WEEY
MHz | |
| Branding | SportsRadio 93.5 WEEI-FM Keene, NH |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Great Eastern Radio, LLC |
| WKKN | |
| History | |
First air date | January 1, 1972 (license, as WCFR-FM) |
Former call signs |
|
Call sign meaning | Similar to WEEI |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4910 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 175 meters (574 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°54′53″N 72°19′52″W / 42.91472°N 72.33111°W |
| Translator(s) | 106.5 W293AB (Keene) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | WEEY-FM site within WEEI-FM website |
WEEY (93.5
radio station licensed to serve Swanzey, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC and serves as the Keene affiliate for WEEI-FM
.
History
The WEEY license was originally allocated to
adult contemporary format in 1976.[5] The station took the call letters WMKS in 1987, but in 1992 reverted to WCFR-FM.[1] After the station was sold to Bob and Shirley Wolf in 1998,[6] the station ceased its independent programming in favor of simulcasting sister station WMXR (93.9).[7] As a simulcast of WMXR, formats included oldies,[7] adult contemporary,[8] and country.[8]
Clear Channel Communications bought WCFR and WMXR in 2001,[9] and merged the stations' country format (branded as "Bob Country") with that of its own WXXK (100.5), branded "Kixx".[10] That October, the station would change its call letters to WXKK to reflect the station's new simulcast partner.[11]
By September 2004, WXKK had reverted to an adult contemporary format in a simulcast with WGXL (92.3); in that month, the station converted to a simulcast of WTSL (1400)'s news/talk programming[12] as WTSM.[1] Clear Channel sold its stations in the Lebanon, New Hampshire, market to Great Eastern Radio in January 2007,[13] and two months later reverted WTSM to the WXXK simulcast.[14] By the time of the consummation of the sale to Great Eastern Radio, WTSM had gone silent.[15]
On June 8, 2007, WTSM was granted a construction permit to change its
Boston's WEEI, under the call letters WEEY.[17] In February 2012, WEEY replaced its nighttime simulcast of Fox Sports Radio with a simulcast of ESPN Radio, already carried in the market on WZBK; Fox Sports Radio returned to WEEY after less than one week. As of 2018[update], WEEY aired NBC Sports Radio
when not airing WEEI programming.
References
- ^ a b c "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEEY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-306. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1973 (PDF). 1973. p. B-205. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 (PDF). 1977. p. C-217. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 30, 1998). "WNEQ, R.I.P?". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (June 4, 1998). "Tornado Topples WIVT". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (April 7, 2000). ""Quick," What's On 93.5/93.9?". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (January 15, 2001). "Citadel, WROL, and WKOX -- Sold!". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 4, 2001). "Take Me Out to the Ban Game". North East RadioWatch. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 29, 2001). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 27, 2004). "Rhode Islanders Fight WRNI Sale". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (January 22, 2007). "Shapiro's Back in the Upper Valley". North East Radio Watch.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 26, 2007). "Rhode Island Public Radio Gets Local". North East Radio Watch.
- ^ a b "Request for Special Temporary Authority" (PDF). Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA. Federal Communications Commission. April 8, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 29, 2007). "FCC Window Brings Big Changes". North East Radio Watch.
- Entercom Communications. August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
External links
- Official website
- WEEY in the FCC FM station database
- WEEY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W293AB in the FCC FM station database
- W293AB at FCCdata.org