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Broadcast area | Charleston metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 100.9 MHz |
Branding | 100.9/101.3 Way FM |
Programming | |
Format | Christian Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | September 1968 | (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 | |
Facility ID | 25374 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 13,000 watts |
HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°4′25.70″N 80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W |
Translator(s) | 101.3 W267BK ( Mount Pleasant) |
Repeater(s) | 94.3 WSCC-HD3 ( Goose Creek) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wayfm.com |
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. [3] It airs the WAY-FM Network's Christian Contemporary music format.
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. [4] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.
The station signed on the air in September 1968 . [5] 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. [6]
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.
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Broadcast area | Charleston metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 100.9 MHz |
Branding | 100.9/101.3 Way FM |
Programming | |
Format | Christian Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner |
|
History | |
First air date | September 1968 | (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 | |
Facility ID | 25374 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 13,000 watts |
HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°4′25.70″N 80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W |
Translator(s) | 101.3 W267BK ( Mount Pleasant) |
Repeater(s) | 94.3 WSCC-HD3 ( Goose Creek) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wayfm.com |
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. [3] It airs the WAY-FM Network's Christian Contemporary music format.
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. [4] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.
The station signed on the air in September 1968 . [5] 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. [6]
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.