The station started life in 1981 under the call letters WGTF, operating on 93.5 FM. It moved to 96.3 in 1982 (the 93.5 frequency is now occupied by
WFRQ) and changed its call letters to WXJY in 1984 and WNTX in 1988. On March 25, 2009 (though the changeover was originally announced for April 1), WRZE flipped formats, 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 (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of
WALK AM-
FM in
Patchogue, New York, to
Connoisseur Media via Qantum. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014. On November 28, 2023, iHeartMedia disclosed in a job posting that it would not renew WEII's contract to carry WEEI programming, with the costs to carry the WEEI network and
Boston Red Sox baseball being diverted to hiring a locally-based sports talk host. ==References==