In the August 8, 1966 issue, Broadcasting magazine reported, "Among other stations that have pulled off Beatles' records are WAIM Anderson, WHCQ Spartanburg, WORG Orangeburg and WBCU Union, all South Carolina; WCBC [sic] Charlotte and WYNA Raleigh, both North Carolina."

According to The Asheville Citizen on August 4, 1966, "Bobby Dark of WYNA, Raleigh, N.C., said a bonfire is planned for burning Beatles records."

The News and Observer in Raleigh reported on August 5, 1966, "Raleigh's WYNA announced a 'beatle burning' next Wednesday during which Beatle records and paraphernalia would be destroyed.... WYNA will ask listeners not to request Beatle recordings, but probably would play them if urged, according to manager and co-owner Roger Ray."

According to the Winston-Salem Journal on August 5, 1966, "WYNA in Raleigh is scheduling a Beatle bonfire for 7 p.m. Wednesday. The station is asking listeners to send everything pertaining to the Beatles--records, pictures, sweatshirts--to the station for the fire to be held across the street from N.C. State's Bell Tower Operations manager Charlie Hicks said the bonfire is not a publicity gimmick and the station feels Lennon's comments were sacrilegious and, 'We don't like that.' "

On August 8, 1966, The News and Observer had another story about the planned WYNA bonfire:

The manager of a Raleigh radio station is concerned with the public reaction to his plans for a "Beatle burning" Wednesday.

Roger Ray, co-owner of WYNA, said Friday his station had received numerous irate telephone calls, some promising possible violence at the "burning," others content with playing a bar or two of a Beatle recording.

Ray's decision to "ban the Beatles" on the air and promote "a bond [sic] fire to get the point across" stems from remarks attributed to Beatle John Lennon, who said the mop-haired singers were "more popular than Jesus."

Some radio people think the nation-wide broadcast reprisal is a "gimmick," and so it may be in some cases. (Although Ray said he fails to see how this could build the following of any station.)

An Englishman by birth, Ray adamantly reaffirms his belief in the station's stand, saying it has a responsibility to its teenage following that can not be ignored.

"If we were to continue to play the Beatles right now, we would enhance (their power). And at the present time we have reason to believe that they have misused the power in a harmful way.

"We're not preaching, and I'm an Englishman and England can use that (tax) revenue, but if radio stations don't demand some kind of standard of public behavior from the people that they make popular, then they are failing in their duty to the youth of the country.

"The Beatles now have a loyalty amongst millions of our youth. We feel that although their personal beliefs are their own business, statements such as the one in question regarding Christ, when made to the press, must cause a number of their youthful followers to say "well, if the Beatles think Christianity is on its way out, which is exactly what they said, then there must be something to it."

Ray noted, as have others, that the wealth and power that accrue to star entertainers impose or, should impose, a duty, a responsibility on the way these people act and speak. "It's a duty," he said, "to be very, very careful to protect values which are held sacred by many."

The Raleigh radio man also said that he thought the whole "furor" went way beyond the performers in question. "What we're asking now is do we have any control over these people the kids almost worship. Can't we require some standard from the people the young people try so hard to emulate."