branding sportsradio 105.5 weei fm frequency 105.5 mhz first air date october 1967 as wqrb fm format sports radio erp 720 watts horizontal 706 watts vertical haat 280 meters 920 ft class a facility id 11295 transmitter coordinates 42 14 29.3 n 72 38 55.3 w 42.241472 n 72.648694 w 42.241472 ; 72.648694 nad83 callsign meaning similar to weei former callsigns wvei fm 2006 2011 wbec fm 1979 2006 wqrb 1968 1979 wqrb fm 1967 1968 affiliations weei sports radio network espn radio westwood one owner entercom communications entercom license llc sister stations weei fm webcast listen live website wwei fm site within weei fm website wwei 105.5 fm ; sportsradio 105.5 is a radio station in easthampton massachusetts serving springfield with a sports radio format . the station is owned by entercom communications . most programming is provided by boston sister station weei fm . history edit the 105.5 mhz frequency used by wwei was originally allocated to pittsfield massachusetts where it signed on in october 1967 1 as wqrb fm . 2 it was co owned with wbec 1420 am though it offered its own programming ; 2 this was a middle of the road format by 1972 . 3 the station became wbec fm in 1979 upon adopting an album oriented rock format . 4 during the 1980s the station shifted to more of a contemporary hit radio format . 1 vox media acquired the wbec stations in 2002 . 5 two years later to accommodate then sister station wnyq now wqsh s move to malta new york vox filed to move wbec fm to easthampton in 2004 . 6 vox then put the station up for sale and after an unsuccessful attempt to sell it to pamal broadcasting 7 it was sold to entercom in 2006 . 8 wbec fm signed off from pittsfield that may 9 with the format and call letters moving to 95.9 fm a former frequency of wupe fm at that time . 10 the current incarnation of the station signed on as wvei fm from easthampton on october 26 . 11 the call letters were changed to wwei on september 14 2011 . 12 on june 13 2012 it was announced that wwei would carry umass minutemen football and umass minutemen basketball games . in the event of conflicts with boston red sox and boston celtics broadcasts station manager david oldread said his station would prefer to keep umass as the priority . it is not known yet whether the celtics or sox games would air on whyn 560 am during such conflicts . as part of the deal every thursday at 7pm wwei airs the coaches show hosted by umass football analyst matt goldstein with interviews with head umass football coach and head umass basketball coach over weei programming . also every friday at 7pm during springfield falcons hockey season wwei airs the old time hockey show which discusses the falcons the boston bruins and the nhl . 13 wwei formerly carried fox sports radio in the overnight hours even after parent station weei switched to espn radio in 2009 ; at that time espn programming was heard in springfield on whll . at midnight on january 1 2013 wwei assumed the espn radio affiliation . whll is now a cbs sports radio affiliate . references edit a b broadcasting cable yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 143 . retrieved april 19 2010 . a b broadcasting yearbook 1968 pdf . 1968 . p. b 103 . retrieved april 19 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1973 pdf . 1973 . p. b 96 . retrieved april 19 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1980 pdf . 1980 . p. c 108 . retrieved april 19 2010 . fybush scott july 29 2002 . vox buys wbec really . north east radiowatch . retrieved april 19 2010 . fybush scott december 6 2004 . waqx stern feud escalates . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . fybush scott may 1 2006 . unanswered questions in boston . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . the deal with pamal was never consummated fybush scott february 20 2006 . weei heads west with wbec fm buy . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . fybush scott may 8 2006 . sox & entercom so happy together . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . fybush scott april 17 2006 . wavm living proof settle dispute . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . fybush scott october 30 2006 . cc cutbacks in rochester claim five jobs . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 25 2009 . call sign history . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved september 14 2011 . 105.5 fm wwei springfield talks details on new umass football basketball broadcast agreement . masslive . the springfield republican . retrieved october 8 2012 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wwei radio locator information on wwei query nielsen audio s fm station database for wwei v t e radio stations in the springfield massachusetts market by am frequency 560 640 730 1250 1270 1450 1490 1600 by fm frequency 88.5 89.5 89.5 89.9 90.7 91.7 91.9 93.1 94.7 98.3 99.3 99.7 100.9 102.1 103.3 103.5 104.9 105.5 106.3 107.9 by callsign wace wacm waic waqy ware wccc wcch weib wfcr whai whll whmp whyn whyn fm wlcq lp wlhz lp wlzx wmas fm wnnz wnnz fm wrch wrea wrnx wscb wskb wspr wtcc wwei wwqz wxoj lp defunct stations 930 wreb 1430 wpni 105.1 wnek fm massachusetts radio markets boston cape cod new bedford fall river springfield worcester other massachusetts radio regions pittsfield see also list of radio stations in massachusetts springfield tv v t e sports radio stations in the state of massachusetts by frequency 850 1340 1440 1450 93.7 96.3 98.5 105.5 by callsign wbz fm weei weei fm weii whll wnbh wvei wwei by city boston boston dennis easthampton lawrence new bedford springfield worcester see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in massachusetts 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 v t e entercom am radio stations kcsp kezw kfh kfxx kifm kjce kmbz kmtt knss kwod kyys waxy wben wbzu weal weei wgr wilk wkzn wmc wmfs word wpet wqxi wrko wroc wssp wvei wwkb wwl wwwl wwws wxnt wyrd fm radio stations k242cc kalc kamx kblx fm kbzt kdgs kdnd keyn fm kfbz kgmz kgon khtp kisw kkdo kkmj fm kkwf kmbz fm kndd knrk knss fm koit kqks kqmt kqrc fm krbq krbz krsk krxq kseg kson ksoq fm kswd kudl kufx kwjj fm kxsn kych fm kzpt waaf wbee fm wbza wcmf fm wdaf fm weei fm wezb wfbc fm wggi wggy wilk fm wjmh wkaf wkbu wkrf wkrz wkse wktk wlfp wlkk wlmg wlyf wmc fm wmfs fm wmhx wmmm fm wmqx wmxj wmyx fm wntr wnvz wolx fm wpaw wpte wpxy fm wqmg wroq wrvr wsfs wsky fm wsmw wspa fm wstr wtpt wtss wvei fm wvkl wwde fm wwei wwl fm wxss wyrd fm wzpl retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wwei & oldid 705498747 categories radio stations in massachusettssports radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1967radio stations established in 2006media in hampshire county massachusettsentercom radio stations 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 17 february 2016 at 21 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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