metropolitan area branding lite rock 105 slogan today s hits & yesterday s favorites frequency 105.1 mhz channel 286 first air date july 11 1948 format adult contemporary erp 50 000 watts haat 152 meters class b facility id 64838 callsign meaning lite former callsigns wpjb 1948 1951 wpjb fm 1951 1985 1 owner cumulus media radio license holding cbc llc sister stations wean fm wpro wpro fm wprv wwkx webcast listen live website lite105.com or literock105fm.com wwli 105.1 fm is a radio station in providence rhode island that under ownership of cumulus media . this station is better known as lite rock 105 and plays the adult contemporary format . its transmitter is located in johnston rhode island while its studios are located in east providence . contents 1 history 2 personalities 3 references 4 external links history edit the station began broadcasting july 11 1948 as wpjb owned by the providence journal . 2 wpjb was initially one of the few fm stations to not be co owned with an am station but in 1951 the journal purchased wfci 1420 am 3 and changed its call letters to wpjb ; this resulted in the fm station changing to wpjb fm . 4 the journal would shut down wpjb on october 9 1954 after purchasing wean 790 am ; now wprv from general teleradio ; as wean did not operate an fm station wpjb fm remained on the air with classical music though both stations retained their existing call letters . 5 the station subsequently incorporated beautiful music into its programming as well . 6 wpjb fm became a top 40 station jb 105 on august 1 1975 a change promoted in the providence journal the week before ; 7 the station s classical music library was donated to the providence college radio station wdom a year later . 8 the station initially used an early version of a format developed by mike joseph that eventually became known as hot hits branded as big hits on wpjb though it phased out most aspects of this format by 1977 . 7 wpjb saw some ratings success when rival wpro fm began taking a more adult focused approach in 1980 boosting its teen listenership ; however by the end of the year wpro fm s ratings began to recover and wpjb began making changes to its format . 7 initially at the start of 1981 the station moved to more of a rock based direction but after whjy adopted an album rock format in september wpjb abruptly backed away from this emphasis . 7 the following year the station began shifting to an adult contemporary format ; that november wpjb stopped including a top 35 chart in the providence journal and in 1983 the jb 105 branding was dropped . 7 wpjb again shifted closer to top 40 in august 1984 . 7 the providence journal sold wpjb fm and wean to eastern broadcasting corporation in 1985 . 9 eastern placed less emphasis on the wpjb call letters that april ; 7 on june 13 the station began to announce that wpjb is dead and after a period of stunting it adopted a soft adult contemporary format lite 105 on june 14 7 with the call letters changing to wwli . 1 eastern broadcasting was bought by tele media in 1989 ; four years later tele media bought former rival wpro fm and its am sister station . 7 tele media in turn sold its stations to citadel broadcasting in 1997 . 10 wwli soon moved to a mainstream adult contemporary format 7 and changed its branding to lite rock 105 in 2001 . 11 in 2007 the format was freshened to include more 1980s 1990s and current songs while dropping some songs from the 1970s . by the end of 2008 longtime afternoon host charlie jefferds left the station and live weekend hosts were eliminated in a cost cutting measure . in november 2010 mid day host tanya cruise left the station in light of personal affairs . citadel merged with cumulus media on september 16 2011 . 12 on november 4 2011 nitelite host art spencer was released after 18 years as the station s evening host per budget cuts ordered by new owner cumulus . since 2012 the format has leaned more in the direction of hot adult contemporary . n december 2013 the new heather and steve morning show debuted former host david jones exited in november 2013 and in february 2014 intelligence for your life with john tesh was added . in october 2014 lite rock s 2 lite chicks heather gersten and amy pontes debuted the wicked awesome 80 s sic show . it airs on saturday nights . lite rock 105 is also known as the christmas station going all christmas music november thru the end of the year . personalities edit current air personalities include morning show hosts heather and steve heather gersten and stephen donovan mid day host amy pontes afternoon host paul giammarco and evening host john tesh . notable former personnel include inaugural rhode island radio hall of fame member charlie jefferds 13 former program director brian demay former program director tony bristol former morning show host david jones former nite lite host art spencer former morning show host gary degraide former assistant program director mike rovin aka jt heidi west peter clark linda liese tom holt bonnie donna mac sue wilson rebecca morse whitten a.k.a. kim wakefield scott cook lori sergiacomi aka tanya cruise larry kruger rick cabral aka rj michael bernz deceased and cruisin bruce palmer . references edit a b call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . broadcasting yearbook 1949 pdf . 1949 . p. 314 . retrieved december 13 2010 . wfci sale pdf . broadcasting telecasting . april 9 1951 . p. 22 . retrieved december 13 2010 . fcc roundup pdf . broadcasting telecasting . june 11 1951 . p. 96 . retrieved december 13 2010 . journal takes wean oct. 9 relinquishes wpjb there pdf . broadcasting telecasting . october 4 1951 . p. 62 . retrieved december 13 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1973 pdf . 1973 . p. b 138 . retrieved december 13 2010 . a b c d e f g h i j wpjb jb 105 history . radio histories . retrieved december 13 2010 . monti henry ; ratcliffe richard november 3 1976 . wpjb donates library . the cowl . p. 3 . retrieved december 13 2010 . providence journal co. sells two radio stations . the telegraph . january 16 1985 . p. 36 . retrieved december 14 2010 . fybush scott april 3 1997 . snow snow and more snow . north east radiowatch . retrieved december 14 2010 . fybush scott april 16 2001 . clear channel buys two in maine . north east radiowatch . retrieved december 14 2010 . cumulus now owns citadel broadcasting . atlanta business journal . september 16 2011 . retrieved september 16 2011 . http charliejefferds.com 1992 broadcasting yearbook page a 306 external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wwli radio locator information on wwli query nielsen audio s fm station database for wwli v t e radio stations in the providence warwick pawtucket rhode island market by am frequency 550 630 790 920 1110 1220 1240 1290 1320 1380 1450 1590 1630 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.7 90.3 90.72 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.1 95.5 96.5 97.31 98.11 99.7 100.3 101.5 103.7 104.7 105.1 106.3 via fm subcarrier 67 khz insight radio radio reading service noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 digital radio by frequency & subchannel 93.3 1 93.3 2 93.3 3 98.1 1 102.7 1 102.7 2 by callsign wara warv wbru wctk1 wcvy wdom wean fm welh whjj whjy wigv lp wjfd fm1 wjmf wkkb wlkw wnri woon wpmz wpqb669 wpro wpro fm wprv wqri wriu wrni wsjw wsne fm wstl wvei fm wwbb wwkx wwli wwri lp wxj39 w229an w284ba wxin 2 defunct stations wale 990 whim country wkfd 1370 wfci 1420 wptl 90.9 91.5 wrji 91.5 whjy hd2 94.1 2 wlov 99.9 wliv 107.7 1 radio station from a neighboring market which targets providence . 2 part 15 radio stations with notability nearby radio markets boston new bedford fall river new london newport worcester see also list of radio stations in rhode island station that is in the new bedford market or newport market but focuses on providence . v t e adult contemporary radio stations in the state of rhode island by frequency 105.1 by callsign wwli by community of license providence see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in rhode island v t e cumulus media am radio stations kaay kabc kaok karn kbed kbgg kboi kcmo kcsf kcub kesp kfay kfnz kfru kgo kikr kkat kkob kkoh klif klik kmaj kmj knbr knek knml knsh kpur kpzk krmd kruz kscr ksfo ktbl ktck ktct ktik ktop ktuc kugn kven kvor kwpn kxzz kyng waav wabc walg wapi warm ways wbap wbbf wbbw wbmq wcoa wduz wfas wfnc wfnr wftw wgld wgoc wgok wgow wgpc whbt whgb whld whll whsc wibr wicc wiov wisw wjbc wjcw wjlg wjox wjr wjrw wklq wky wlby wls wlti wlwi wlzr wmac wmal wmsp wnam wnml wosh wpic wpro wprv wrad wrie wsba wsko wsom wsso wtka wtma wtod wtrx wump wvel wvlk wvnn wwck wxlm wxok wxqw wxsm wymb wynn fm radio stations k279bi kamo fm karn fm karx katc fm katm katt fm kayd fm kbbm kbbq fm kbby fm kbcy kbee kber kbiu kbul fm kbxr kbzu kcdd kcfx kchz kcjk kcmo fm kdjk kdrf kdvb kdvv kehk kesn kenz kffg kfog kggo khay khki khkk khop khtb khxs khyt kiim fm kipr kizn kjjy kjmo kjoy kkeg kkfm kkgb kkgl kkmg kknd kkob fm kkpk kkwd klal klif fm klos klsz fm klur kmaj fm kmck fm kmez kmga kmgv kmj fm kmjj fm kmjk knek fm knev knrq koli koms koql kpla kplx kpur fm kqfc kqhn kqiz fm kqlk kqob kqrs fm kqsm fm kqxc fm kqxl fm kqxy fm krbe krmd fm krmw krrf krrq krst krwp ksan kscs ksks ksmb kszr ktck fm ktcx ktik fm ktlt ktop fm kubl fm kujz kurb kvma fm kvyb kwic kwin kwnn kwqw kwye kwyl kxkc kxxr kyis kykz kyyi kzel fm kzjf kzrk fm w264ak wabd waoa fm waqx fm warm fm wbbl fm wbhd wbht wblx fm wbnq wbrw wbsx wbwn wbze wbzf wcmg wcto wcyn fm wdai wden fm wdlt fm wdrq wduz fm wdvd wdzz fm wean fm weas fm webe wedg wegc wemx wfbe wfms wftk wfyr wgfx wgkx wglf wglo wgni wgow fm wgrf wgrr wgvx wgvz whbx whhy fm whkr whlz whnn whot fm whrp whts whtt fm wilz wiog wiov fm wivk fm wiwf wixo wixv wjad wjbc fm wjcl fm wjez wjjk wjox fm wjqx wjtq wkak wkdf wkhx fm wkim wkko wkor fm wkos wkqz wkru wksm wkxs fm wlav fm wlaw wlcs wlev wlff wllf wlqr fm wls fm wlto wlwi fm wlxc wlxx wlzn wmal fm wmas fm wmdh fm wmez wmgb wmgl wmgs wmgu wmim wmnx wmos wmxs wmxt wmxu wnbm wncv wnkt wnml fm wnmq wnmx wnnf wnnk fm wnnx wnsh wntq wnuq wofx fm wogb wogt woki womg worc fm wpck wpez wpkr wplj wpro fm wpsk fm wqgn fm wqhz wqkl wqlh wqqk wqqo wqsm wqut wqve wqxa fm wqxk wrbo wrcq wrkn wrok fm wrqn wrqq wrqx wrrm wrrx wrwm wrxp wsea wsjr wskz wsm fm wsms wsox wssx fm wsyn wtcb wtnr wtyb wuht wvbo wvib wvlk fm wvnn fm wwbu wwck fm wwff fm wwfn fm wwfx wwiz wwki wwkl wwkx wwld wwli wwls fm wwqq fm wwsn wwtn wwwq w255cj wwwq hd2