WBEI
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City of license | Reform, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Tuscaloosa and Vicinity |
Branding | B101.7 |
Slogan | Kidd Kraddick in the morning...and all the Hits |
Frequency | 101.7 MHz |
First air date | 1991 (as WTID) |
Format | Hot AC |
ERP | 22,500 watts |
HAAT | 221 meters |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 67577 |
Callsign meaning | "Bee" |
Former callsigns |
WVRT (1982-1989) WTID (1989-2003)[1] |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa License, LLC) |
Sister stations | WDGM, WFFN, WTSK, WTUG-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | b1017online.com |
WBEI (101.7 FM, "B101.7") is a radio station serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area with an hot adult contemporary music format.[2] It is under ownership of Townsquare Media.
Programming
WBEI is the Tuscaloosa affiliate of Kidd Kraddick in the Morning.
History
The station was assigned the WBEI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 9, 2003.[1]
In February 2005, Apex Broadcasting Inc. (Houston L. Pearce, chairman) reached an agreement to sell WBEI and six other radio stations in Alabama to Citadel Broadcasting (Farid Suleman, chairman/CEO) for a reported sale price of $29 million.[3] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[4]
Cumulus sold WBEI and its sister stations to Townsquare Media effective July 31, 2012.
References
- 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Deals - 2/21/2005". Broadcasting & Cable. 2005-02-21.
- ↑ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
External links
- B101.7 WBEI official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBEI
- Radio-Locator information on WBEI
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBEI
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Coordinates: 33°13′48″N 87°50′49″W / 33.230°N 87.847°W