WPPI

For the Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, radio station which previously used the WPPI callsign from 2005 to 2008, see WMIN. For the Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, radio station which previously used the WPPI callsign from 2008 to 2009, see WXYG.

WPPI (95.5 FM) is a sports radio station in the Portland, Maine, area. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio.

WPPI

Simulcast of WPEI
Topsham, Maine
Broadcast area	Portland, Maine
Frequency	95.5 MHz
Branding	95.5 and 95.9 WPEI
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	WEEI Sports Radio Network ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio Boston Red Sox Radio Network Boston Celtics Radio Network Portland Sea Dogs Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Atlantic Coast Radio
Sister stations	WJJB-FM, WLOB, WRED, WPEI
History
First air date	1993 (1993) (as WPME)
Former call signs	WLLB (1989–1993) WPME (1993–1994) WXGL-FM (1994–2000) WCLZ (2000–2001) WJJB-FM (2001–2008) WUEI (2008) WGEI (2008–2009) WLOB-FM (2009–2011)
Call sign meaning	similar to WPEI
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	12160
Class	A
Power	3,000 watts
HAAT	139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°54′12″N 70°2′13″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	weei.com

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,^[2] and Portland Pirates ice hockey.^[3]

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).^[4] A year later, the station converted to an oldies format as WXGL-FM.^[4] Atlantic Coast Radio purchased the station in 1999,^[5] and in January 2000, the station switched to an adult album alternative format as WCLZ.^[6] A few months later, WCLZ adopted a sports talk format, initially as a simulcast of WJAE;^[7] the next year, the station took the call letters WJJB-FM.^[8]

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.^[9] 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,^[10] and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters^[11]).

On April 1, 2009, WGEI converted to a simulcast of WLOB; it became WLOB-FM a few days later.^[11] In August 2011, WLOB-FM returned to simulcasting WEEI. On September 7, 2011, WLOB-FM changed its call letters to WPPI.