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| Broadcast area | Charleston metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 100.9MHz |
| Branding | 100.9/101.3 Way FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | September 1968; 57 years ago (1968-09) (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[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25374 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 13,000watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°4′25.70″N80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W /33.0738056; -80.1983889 |
| Translator | 101.3 W267BK (Mount Pleasant) |
| Repeater | 94.3WSCC-HD3 (Goose Creek) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wayfm.com |
WAYA-FM (100.9MHz) is anon-commercial, listener-supportedradio station broadcasting aChristian contemporaryformat.Licensed toRidgeville, South Carolina, it serves theCharleston metropolitan area. It is anowned-and-operated station of the Hope Media Group, based inColorado Springs.[4] It airs theWAY-FM Network'sChristian Contemporary music format.
WAYA-FM is aClass C3 station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 13,000watts. Thetransmitter is on Kenyon Lane offInterstate 26 inSummerville.[5] Programming is also heard on 250-wattFM translatorW267BK at 101.3 MHz inMount Pleasant.
The stationsigned on the air in September 1968; 57 years ago (1968-09).[6] It was licensed toWalterboro, South Carolina. Thecall sign had been WALD-FM, thesister station to WALD1060 AM, which is nowdark.[1]
William Saunders ownedR&B radio stationWPAL730 AM, which had long served theAfrican-American community in Charleston. In 1994, Saunders bought the FM frequency and moved it to Charleston. He changed the format tourban adult contemporary, with the call sign WPAL-FM.[7]
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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