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| slogan = Charleston's Station for Christian Music
| slogan = Charleston's Station for Christian Music
| frequency = 100.9 [[MHz]]
| frequency = 100.9 [[MHz]]
| translator = 101.3 W267BK ([[Mount Pleasant, SC|Mount Pleasant]])
| airdate = 1968 (as WALD-FM)<ref name="HistoryCards">[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=79683 History Cards for WAYA-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.</ref>
| airdate = 1968 (as WALD-FM)<ref name="HistoryCards">[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=79683 History Cards for WAYA-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.</ref>
| format = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| format = [[Contemporary Christian]]

Revision as of 00:05, 31 July 2021

WAYA-FM
Broadcast areaCharleston, South Carolina
Frequency100.9 MHz
Branding100.9 Way FM
Programming
FormatContemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1968 (as WALD-FM)[1]
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]
Technical information
Facility ID25374
ClassC3
ERP13,000 watts
HAAT91 meters
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)

WAYA (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Ridgeville, South Carolina, United States, it serves the Charleston SC area. The station is an owned-and-operated station of the WAY-FM Network.[3]

History

The 100.9 frequency used to be in Walterboro, South Carolina. William Saunders owned WPAL, an AM station at 730. In 1994, Saunders bought the FM frequency and moved it to Charleston, changing to urban adult contemporary, with the letters WPAL-FM.[4]

References

  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. ^ "WAYA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ http://www.blackenterprise.com/ArchiveOpen.asp?Source=ArchiveTab/2003/05/0503-26.htm

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