WBEE-FM

WBEE-FM
City of license	Rochester, New York
Broadcast area	Rochester and Vicinity
Branding	92.5 WBEE
Slogan	Rochester's New Country
Frequency	92.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 92.5-2 FM: Sports (WROC (AM) simulcast)
First air date	1970 (as WNWZ)
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	71206
Callsign meaning	The BEE (informal brand) and, jokingly, We've Been Everything Else
Former callsigns	WNWZ (1970-1976) WMJQ (1976-1986) WLRY (1986-1987)
Owner	Entercom Communications (Entercom Rochester License, LLC)
Sister stations	WBZA, WPXY, WROC, WCMF
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wbee.com

WBEE-FM (92.5 FM) is a country music formatted radio station in the Rochester, New York, radio market. It is owned by Entercom Communications, who acquired the station from Sinclair Broadcasting in 1999.

The station is usually 1 or 2 in listenership in the Rochester area according to Arbitron.

History

The station adopted its current format in April 1987. Prior to becoming WBEE the station had a variety of formats including all news WNWZ and then better known album rock format Magic 92 as WMJQ until flipping to a pop format Q92 and eventually to country as WBEE. The station's studios are located at Entercom Rochester's High Falls Studios downtown, and its transmitter tower is in Penfield, New York.

WBEE is also the former call sign of the AM station in Harvey, Illinois now known as WBGX.

Programming

The award winning Morning Show, "The BEE Morning Coffee Club" weekdays 5:30am to 10am, is hosted by Steve Hausmann and Jeremy Newman and TJ Sharp.

The program was hosted by various people including Jim Kelly, Uncle Fred Horton and Bill Coffey until his death in 2005. Longtime co-host host Terry Clifford moved to the 10-3pm "midday morning show" in August 2015.^[1]

Billy Kidd hosts the afternoon drive from 3-7pm and Justine Paige hosts 7-midnight. Up until the departure of long time overnight host Dave Beck, the station had live talent 24 hours a day on weekdays, one of the few radio stations in the country that did.

Features

A long feature of the station is it's "Guitars and Stars" which is held at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, New York and features up and coming country music stars in an acoustic setting to benefit the Ronald McDonald House.

In the past the station also hosted "Random Acts of Country" where an up and coming country music star would show up and play without prior public notice at a local bar or restaurant in the Rochester area.

References

↑ "The BEE Morning Coffee Club". .wbee.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

External links

WBEE-FM official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBEE

Radio-Locator information on WBEE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBEE

Radio stations in the Rochester, New York market

By AM frequency	950 990 1040 1140 1180 1280 1310 1370 1460 1490 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.5 92.5 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.7 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.5 105.7 105.9 106.7 107.3 107.7

By callsign	W265BX W282BQ W288BZ WAIO WAYO-LP WBEE-FM WBER WBSU WBTA WBZA WCGR WCJW WCMF-FM WDCX WDKX WDVI WEOS WEPL-LP WFKL WGMC WGSU WHAM WHIC WHTK WHWS-LP WITR WKDL-FM WKEL WJZR WKGS WLGZ-FM WLKK WMHN WNBL WOKR WPXY-FM WRMM-FM WROC WRSB WRUR-FM WUUF WVOR WXXI WXXI-FM WYSL WZNE WZXV

Defunct	WDRE (1330 AM)

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York

Country radio stations in the state of New York

Stations	WBBI – Endwell WBBS Fulton WBEE-FM – Rochester WBGK – Newport Village WBKT – Norwich WBKX – Fredonia WBNR – Beacon WBRV-FM – Boonville WBUG – Fort Plain WCGR – Canandaigua WCJW – Warsaw WCKR – Hornell WDBY – Patterson WDLA-FM – Walton WDLC – Port Jervis WDNB – Jeffersonville WDOS – Oneonta WELJ - Montauk WFLK – Geneva WFRG – Utica WFRY – Watertown WGNA-FM – Albany WHUG – Jamestown WHWK – Binghamton WINR – Binghamton WJVC – Center Moriches WKBE – Warrensburg WKLI-FM – Albany WKPQ – Hornell WKXP – Kingston WLFK – Gouverneur WLLG – Lowville WLNA – Peekskill WLSV – Wellsville WNBL – South Bristol Township WNCQ-FM – Canton WNSH – Newark/New York¹ WOKN – Southport WOLF-FM – DeRuyter WPDM – Potsdam WPGI – Horseheads WPIG – Olean WQNY – Ithaca WRCE – Watkins Glen WRWB-FM – Ellenville WRWD-FM – Highland WUUF – Sodus WVNV – Malone WVTT – Portville WXRL – Lancaster WYRK – Buffalo WZKZ – Alfred

¹ = WNSH is licensed to Newark, New Jersey, but has its studios in New York City and serves the New York metropolitan area

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

Entercom

AM radio stations	KCSP KCTC KEZW KFH KFXX KJCE KMBZ KMTT KNSS KRWZ♦ KWOD KYYS WAXY WBEN WBZU WEAL WEEI WGR WILK WKZN WMC WMFS WORD WPET WQXI WRKO WROC WSSP WVEI WWKB WWL WWWL WWWS WXNT WYRD

FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KFH-FM KGMZ KGON KHTP KIFM KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

Notes	♦=Being sold to KSE Radio Ventures, pending FCC approval

Coordinates: 43°10′37″N 77°28′37″W / 43.177°N 77.477°W / 43.177; -77.477

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