easthampton massachusetts united states see wwei . wvei fm city westerly rhode island broadcast area providence rhode island branding sportsradio 103.7 weei fm providence frequency 103.7 mhz first air date october 17 1967 1967 10 17 1 format sports erp 37 000 watts haat 173 meters 568 ft class b facility id 71720 transmitter coordinates 41 34 23.00 n 71 37 58.00 w 41.5730556 n 71.6327778 w 41.5730556 ; 71.6327778 coordinates 41 34 23.00 n 71 37 58.00 w 41.5730556 n 71.6327778 w 41.5730556 ; 71.6327778 callsign meaning similar to weei former callsigns weri fm 1967 1987 wwrx 1987 1992 wwrx fm 1992 2004 weei fm 2004 2011 affiliations weei sports radio network espn radio owner entercom communications entercom license llc webcast listen live website wvei fm site within weei fm website wvei fm 103.7 fm sportsradio 103.7 is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format largely simulcasting boston based weei fm . 2 licensed to westerly rhode island usa . the station is currently owned by entercom communications . 3 in addition to weei programming wvei fm carries providence friars men s basketball 4 boston bruins hockey 5 and espn radio despite the presence of a full time espn radio affiliate in the market wlkw . its transmitter is in exeter rhode island but due to being a simulcast its studios are located actually in the brighton portion of boston . history edit former logo of the radio station the station signed on october 17 1967 1 as weri fm . 6 at one time a simulcast of its sister am station 1230 am ; now wblq in the mid 1970s weri fm became a totally separate station with an automated drake chenault format called hit parade . eventually in the early 1980s the station switched to stereo with a live album rock format called number 1 04 consulted by clark smidt . by the mid 1980s after a major power upgrade it had become ri 104 a top 40 station . 7 on march 9 1987 the station changed its call sign to wwrx 8 and the station shifted to an album rock format . 9 though wwrx saw some success in the new london connecticut market management opted to focus on the larger providence market and the station moved its transmitter from west greenwich to exeter in 1989 . 9 the call sign was modified to wwrx fm on february 22 1992 8 concurrent with a brief period of time in which then sister station whim 1110 am ; now wpmz discontinued its country format in favor of cnn headline news under the wwrx call sign ; however the fm suffix was not removed from 103.7 when the am station reverted to whim and the country format in 1993 . recent logo of the radio station wwrx fm was acquired by radio equity partners in 1995 ; 10 radio equity partners in turn was purchased by clear channel communications the following year . 11 after clear channel s acquisition of amfm broadcasting wwrx was divested to stephen mindich owner of the providence phoenix similar publications in boston and portland maine and boston modern rock station wfnx in 2000 . 12 mindich switched the station to modern rock on september 7 initially as a simulcast of wfnx 13 and later starting in 2003 on its own . 14 in march 2004 mindich sold wwrx fm to entercom . as a result the station canceled its local programming on march 22 and reverted to the wfnx simulcast on a temporary basis as entercom prepared to relaunch wwrx with the weei simulcast . 15 the change of simulcast partners took effect on air april 16 16 and the station was renamed weei fm . 8 the call letters were changed to wvei fm on september 14 2011 . 8 references edit a b broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 391 . retrieved march 15 2015 . station information profile . arbitron . fall 2009 . retrieved december 24 2009 . wvei fm facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved september 13 2009 . mcnamara kevin august 2 2007 . friars change radio stations . the providence journal . retrieved december 24 2009 . http www.fybush.com nerw 20140811 of interest . connecticut broadcasters association . retrieved december 24 2009 . slosberg steve february 7 1986 . this band doesn t fit the format reprint . the new london day . retrieved december 24 2009 . a b c d wvei fm call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved december 24 2009 . a b wollman garrett . weei fm wsko fm tower . rhode island towers part ii . the archives bostonradio.org . retrieved december 24 2009 . boehlert eric ; atwood brett february 4 1995 . judge stands up for free radio berkeley ; kycy s steve young country promo pulled . billboard . google books . p. 119 . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott may 21 1996 . new england radiowatch . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott march 24 2000 . wfau loses a tower wfnx gains a state nerw visits california s coast . north east radiowatch . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott september 11 2000 . hearst argyle gets wmur . north east radiowatch . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott march 31 2003 . the duke of portland is dead . northeast radio watch . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott march 29 2004 . weei enters rhode island . north east radiowatch . retrieved december 24 2009 . fybush scott april 19 2004 . live from las vegas . northeast radio watch . retrieved december 24 2009 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wvei radio locator information on wvei query nielsen audio s fm station database for wvei 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 sports radio stations in the state of rhode island by callsign wlkw wvei fm by frequency 1450 103.7 by community of license westerly west warwick see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in rhode island 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 wvei fm & oldid 707077774 categories radio stations in rhode islandsports radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19671967 establishments in rhode islandentercom radio stationshidden 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 26 february 2016 at 21 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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