WEEI Sports Radio Closing RI Office
Thursday, April 13, 2023
WEEI is closing its Rhode Island operations. The Boston-based sports radio station has had a presence in Rhode Island for nearly two decades — now, no more.
Employees were told about the closure this week via email.
WEEI was located on Kilvert Sreet in Warwick.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTOnce the dominant sports radio station in New England, WEEI has fallen a distant second to the Sports Hub.
In the fall rating books, Sports Hub finished first overall in the Nielsen Audio ratings in the men 25-54 demographic with a 19.6 share.
WEEI in Rhode Island has been up and down. For a few years, it wrestled away the radio rights for Providence College Basketball, only to lose it back to Cumulus.
With both the Red Sox and Patriots down, ratings and advertising dollars have been impacted.
WEEI did not answer the phone in the Warwick office in an effort to get comment.
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