WAYA-FM (100.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station broadcasting a Christian contemporary format. Licensed to Ridgeville, South Carolina, it serves the Charleston metropolitan area. It is an owned-and-operated station of the Hope Media Group, based in Colorado Springs.[4] It airs the WAY-FM Network's Christian Contemporary music format.

WAYA-FM
Broadcast areaCharleston metropolitan area
Frequency100.9 MHz
Branding100.9/101.3 Way FM
Programming
FormatChristian Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 1968; 56 years ago (1968-09) (as WALD-FM Walterboro SC)
Former call signs
WALD-FM (1968–1979)[1]
WKYP (1979–1981)[1]
WALD-FM (1981–1992)[2]
WNTC (1992–1993)[2]
WPAL-FM (1993–2010)[2]
Call sign meaning
WAY
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25374
ClassC3
ERP13,000 watts
HAAT91 meters (299 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°4′25.70″N 80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W / 33.0738056; -80.1983889
Translator(s)101.3 W267BK (Mount Pleasant)
Repeater(s)94.3 WSCC-HD3 (Goose Creek)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewayfm.com

WAYA-FM is a Class C3 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,000 watts. The transmitter is on Kenyon Lane off Interstate 26 in Summerville.[5] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.

History

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The station signed on the air in September 1968; 56 years ago (1968-09).[6] It was licensed to Walterboro, South Carolina. The call sign had been WALD-FM, the sister station to WALD 1060 AM, which is now dark.[1]

William Saunders owned R&B radio station WPAL 730 AM, which had long served the African-American community in Charleston. In 1994, Saunders bought the FM frequency and moved it to Charleston. He changed the format to urban adult contemporary, with the call sign WPAL-FM.[7]

The Hope Media Group acquired the station in 2010. It switched the station to non-commercial Christian Contemporary music, supplied by its WAY-FM network. The call letters changed to WAYA-FM. Most stations owned by Hope Media have WAY in their call signs.

References

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  1. ^ a b c History Cards for WAYA-FM, fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAYA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "WAYA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAYA-FM
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-190. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  7. ^ http://www.blackenterprise.com/ArchiveOpen.asp?Source=ArchiveTab/2003/05/0503-26.htm [dead link]
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