WBEE-FM

WBEE-FM

City	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's studios are located at Entercom Rochester's High Falls Studios downtown, and its transmitter tower is in Penfield.

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

History

The station adopted its current format on April 2, 1987.^[1] Prior to becoming WBEE, the station had a variety of formats, including classical music, all news WNWZ, soft rock, album rock as Magic 92, WMJQ, hard rock, new wave/"Rock of the 80s", and then Top 40/CHR as Q92.

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

The award-winning Morning Show, "The BEE Morning Coffee Club" weekdays 5:30am to 10am, is hosted by Jeremy Newman, Steve Hausmann, and TJ Sharp. The show was hosted by Bill Coffee from the show's inception up until his death in 2005.

The Midday Shift from 10am-3pm is hosted by longtime morning show co-host Terry Clifford who moved into midday's in August 2015. Billy Kidd hosts the afternoon drive and Justine Paige hosts the evening shift weeknights from 7pm-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.

A long feature of the station is its Guitars and Stars"' concert which was held at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, New York and now at Finger lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Farmington NY 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.

Features

A long feature of the station is its "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.

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1987/RR-1987-04-10.pdf

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 region and western Finger Lakes
By AM frequency	850 950 990 1040 1140 1180 1280 1310 1370 1460 1490 1550 1590
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 (Geneseo) 89.3 (Webster) 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.7 96.5 97.1 97.5 (Greece) 97.5 (Dansville) 97.9 98.3 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 100.9 (Rochester) 100.9 (Warsaw) 101.3 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.5 (Rochester) 105.5 (Batavia) 105.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.7
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400
By callsign	W248BC W265BX W282BQ W288BZ WAIO WAYO-LP WBEE-FM WBER WBSU WBTA WBZA WCGR WCJW WCMF-FM WDCX WDKX WDVI WEOS WEPL-LP WFKL WRFZ-LP WGMC WGSU WHAM WHIC WHTK WHWS-LP WIRQ 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 WYLF WYSL WZNE WZNY-LP WZXV
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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 WCJW – Warsaw WCKR – Hornell WDBY – Patterson WDLA-FM – Walton WDLC – Port Jervis WDNB – Jeffersonville WDOS – Oneonta 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 - Baldwinsville 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 = Although WNSH is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with it's studios in New York City.
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

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

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