WEEY

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WEEY
WEEY 93.5 WEEI logo 2020s.png
Broadcast area Keene, New Hampshire
Frequency 93.5 MHz
BrandingSportsRadio 93.5 WEEI-FM Keene, NH
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerGreat Eastern Radio, LLC
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History
First air date
January 1, 1972 (license, as WCFR-FM)
Former call signs
  • WCFR-FM (1978–1987)
  • WMKS (1987–1992)
  • WCFR-FM (1992–2001)
  • WXKK (2001–2004)
  • WTSM (2004–2008) [1]
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′57.3″N72°19′50.3″W / 42.915917°N 72.330639°W / 42.915917; -72.330639
Translator(s) 106.5 W293AB (Keene)
Links
Public license information
Website WEEY page within WEEI-FM website

WEEY (93.5 FM) is a 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.

Contents

History

The WEEY license was originally allocated to Springfield, Vermont, where it signed on as WCFR-FM, the FM sister station to WCFR (1480 AM), on January 1, 1972. [3] It initially had an easy listening format, [4] changing to an 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]

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Logo used c. 2014

On June 8, 2007, WTSM was granted a construction permit to change its community of license to Swanzey, New Hampshire. This allowed the station to better serve the Keene market. [16] As a result, when WTSM's attempt to return on January 25, 2008, was canceled by an interference complaint, the station permanently shut down the transmitting facility in Springfield, as the interference concerns would be alleviated by the relocation of the station. [15] When WTSM completed its move on October 5, 2008 (though it was initially announced for September 15), the station resumed operations with sports talk provided by 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, WEEY aired NBC Sports Radio when not airing WEEI programming.

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W293AB106.5 FM Keene, New Hampshire 17796150D 42°54′57.3″N72°19′50.3″W / 42.915917°N 72.330639°W / 42.915917; -72.330639 (W293AB) LMS

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References

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  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WEEY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-306. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
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  7. 1 2 Fybush, Scott (June 4, 1998). "Tornado Topples WIVT". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
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  15. 1 2 "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.
  16. ↑ Fybush, Scott (September 29, 2007). "FCC Window Brings Big Changes". North East Radio Watch.
  17. ↑ "WEEI Sports Radio Network Expands to Portland, Bangor & Keene" (PDF) (Press release). Entercom Communications. August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
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