WEBE
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| City | Westport, Connecticut |
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| Broadcast area | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Branding | Weeby 108 |
| Slogan | CT's Best Music Variety! Continuous Christmas Classics Nights & Weekends on CT's Radio Home for the Holidays (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 107.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | September 1, 1962 (as WMMM-FM) |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Continuous Christmas Classics Nights & Weekends (Nov.-Dec.) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 117 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71389 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′14″N 73°11′5″W / 41.17056°N 73.18472°W |
| Callsign meaning | WEe BEe ! |
| Former callsigns | WMMM-FM (1962-1970) WDJF (1970-1984) |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | webe108.com |
WEBE (107.9 FM, advertised on air as "Weeby 108"), owned by Cumulus Media, is an Adult Contemporary-formatted station. Located on 107.9 FM, the station is licensed to serve the community of Westport, Connecticut. The station is usually ranked number one in the Stamford-Norwalk, Bridgeport and Fairfield County ratings, and is in the top 5 of the New Haven, Connecticut market rating. One of the main elements behind the station's success is its traffic coverage reports that cover the entire route from interior Connecticut to lower Fairfield County. WEBE is one of the most powerful radio stations in Southern Connecticut with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts, reaching most of Westchester County, New York into the Bronx, parts of Manhattan, most of Long Island, as well as southern parts of the Hartford area. Its studios and antenna, along with the studios of sister station WICC, are located at 2 Lafayette Square on the 7th Floor in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The frequency of 107.9 MHz was originally assigned by the Federal Communications Commission to Westport, Connecticut under its Table of Allocations, and in 1962 the signal which was later to become WEBE signed on the air as WMMM-FM. From 1970 through 1984, the station, then known as WDJF, was owned by Donald J. Flamm and affiliated with Westport radio station WMMM (1260 AM, now WSHU). The stations broadcast out of offices and studios located above a deli at 163 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut. The broadcasting antenna for 107.9 was located in a residential zone in Wilton, Connecticut to the chagrin of neighbors, and the height of the antenna was only 135 feet, so the broadcasting radius of the station was quite small.
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