word slogan boston s christian talk frequency 590 khz first air date september 29 1924 1924 09 29 license as weei 1 format religion power 5 000 watts class b facility id 73594 transmitter coordinates 42 24 24.00 n 71 5 14.00 w 42.4066667 n 71.0872222 w 42.4066667 ; 71.0872222 weze callsign meaning eze easy former callsigns weei 1924 1994 wbnw 1994 1997 former frequencies 990 khz 1924 1925 630 khz 1925 1926 800 khz 1926 1927 860 khz 1927 670 khz 1927 820 khz 1927 1 affiliations salem radio network owner salem communications pennsylvania media associates inc. sister stations wbix wrol wwdj webcast listen live website www.wezeradio.com weze is an am radio station in boston massachusetts on 590 khz . the station is owned by salem communications and airs religious programming . contents 1 history 1.1 weze fm 2 references 3 external links history edit the history of the 590 frequency dates back to 1924 as weei owned by and whose callsign meant edison electric illuminating . in its earliest days the station was a public relations vehicle for edison . in 1926 the station had become a charter member of nbc radio broadcasting nbc red network programming before cbs leased them out in 1936 in response to wbz being leased by nbc for its blue network in 1932 . soon after cbs completely bought weei from edison . cbs was the last network to maintain a full schedule of radio comedy programs dramatic series variety shows and soap operas in the traditional sense so such programming took up much of weei s schedule until 1960 . by the early 1960s weei had a mor format interspersed with talk programming making the station a talk radio pioneer . by the mid sixties weei was all talk except in the overnight hours where music til dawn would continue for a few more years . popular weei talk hosts talkmasters of the period included paul benzaquin howard nelson and len lawrence . however in 1974 this format was scrapped in favor of cbs s standard all news format which continued after helen broadcasting bought weei in 1983 . its fm sister station remained and continues to be owned by cbs . by 1991 the boston celtics had become the owners of the station and had interspersed sports programming into weei s schedule before the remaining news programs were finally cancelled on labor day of that year taking the station all sports . the station also took over operations of wvei in worcester to simulcast its programming in central massachusetts . in 1994 american radio systems purchased the weei intellectual property but fcc regulations prohibited them from actually taking over 590 am . as such the station was spun off and became wbnw while ars merged the old whdh radio into wrko and installed weei s programming on the 850 frequency . wvei was given up and became wwtm but was later purchased by weei and has returned to wvei . wbnw s new business format mostly supplied from bloomberg failed to catch fire and so the station was sold to salem communications in december 1996 . salem moved the religious programming and call letters of weze 1260 onto wbnw which remains on the station to this day on december 15 of that year while 1260 became wpze and was later spun off and became wmki . the void left by wbnw s replacement with weze would soon be filled when wadn 1120 am started adding financial programming in 1997 eventually changing its format to business news talk entirely to become the new wbnw . incidentally a format similar to wbnw s was installed onto its recently reacquired sister station wbix in september of 2015 by salem . for more of the history of weze prior to its move to 590 kilohertz see wbix . weze fm edit for a short period salem communications operated weze fm in pittsburgh pennsylvania billed as easy 104.7 . though unusual fcc rules allow co owned stations in different cities to share call letters between themselves . salem purchased the pittsburgh station as part of a strategic move to compete against a christian formatted am fm competitor but would have to run another format until the contracts with the client ministries could be obtained . salem chose to run an easy listening format until the contracts were obtained in october 1991 when weze fm evolved into word fm . references edit a b halper donna ; wollman garrett . the eastern massachusetts radio timeline the first fifteen years . the archives bostonradio.org . retrieved december 28 2011 . external links edit official website archives at bostonradio.org the boston radio dial weze am query the fcc s am station database for weze radio locator information on weze query nielsen audio s am station database for weze v t e radio stations in boston including eastern massachusetts by am frequency 590 650 680 740 800 850 890 950 9802 10301 10602 1090 1120 1150 1200 12302 1260 1300 1330 1360 13902 1410 1430 14602 3 1470 14902 1510 1550 15702 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.52 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.52 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.92 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.12 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.52 104.92 104.9 105.7 106.7 107.32 107.9 via fm subcarrier 67 khz radio maria estados unidos spanish talking information center radio reading service tnt radio boston vietnamese 92 khz radio voie du salut haitian creole english religion by noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.475 digital radio by frequency & subchannel 1030 1430 88.9 1 89.7 1 89.7 2 89.7 3 90.9 1 92.9 1 92.9 2 94.5 1 94.5 2 96.9 1 96.9 2 97.7 1 97.7 2 97.7 3 98.5 1 98.5 2 98.5 3 100.7 1 100.7 2 100.7 3 102.5 1 103.3 1 104.1 1 104.1 2 104.1 3 104.1 4 105.7 1 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.3 1 107.3 2 107.3 3 107.9 1 107.9 2 by callsign khb35 waaf2 wamg watd2 watd fm2 wazn wbix wbmx wbnw2 wboq2 wbos wbqt wbrs wbur fm wbwl wbz wbz fm wcap2 wcec2 wcrb weei weei fm wers wesx2 weze wgbh whhb whrb wild wjda wjib wjmn wkaf wklb fm wkox wlyn wmbr wmex wmfo wmjx wmln fm wmvx2 wmwm wng574 wntn wods wplm2 wplm fm2 wqom wrbb wrca wrko wrol wror fm wsro wumb fm wuml2 wunr wwdj wxks wxks fm wxlo2 wxrv wzbc wzbr wzlx wzly internet stations wbcn radiobdc defunct stations wdis wfnx wgi warc 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 manchester radio 1 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . 2 a station from a neighboring market that serves boston and area and is considered a boston station by nielsen radio . 3 station is silent . v t e salem media group am radio stations kbjd kcbq kcro kdiz kdmt kdow kdzr kexb kfax kfia kgnw kgu khcm khnr kkol kkms kknt klfe klup knth knts knus kotk kpdq kprz kpxq krdy krks krla ksky kslr ktek ktie ktkz ktno ktrb kxxt kycr kznt wafs wava wbix wbzw wdtk wdwd wdyz weze wfia wfil wgka wgtk wgul whim whk whkw whkz wind wkat wlcc wlqv wlss wlta wmca wniv wntp wnym wocn worl wpgp wpit wrcw wrfd wrol wsdz wtbn wtln wtwd wwdj wwmi wwrc wwtc wyll wzab fm radio stations kaim fm kbiq kdar kdis fm kfis kfsh fm kgbi fm kgft kgu fm khcm fm khte fm kkht fm kkfs kkla fm kkol fm kksp klty kpdq fm krks fm kryp ksac fm kwrd fm wava fm wboz wffh wffi wfhm fm wfia fm wfsh fm wgtk fm wlte word fm wrth wtoh salem radio network familytalk solid gospel the word in praise today s christian music salem publishing eagle financial publications eagle wellness faithtalk homecoming magazine preaching magazine regnery publishing singing news townhall xulon press youthworker journal salem web network ccmmagazine.com christianity.com crosswalk.com godtube hot air human events oneplace.com redstate townhall.com twitchy.com co owned with florida city radio under lma . station owned by crain media group and operated by salem under lma . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weze & oldid 743309430 categories christian radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1924radio stations in bostonsalem media properties 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 9 october 2016 at 02 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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