WAYZ

WAYZ is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland, serving the Four-State Area. In Pennsylvania, WAYZ can be heard clearly in parts of southwestern York county, and in all of Adams, Franklin, and Fulton Counties. WAYZ can be heard as far east as western Baltimore, and as far south as NW suburbs of Washington, DC. WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Broadcasting.

WAYZ
CityHagerstown, Maryland
Broadcast areaChambersburg, PA
Hagerstown, MD
Martinsburg, WV
Winchester, VA York-Hanover, PA
Frequency104.7 MHz
Branding104.7 WAYZ
SloganYour Hometown Country Connection
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerM. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
(HJV Limited Partnership)
WBHB-FM, WLIN, WIKG
History
First air date
1946 (as WJEJ-FM)
Former call signs
WJEJ-FM (1946–1977)
WWMD (1977–2000)[1]
WAYZ-FM (2000–2005)
Technical information
Facility ID25827
ClassB
ERP8,300 watts
HAAT420 meters
Transmitter coordinates
39°41′47.0″N 77°30′47.0″W
Links
WebcastWAYZ Webstream
WebsiteWAYZ Online

FM 104.7 came on the air in 1946 as WJEJ-FM (sister to WJEJ 1240). Until 2000 the station was known as easy listening/beautiful music formatted WWMD under Hagerstown Broadcasting; it was then traded to Verstandig for 101.5 FM and $2.5 million.[2]

References

  1. "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 21, 1977. p. 84.
  2. "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 17, 2000. p. 52.
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