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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 100.1MHz |
| Branding | Smooth Jazz 101.1/100.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Smooth jazz (WJZA simulcast) |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta, L.L.C. |
| WCHK,WWWE,WLKQ-FM,WJZA | |
| History | |
First air date | 1998 (as WCHK-FM) |
Former call signs | WCHK-FM (4/1998-12/1998) |
Call sign meaning | SunNY (transposed) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 78332 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 7,000watts |
| HAAT | 188 meters (617 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WNSY (100.1FM) is acommercialradio station innorthwest Georgia,licensed toTalking Rock. It is owned by Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta and itsimulcastsWWWE on 1100 kHz inHapeville. The two stations, along with an AtlantaFM translator station at 101.1 MHz,simulcast asmooth jazzradio format. The stations use the dial position of the translator, calling themselves "101.1 WJZA."
WNSY'stransmitter is nearJasper, Georgia, about 50 miles north ofmetro Atlanta. Itsbroadcast range is most of northwestGeorgia, but too far from Atlanta to be heard in the city and its close-in suburbs.
The station'sconstruction permit was applied for from theFederal Communications Commission in 1995. It went on the air asWCHK-FM in 1998. The original WCHK-FM 105.5 is nowWBZY 105.7 and owned byiHeartMedia. The station at 100.1 becameoldiesSunny 100 in 1999.
In January 2007, Davis Broadcasting ofColumbus, Georgia, completed the purchase of WNSY and WCHK. WNSY, Sunny 100 went off the air on the morning of January 22, 2007, and returned on February 1 with the simulcast of WLKQ, carryingRegional Mexican programming.
Listeners to Sunny 100 were surprised by the loss of the station. For the next 14 months, only two FM stations in Northwest Georgia carried any sort ofoldies genre:WATG "95.7 The Ridge" inRome andWSRV "97.1 The River" in Atlanta, both under theclassic hits format.
McClure owned the original WCHK-FM, which was located at 105.5 FM and broadcast a locally oriented format that was a mix of country andSouthern Gospel music. It was a simulcast ofWCHK AM 1290, the original station of Cherokee Broadcasting, named forCherokee County, Georgia. The CHK in turn stands forCherokee.
In 1991 the station received FCC approval to upgrade to a much stronger signal and move to the 105.7 frequency, allowing it to be heard throughout themetro Atlantamedia market. This moved the station from itsallotment onBear Mountain nearWaleska, to the new tower next toInterstate 575 inHolly Springs, Georgia. (It has since moved toSweat Mountain, even closer to Atlanta.)
The station remained under local management for a little over a year, briefly as "North Metro's K-105", then with a revamped format as "Atlanta's Classic Country 105.7". In 1993 the frequency was leased bylocal marketing agreement (LMA) toJacor (which would later merge with Clear Channel) andsimulcastedWGST AM 640 under the WGST-FMcallsign, especially since that station was extremely difficult to receive at night even locally. In 2000, Clear Channel abandoned the WGST simulcast, and the station became WMXV "Mix 105.7".
In 2003, when then WFOX (now WSRV) FM 97.1 abandoned its oldies format, Clear Channel picked up the format, becoming WLCL "Cool 105.7". For the next year, Cherokee Broadcasting was the legal owner of the licenses of two oldies stations in the same area, WNSY and WLCL (although Cherokee Broadcasting only operated WNSY). The 105.7 frequency was sold outright to Clear Channel in 2004, and oldies was abandoned on 105.7 in May 2005.
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