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| Broadcast area | Keene, New Hampshire |
| Frequency | 93.5MHz |
| Branding | SportsRadio 93.5 WEEI-FM Keene, NH |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Great Eastern Radio, LLC |
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| History | |
First air date | January 1,1972 (license, as WCFR-FM) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Similar toWEEI |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4910 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,000watts |
| 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 (93.5FM) is aradio station licensed to serveSwanzey, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC and serves as theKeene affiliate forWEEI-FM.
The WEEY license was originally allocated toSpringfield, Vermont, where it signed on as WCFR-FM, the FM sister station toWCFR (1480 AM), on January 1, 1972.[3] It initially had aneasy listening format,[4] changing to anadult 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 stationWMXR (93.9).[7] As a simulcast of WMXR, formats includedoldies,[7] adult contemporary,[8] andcountry.[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 ownWXXK (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 withWGXL (92.3); in that month, the station converted to a simulcast ofWTSL (1400)'snews/talk programming[12] as WTSM.[1] Clear Channel sold its stations in theLebanon, 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]
On June 8, 2007, WTSM was granted a construction permit to change itscommunity of license toSwanzey, New Hampshire. This allowed the station to better serve theKeene 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 withsports talk provided byBoston'sWEEI, under the call letters WEEY.[17] In February 2012, WEEY replaced its nighttime simulcast ofFox Sports Radio with a simulcast ofESPN Radio, already carried in the market onWZBK; Fox Sports Radio returned to WEEY after less than one week. As of 2018[update], WEEY airedNBC Sports Radio when not airing WEEI programming.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W293AB | 106.5 FM | Keene, New Hampshire | 17796 | 150 | D | 42°54′57.3″N72°19′50.3″W / 42.915917°N 72.330639°W /42.915917; -72.330639 (W293AB) | LMS |