WEEI Sports Radio Network
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| City | Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | SportsRadio 93.7 WEEI-FM |
| Slogan | The Home of the Boston Sports Fan |
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Repeater(s) | WAAF-HD2 (Westborough) |
| First air date | April 1960 (as WGHJ) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Sports HD2: WRKO simulcast HD3: WAAF simulcast |
| ERP | 34,000 watts |
| HAAT | 178 meters (584 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 1919 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°31′53.00″N 70°59′12.00″W / 42.5313889°N 70.9866667°W |
| Former callsigns | WGHJ (1960–1963) WCCM-FM (1963–1974) WCGY (1974–1984) WCGY-FM (1984–1987) WCGY (1987–1994) WEGQ (1994–1999) WQSX (1999–2005) WMKK (2005–2011) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Radio NBC Sports Radio Westwood One |
| Owner |
Entercom (Entercom License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WKAF, WAAF, WRKO, WEEI, WVEI, WVEI-FM, WWEI |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | weei.com |
WEEI-FM (93.7 FM, "SportsRadio 93.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Lawrence, Massachusetts. The station is one of the top-rated sports talk radio stations in the nation. Studios are located in Brighton, Massachusetts, and has a transmitter in Peabody, Massachusetts. Its local programming is heard on the "WEEI Sports Radio Network" that broadcasts throughout the New England region.
WEEI-FM is the flagship station of the WEEI Red Sox Radio Network. In addition, WEEI broadcasts games of the Boston College football and basketball teams in season. When local programming is not on WEEI-FM, usually ESPN Radio or NBC Sports Radio will air.
The station is popular with fans of the Boston professional sports teams, especially the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. WEEI-FM calls itself "the #1 rated sports radio talk station in America," in terms of the percentage of the area radio listening audience tuned-in. WEEI-FM isn't alone in providing 24/7 sports radio in Boston; sister station WEEI (850 AM) offers the full ESPN Radio lineup, while local competition includes WBZ-FM (98.5 FM).
The call letters WEEI-FM, formerly on a station in Westerly, Rhode Island, were granted on September 21, 2011 as part of a call letter shuffle. The 93.7 frequency, established in 1960, has carried WEEI programming since September 12, 2011, and has been the primary station for local WEEI programming since October 4, 2012; prior to then, this programming had been on 850 AM since 1994, and on 590 AM before then.
The station is owned by Entercom Communications, which in 2017 agreed to purchase CBS Corporation's radio division, potentially making WEEI a sister station to its rival WBZ-FM. However, the combined company will have to shed some of its stations in Boston to satisfy FCC regulations.
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