WPPI

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For the Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, radio station which previously used the WPPI callsign from 2005 to 2008, see WMIN.For the Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, radio station which previously used the WPPI callsign from 2008 to 2009, see WXYG.
WPPI
WEEI Sports Network logo.png
Broadcast area Portland, Maine
Frequency 95.5 MHz
Branding95.5 and 95.9 WPEI
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner Atlantic Coast Radio
WJJB-FM, WLOB, WRED, WPEI
History
First air date
1993 (1993) (as WPME)
Former call signs
  • WLLB (1989–1993)
  • WPME (1993–1994)
  • WXGL-FM (1994–2000)
  • WCLZ (2000–2001)
  • WJJB-FM (2001–2008)
  • WUEI (2008)
  • WGEI (2008–2009)
  • WLOB-FM (2009-2011)
Call sign meaning
similar to WPEI (simulcast partner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 12160
Class A
Power 3,000 watts
HAAT 139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°54′12″N70°2′13″W / 43.90333°N 70.03694°W / 43.90333; -70.03694
Links
Public license information
Website weei.com

WPPI (95.5 FM) is a sports radio station in the Portland, Maine, area. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio.

Contents

WPPI serves as a simulcast of WPEI (95.9 FM) in Saco. Both stations, in turn, mostly carry the same programs as WEEI-FM from Boston. Some local commercials take the place of Boston commercials, and some WEEI-FM game broadcasts are substituted with Fox Sports Radio. WPPI also carries University of Maine Black Bear football and ice hockey, [2] and Portland Pirates ice hockey. [3]

History

The 95.5 frequency began operations in 1993 as WPME, simulcasting a country music format with 96.7 WCME from Boothbay Harbor (now WBQA). [4] A year later, the station converted to an oldies format as WXGL-FM. [4] Atlantic Coast Radio purchased the station in 1999, [5] and in January 2000, the station switched to an adult album alternative format as WCLZ. [6] A few months later, WCLZ adopted a sports talk format, initially as a simulcast of WJAE; [7] the next year, the station took the call letters WJJB-FM. [8]

On August 25, 2008, WLOB-FM was converted to a simulcast of WJJB (which WJAE had become by that time), resulting in WLOB's programming being heard only on the AM signal. This was part of a shuffle of Atlantic Coast Radio's FM stations as a result of the conversion of two of its stations, including WJJB-FM, on September 1, 2008 to simulcasts of WEEI. [9] Shortly after the completion of these format changes, 95.5's call letters were changed to WGEI (it had initially planned to use the WTEI call sign, [10] and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters [11] ).

On April 1, 2009, WGEI converted to a simulcast of WLOB; it became WLOB-FM a few days later. [11] In August 2011, WLOB-FM returned to simulcasting WEEI. On September 7, 2011, WLOB-FM changed its call letters to WPPI.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPPI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ of Maine Official Athletic Site
  3. ↑ Pirates Announce New Radio Home
  4. 1 2 Fybush, Scott. "Maine Radio History, 1971–1996". Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (August 27, 1999). "Maine Station Owner Dies in Plane Crash". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  6. ↑ Fybush, Scott (January 28, 2000). "Welcome Back WMEX, and We Take On LPFM". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  7. ↑ Fybush, Scott (October 10, 2000). "Spinning the Dial in Connecticut". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  8. ↑ Fybush, Scott (September 3, 2001). "Labor Day Update". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "WEEI Sports Radio Network Expands to Portland, Bangor & Keene" (PDF) (Press release). Entercom Communications. August 20, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
  11. 1 2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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