WWEI
WWEI (105.5 FM; "SportsRadio 105.5") is a radio station in Easthampton, Massachusetts, serving Springfield with a sports radio format. The station is owned by Entercom Communications. Most programming is provided by Boston sister station WEEI.
History
The 105.5 MHz frequency used by WWEI was originally allocated to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where it signed on in October 1967[1] as WQRB-FM.[2] It was co-owned with WBEC (1420 AM), though it offered its own programming;[2] this was a middle-of-the-road format by 1972.[3] The station became WBEC-FM in 1979, upon adopting an album-oriented rock format.[4] During the 1980s, the station shifted to more of a contemporary hit radio format.[1]
Vox Media acquired the WBEC stations in 2002.[5] Two years later, to accommodate then-sister station WNYQ (now WQSH)'s move to Malta, New York, Vox filed to move WBEC-FM to Easthampton in 2004.[6] Vox then put the station up for sale, and after an unsuccessful attempt to sell it to Pamal Broadcasting,[7] it was sold to Entercom in 2006.[8] WBEC-FM signed off from Pittsfield that May,[9] with the format and call letters moving to 95.9 FM (a former frequency of WUPE-FM) at that time.[10] The current incarnation of the station signed on as WVEI-FM from Easthampton on October 26.[11] The call letters were changed to WWEI on September 14, 2011.[12]
References
- ^ a b (PDF) Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989. 1989. p. B-143. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1989/B-1%20Radio%20Ala%20to%20Mont%201989-5.pdf. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ a b (PDF) Broadcasting Yearbook 1968. 1968. p. B-103. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1968/B%201%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201968.pdf. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ (PDF) Broadcasting Yearbook 1973. 1973. p. B-96. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1973/B%201%20YB%201973.pdf. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ (PDF) Broadcasting Yearbook 1980. 1980. p. C-108. http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1980/C%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201980.pdf. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (July 29, 2002). "Vox buys WBEC (Really!)". North East RadioWatch. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020729.html. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (December 6, 2004). "WAQX-Stern Feud Escalates". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/041206/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 1, 2006). "Unanswered Questions in Boston". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060501/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009. "The deal with Pamal was never consummated…"
- ^ Fybush, Scott (February 20, 2006). "WEEI heads west with WBEC-FM buy". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060220/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 8, 2006). "Sox & Entercom: So Happy Together?". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060508/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 17, 2006). "WAVM, Living Proof Settle Dispute". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060417/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 30, 2006). "CC Cutbacks in Rochester Claim Five Jobs". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061030/nerw.html. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11295&Callsign=WWEI. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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See also: adult contemporary, classic hits, college, country, news/talk, NPR, oldies, religious, rock, sports, top 40, urban, and other radio stations in Massachusetts
Also see: ESPN Radio • ESPN Deportes Radio • Fox Sports Radio • Sporting News Radio
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