WEII

WEII is a radio station in Dennis, Massachusetts. The station airs a sports radio format from Boston-based WEEI-FM. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station started life in 1981 under the call letters WGTF, operating on 93.5 FM. It moved to 96.3 in 1982 and changed its call letters to WXJY in 1984 and WNTX in 1988. The station's most popular format as WNTX was "Oldies 96", competing with the larger "Oldies 103" in Boston. The Makkay family, headed by Al Makkay, purchased the frequency in late 1992, and in January 1993, it flipped to a Contemporary Hits CHR format, rebranded as WRZE "96.3 The Rose". In 2003, Makkay Broadcasting sold WRZE, with its sister stations WPXC and WCIB, to Qantum Communications for $32 million. In 2008, the station, which was originally licensed to Nantucket, moved to Dennis. On March 25, 2009, WRZE flipped formats again, becoming a simulcast of popular Boston sports radio station WEEI. On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WEII, to Clear Channel Communications for WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York as part of the sale of the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media.