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. 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. 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 1968 (1968-09). 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.
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.
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
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 743083 (WAYA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WAYA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 149547 (W267BK) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W267BK at FCCdata.org
