new hampshire branding sportsradio 101.5 weei lakes region frequency 101.5 mhz first air date november 16 1988 1 format sports talk erp 6 000 watts haat 100 meters 330 ft class a facility id 73216 transmitter coordinates 43 35 46 n 71 29 53 w 43.596 n 71.498 w 43.596 ; 71.498 wzei coordinates 43 35 46 n 71 29 53 w 43.596 n 71.498 w 43.596 ; 71.498 wzei callsign meaning similar to weei former callsigns wmrq 1988 1990 wwss 1990 1994 wbhg 1994 2005 wwhq 2005 2012 affiliations weei sports radio network owner great eastern radio llc sister stations wlkz wtpl website wzei fm site within weei fm website wzei 101.5 fm is an american licensed radio station with studios located in bow new hampshire . the station is owned by jeffrey shapiro s great eastern radio . wzei is licensed to serve the community of meredith new hampshire and has coverage of central new hampshire particularly the lakes region area . wzei is an affiliate of the weei sports radio network based in weei fm in boston . on november 6 2012 wzei was granted a u.s. federal communications commission fcc construction permit to move to a new transmitter site decrease its effective radiated power erp down to 560 watts and raise its height above average terrain haat up to 324.7 meters 1 065 feet . that construction permit will expire on november 6 2015 . 2 history edit former logo of the radio station prior to march 2008 the station was wbhq big 101.5 playing classic rock in march 2008 the station then wwhq shifted from classic rock to a more mainstream rock format . prior to august 22 2008 wwhq simulcast with wwhk 102.3 fm in concord new hampshire ; the simulcast ended after nassau broadcasting partners was forced by the fcc to end its joint sales agreement with capitol broadcasting . 3 on april 27 2009 it was announced that wwhq and former sister station wnnh 99.1 fm in henniker would be spun off into a divestiture trust and sold as part of a debt for equity restructuring of nassau broadcasting in which goldman sachs became 85 % owner of the company . the new ownership structure ended nassau s grandfathered status with respect to how many stations in the concord lakes region nh market it could own . on november 4 2009 wwhq began stunting while its hawk branded classic rock format moved to wlkz 104.9 fm in wolfeboro new hampshire . the station went silent on march 1 2010 due to power failure ; at that time it did not intend to return until the completion of the transfer of ownership . 4 however in february 2011 wwhq resumed broadcasting as a simulcast of nassau s wbach network of classical music stations in maine . wwhq and 29 other nassau stations in northern new england were purchased at bankruptcy auction by carlisle capital corporation a company controlled by bill binnie owner of wbin tv in derry and wycn lp in nashua on may 22 2012 . the station and 12 of the other stations was then acquired by vertical capital partners controlled by jeff shapiro . 5 6 the sale of wwhq and the other 12 stations was consummated on november 30 2012 at a purchase price of 4.4 million . after a brief silent period the station returned to the air with a simulcast of new sister station wtpl . on december 24 2012 the station changed call signs to wzei ; on january 4 2013 the station switched to a sports talk format provided by the weei sports radio network . 7 as wwhq the station had previously planned to join the network in january 2008 8 but the deal between nassau and entercom ended up collapsing . 9 the vertical capital partners stations were transferred to shapiro s existing great eastern radio group on january 1 2013 . 10 11 references edit broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 281 . retrieved may 22 2012 . query the fcc s fm station database for wzei radio locator information on wzei query nielsen audio s fm station database for wzei fcc denies waiver bid rules nassau must end jsa . radio ink . 2008 08 12 . retrieved 2008 08 26 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . march 4 2010 . retrieved march 5 2010 . carlisle capital corp. wins bidding for rest of nassau stations . all access . may 22 2012 . retrieved may 22 2012 . venta lance may 22 2012 . nassau broadcasting auction results . radioinsight . retrieved may 24 2012 . updated may 23 2012 weei adds new affiliate to the largest sports radio network in new england press release . entercom communications . january 3 2013 . retrieved january 3 2013 . nassau broadcasting brings a championship to new hampshire press release . nassau broadcasting partners . 2007 10 26 . retrieved 2007 10 27 . entercom nassau deal falls through . radio ink . 2008 01 04 . retrieved 2008 01 07 . application for consent to assign broadcast station construction permit or license or to transfer control of entity holding broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . u.s. federal communications commission . december 11 2012 . retrieved june 8 2013 . consummation notice . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . january 4 2013 . retrieved june 8 2013 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wzei radio locator information on wzei query nielsen audio s fm station database for wzei fcc construction permit v t e radio stations in the concord new hampshire lakes region market by am frequency 610 1240 1250 1300 1340 1350 1420 1450 1490 by fm frequency 89.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.7 93.3 93.5 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.1 101.1 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.9 107.7 by callsign w276bj w280ec w282af wasr wbnc wcnh wemj wevo wezs wftn wftn fm wgam wgir wgir fm whom wjyy wkxl wlkz wlnh fm wmll wmwv wnec fm wnhn lp wnhw wnnh wokq wpcr fm wpkq wpnh wpnh fm wscy wsps wtpl wvmj wvnh wxrg wzei wzid defunct radio stations wpqr 1050 new hampshire radio markets concord lakes region lebanon manchester portsmouth dover rochester other new hampshire radio regions northern new hampshire see also list of radio stations in new hampshire v t e sports radio stations in the state of new hampshire stations weey swanzey wgam manchester wghm nashua wpkx rochester wtsl hanover wtsv claremont wzbk keene wzei meredith see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new hampshire see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e weei sports radio network massachuetts weei fm lawrence weii dennis wvei worcester wwei easthampton maine wpei saco wppi topsham new hampshire weey swanzey wzei meredith rhode island wvei fm westerly retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wzei & oldid 713822819 categories radio stations in new hampshireradio stations established in 1988belknap county new hampshiresports radio stations in the united stateshidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 april 2016 at 01 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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