WPPI
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WPPI (95.5 FM) is a sports radio station in the Portland, Maine, area. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio.
WPPI serves as a simulcast of WPEI (95.9 FM) in Saco. Both stations, in turn, mostly carry the same programs as WEEI-FM from Boston. Some local commercials take the place of Boston commercials, and some WEEI-FM game broadcasts are substituted with Fox Sports Radio. WPPI also carries University of Maine Black Bear football and ice hockey,[1] and Portland Pirates ice hockey.[2]
History
The 95.5 frequency began operations in 1993 as WPME, simulcasting a country music format with 96.7 WCME from Boothbay Harbor (now WBQA).[3] A year later, the station converted to an oldies format as WXGL-FM.[3] Atlantic Coast Radio purchased the station in 1999,[4] and in January 2000, the station switched to an adult album alternative format as WCLZ.[5] A few months later, WCLZ adopted a sports talk format, initially as a simulcast of WJAE;[6] the next year, the station took the call letters WJJB-FM.[7]
On August 25, 2008, 96.3 WLOB-FM was converted to a simulcast of WJJB (which WJAE had become by that time), resulting in WLOB's programming being heard only on the AM signal. This was part of a shuffle of Atlantic Coast Radio's FM stations as a result of the conversion of two of its stations, including WJJB-FM, on September 1, 2008 to simulcasts of WEEI.[8] Shortly after the completion of these format changes, 95.5's call letters were changed to WGEI (it had initially planned to use the WTEI call sign,[9] and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters[10]).
On April 1, 2009, WGEI converted to a simulcast of WLOB; it became WLOB-FM a few days later.[10] In August 2011, WLOB-FM returned to simulcasting WEEI. On September 7, 2011, WLOB-FM changed its call letters to WPPI.
References
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External links
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- Template:Show by date&band=fm&callLetter=WPPI WPPI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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