WAYA-FM
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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.[2] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.
History
The station signed on the air in September 1968Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
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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- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WAYA-FM
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-190. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ↑ History Cards for WAYA-FM, fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.blackenterprise.com/ArchiveOpen.asp?Source=ArchiveTab/2003/05/0503-26.htm Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
External links
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- Template:Show by date&band=fm&callLetter=WAYA WAYA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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