WEEI Sports Radio Network - Simulcasts

Simulcasts

A number of other stations in the New England region carry most of WEEI-FM's local programming. The stations are branded as "Sports Radio WEEI", and many carry call letters similar to the Boston flagship station.

WEEI-FM's sports play-by-play broadcasts are distributed separately, though some games originated by WEEI may air on some of the other affiliated stations by way of a separate deal. Some of the stations have picked up play-by-play rights in concert with WEEI after their conversion to the simulcast. Most stations carry either ESPN Radio or Fox Sports Radio when the flagship station carries games or when WEEI-FM is not airing local programming.

• WEEI-FM 93.7 FM, Lawrence, Massachusetts (serves Boston, flagship)
• WEEY 93.5 FM, Swanzey, New Hampshire (serves Keene)
• WEII 96.3 FM, Dennis, Massachusetts (serves Cape Cod)
• WPEI 95.9 FM, Saco, Maine (serves Portland)
• WPPI 95.5 FM, Topsham, Maine (serves Portland)
• WVEI 1440 AM, Worcester, Massachusetts
• WVEI-FM 103.7 FM, Westerly, Rhode Island (serves Providence)
• WWEI 105.5 FM, Easthampton, Massachusetts (serves Springfield)
• WZEI 101.5 FM, Meredith, New Hampshire (serves Concord and the Lakes Region)

WVEI, WVEI-FM, and WWEI are owned by Entercom outright. WVEI originally carried WEEI programming under a lease from Zapis Broadcasting from 1991 until 1994; after Zapis sold the renamed WWTM to American Radio Systems along with WAAF in 1996, it reincorporated WEEI programming into its lineup in 1997, and in 2000 reclaimed the WVEI call sign. What is now WVEI-FM was acquired from Phoenix Media/Communications Group in 2004, and what is now WWEI was purchased from Vox Radio Group in 2006. Entercom's initial plan to syndicate WEEI programming to non-Entercom stations was to place it on stations owned by Nassau Broadcasting in 13 more markets, but the deal between the two companies ended up collapsing; one of these stations, the station now known as WZEI, joined the WEEI network in 2013 after Nassau sold its stations. The first of WEEI's eventual affiliates began airing its programming in September 2008. WPPI, one of the first affiliates, initially carried WEEI programming (as WGEI) from September 2008 until April 2009, when it began simulcasting talk station WLOB; it rejoined the network in August 2011. Additionally, WAEI (910 AM and 97.1 FM) in Bangor, Maine carried WEEI programming from September 2008 until January 2010, when Blueberry Broadcasting terminated its affiliation following a breach-of-contract dispute.