WPEI

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WPEI
WEEI Sports Network logo.png
Broadcast area Portland, Maine
Frequency 95.9 MHz
Branding95.5 and 95.9 WPEI
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner Atlantic Coast Radio, LLC
WJJB-FM, WLOB, WRED, WPPI
History
First air date
July 18, 1982;41 years ago (1982-07-18)
Former call signs
  • WPIG (1981–1984)
  • WHYR (1984–1995)
  • WRED (1995–2008)
  • WRED-FM (2008)
Call sign meaning
"Portland WEEI"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 69640
Class A
ERP 4,700 watts
HAAT 113 meters (371 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°32′38.1″N70°24′14.3″W / 43.543917°N 70.403972°W / 43.543917; -70.403972
Repeater(s) 95.5  WPPI (Topsham)
Links
Public license information
Website weei.com

WPEI (95.9 FM) is a WEEI Sports Radio Network station serving the Portland, Maine, area. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio.

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History

On July 18, 1982, [2] WPEI signed on as WPIG with a country format and the slogan "Southern Maine's Country: FM-96 WPIG". In 1984, it became hot adult contemporary WHYR with slogans "Your Stereo", and then "R-96". In July 1990, WHYR flipped to contemporary hit radio as "96-HYR". In 1995, WHYR changed calls to WRED, but kept the same format and was known on air as "Red Hot 95" with the slogan "Portland's Hot Hits". Some time later, WRED went rhythmic top 40 as "Red Hot 95.9" with the slogan "Maine's #1 for Blazin' Hot Hits".

On August 31, 2008, at 6 p.m., WRED dropped its rhythmic top 40 format after a farewell from station DJs (airstaff and listeners had been notified a week in advance). WRED and WJJB-FM (which was simulcasting The Big JAB) then flipped to programming provided by Boston's WEEI, with the simulcast of The Big JAB moving to 96.3 FM. [3] [4]

Up until April 1, 2009, WEEI's programming was also heard on sister station WGEI (95.5 FM), and the stations were known as WEEI on the 95's. (WGEI, the former WJJB-FM, had initially planned to use the WTEI call sign, [4] and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters.) [5] As of April 2009, WGEI was simulcasting AM sister station WLOB, as WLOB-FM; that station eventually returned to simulcasting with WPEI in August 2011, and is now WPPI.

Programming

WPEI does not carry Boston College football. It does carry Boston Celtics basketball, as well as Boston Red Sox baseball in tandem with The Big JAB. WPEI carries ESPN Radio when not airing WEEI; it had previously carried Fox Sports Radio (now on The Big JAB) and Sporting News Radio (simulcast from The Big JAB, before WZAN dropped the FSR affiliation). WPEI has been the flagship station of the Portland Sea Dogs since 2012, taking over for WBAE/WVAE that year. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPEI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 (PDF). 1983. p. 109. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Routhier, Ray (August 19, 2008). "WEEI to air in Maine Sept. 1". Portland Press Herald . Archived from the original on August 26, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "WEEI Sports Radio Network Expands to Portland, Bangor & Keene" (PDF) (Press release). Entercom Communications. August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History (WPPI)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sports Digest". Portland Press Herald . November 3, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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