WAYA-FM

"WAYA" redirects here. For other uses, see Waya.
WAYA
City Ridgeville, South Carolina
Broadcast area Charleston, South Carolina
Branding 100.9 Way FM
Slogan Charleston's Station for Christian Music
Frequency 100.9 MHz
Format Contemporary Christian
ERP 13,000 watts
HAAT 91 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 25374
Transmitter coordinates 33°4′25.70″N 80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W / 33.0738056; -80.1983889
Former callsigns WALD-FM (1981-1992)
WNTC (1992-1993)
WPAL-FM (1993-2010)
Owner WAY-FM Network
(Way-FM Media Group, Inc.)
Webcast Listen Live
Website wayx.wayfm.com

WAYA (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Ridgeville, South Carolina, USA, it serves the Charleston SC area. The station is an owned-and-operated station of the WAY-FM Network.[1]

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.[2]

During the station's days as the hottest local rap/hip-hop/R&B station in the Charleston area,[3] on-air personalities such as Corey Hill, Jae Jackson, Gentleman George and his protege, Jeff Fox, became the station's most-popular personalities.

References

  1. "WAYA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. http://www.blackenterprise.com/ArchiveOpen.asp?Source=ArchiveTab/2003/05/0503-26.htm
  3. What's Hot This Summer, Charleston Chronicle - Summer 2001


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