airport with this icao code see kuala lumpur international airport . for the former weei fm in westerly rhode island see wvei fm . for the former weei fm in boston at 103.3 see wods . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message weei fm city lawrence massachusetts 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 first air date april 1960 as wghj format sports 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 42.5313889 ; 70.9866667 weei fm 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 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 . 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 . contents 1 history 1.1 sportsradio weei 1.2 93.7 license 2 teams on weei 2.1 boston red sox 2.2 boston celtics 3 programming 3.1 daily shows 3.2 weekend shows 3.3 former shows 4 on air staff 4.1 hosts 4.2 former staff 5 weei nesn radio telethon 6 simulcasts 7 references 8 external links history edit sportsradio weei edit see also weei and weze the sports format currently heard on weei fm originated on september 3 1991 on 590 am which at that time had the weei call letters replacing an all news format that had been in place since 1974 ; weei itself had gone on the air in 1924 . 1 2 3 4 at that time the station was owned by boston celtics communications a group that shared ownership with the boston celtics basketball team which bought weei from helen broadcasting on may 10 1990 and simultaneously purchased wfxt channel 25 from fox television stations . 2 4 5 the station which had already carried celtics broadcasts since 1987 6 expanded its sports programming after the sale ; weei became the flagship station of the boston bruins replacing wplm fm in 1990 7 however celtics broadcasts were given priority resulting in some bruins broadcasts moving to wvbf or wmex 8 and a nightly sports talk show with craig mustard was launched on august 20 1990 . 9 weei also carried sports byline usa and cbs radio sports broadcasts not cleared by wrko 2 which took all other cbs radio network programming from weei on september 3 1990 10 leading the station to affiliate with the abc direction network . 11 upon the change to all sports weei featured the andy moes show and glenn ordway and janet prensky a short lived experiment in bringing a bickersons type format to sports radio . also part of the roster was boston sports talk pioneer eddie andelman . 12 weei also began to carry boston college eagles football in 1992 replacing wbz . 13 however the change was followed by a dramatic drop in its ratings ; 14 additionally the station struggled financially at one point losing 80 000 a week leading to rumors of a sale of weei . 14 still weei improved its morning ratings after it became one of the earliest affiliates of imus in the morning from wfan in new york city on july 12 1993 . 15 16 weei promotional booth at a supermarket in boston . on march 16 1994 the boston celtics reached a deal to sell weei to back bay broadcasting ; 17 shortly afterward the rights to celtics broadcasts passed to american radio systems ars owner of wrko and whdh effective with the 1994 95 season while the bruins signed a deal with wbz to carry its broadcasts starting in 1995 . 18 sister station wfxt was sold back to fox television stations soon afterward . on august 29 back bay broadcasting sold the call letters and all sports programming of weei to ars which placed the weei call sign and intellectual property on the 850 khz frequency that was previously home to whdh . after a brief simulcast am 590 relaunched as business news station wbnw and later became weze . with the move weei retained boston celtics broadcasts and also added bc basketball ; it also ceded the final year of its bruins contract to the new wbnw . 19 it also inherited the cbs radio network affiliation which had by then passed from wrko to whdh until early 1995 when it moved to wbz . the move to the 850 frequency allowed weei to broadcast at 50 000 watts as opposed to 5 000 watts on 590 . 20 ars also moved red sox broadcasts to weei from wrko starting in 1995 . 21 conversely celtics broadcasts were moved to wrko for the 1995 96 season ; they returned to weei the following season . 22 concurrent with the move to 850 weei ceased an affiliation with espn radio ; 23 however it returned to the network on september 11 1995 to carry the fabulous sports babe in middays in a schedule shuffle that also saw the merger of the dale arnold and eddie andelman shows into the a team and the launch of the big show . 24 weei also added patriots monday featuring weekly appearances from new england patriots players and coaches in 1995 ; it moved to rival wnrb wwzn in 1999 25 but returned to weei in 2002 26 and was joined by the similar patriots friday formerly aired on wamg in 2008 . in march 1995 the station ceased carrying sports byline usa and one on one sports in the overnight hours in favor of the sports fan radio network . weei dropped the fabulous sports babe after the october 3 1997 broadcast leading to the launch of dennis and callahan on october 6 . 27 dennis and callahan became the station s morning show on september 7 1999 28 after the station dropped imus in the morning in august due to declining ratings . 29 in 1998 american radio systems was acquired by cbs radio . as a result of the merger the combined company was forced to sell several of its boston stations . in late 1998 entercom announced plans to acquire weei along with waaf wrko wwtm now wvei and wegq now weei fm from cbs for 140 million . 30 weei again lost the celtics broadcast rights in 2001 this time to wwzn . 31 entercom reacquired the rights to the broadcasts in 2005 ; initially heard on wrko 32 celtics games moved back to weei in 2007 33 though celtics coaches and players appeared on weei regularly during wrko s time as flagship 32 . in april 2005 weei began streaming its broadcasts live online by way of a free membership at its official website ; a previous stream was offered from 1997 until 2002 . the exception is for red sox and celtics games as these are streamed only through the team and league websites as part of subscription packages . 34 around the same time the station again lost espn radio programming when the affiliation was acquired by wamg and wllh ; 35 the station then expanded an affiliation with fox sports radio that began in 2002 . weei was awarded its first marconi award in september 2006 for sports station of the year . weei was also named large market station of the year . the station had an ongoing feud with the boston globe . in 1999 the globe s executive sports editor don skwar banned the newspaper s sports writers from appearing on the station s afternoon the big show after columnist ron borges used a racial slur while on the air in reference to new york yankees pitcher hideki irabu . two weeks later the ban was extended to weei s dennis and callahan morning show . weei retaliated by banning globe staffers from all its shows . nevertheless weei host michael holley is a former globe columnist . 36 the ban came to an end on august 4 2009 when bob ryan appeared on the big show with host glenn ordway stating that we have all come to our senses . 37 in september 2009 there was speculation that weei could move to one of entercom s properties on the fm dial such as the 93.7 fm facility then occupied by wmkk with the am 850 signal switching to espn radio which was being dropped by wamg . 38 entercom did announce on october 7 2009 that starting on november 2 2009 weei would once again carry the espn radio affiliation though most programming would remain local . weei began to carry espn radio s overnight programming including all night with jason smith from 1 5 a.m. and some weekend programming . 39 in addition weei began to simulcast on 93.7 fm on september 12 2011 . 40 on october 4 2012 weei and weei fm split the simulcast ; the existing local programming and sports broadcasts remain on weei fm while am 850 aired a redirection loop for one day before becoming a full espn radio affiliate on october 5 . 41 93.7 license edit in the station s early days as wghj and wccm fm 93.7 aired locally based programming that targeted lawrence and the merrimack valley . in 1974 the station evolved into wcgy an automated stereo top 40 oldies station that targeted the greater boston massachusetts area due to the signal s strength . the call letters were chosen with the owner in mind as curt gowdy and his children owned and operated the station until the sale to american radio systems in 1994 . in 1983 wcgy flipped to an oldies format playing hits of the 50s and 60s . the station however did not perform well in the boston ratings . some early to mid 70s oldies were mixed in by 1984 and by 1985 the 50s music was gone . the station by then was called superhits wcgy . by 1986 the station leaned slightly toward classic rock while