB "Radio 96-1"). The paper was also behind Raleigh's first TV station, WNAO-TV 28, which lasted from 1953-1958. (The current, unrelated channel 28 in the market, Durham-licensed WRDC, is not connected to WNAO-TV). The WNAO stations were bought by Southern Broadcasting in 1959 and became WKIX/ WKIX-FM, thus beginning the Raleigh run of those legendary call letters that hold the local record for different dial positions-six different frequencies with two "tours of duty" on three of them.