WAYZ

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WAYZ
Broadcast area
Frequency 104.7 MHz
Branding104.7 WAYZ
Programming
Language English
Format Country music
Ownership
Owner
  • M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc. (sale to Peter & John Radio Fellowship, Inc. pending)
  • (HJV Limited Partnership)
History
First air date
January 1947
(78 years ago) (1947-01)
Former call signs
  • WJEJ-FM (1947–1977)
  • WWMD (1977–2000) [1]
  • WAYZ-FM (2000–2005)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 25827
Class B
ERP 8,300 watts
HAAT 420 meters (1,380 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°41′47.0″N77°30′47.0″W / 39.696389°N 77.513056°W / 39.696389; -77.513056
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wayz.com

WAYZ (104.7 FM, 104.7 WAYZ) is a commercial country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland. WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Media.

FM 104.7 came on the air in January 1947, as WJEJ-FM (sister to WJEJ 1240). Until August 28, 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 for $2.5 million. [3]

In July 2025, the 104.7 FM facility was sold to Peter and John Radio Fellowship, owner of WRBS-FM in Baltimore, for $3.1 million. The station's call sign will become WRYS upon the sale's closure, and Verstanding retains the WAYZ branding and call sign for potential use on another of its stations. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 21, 1977. p. 84.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WAYZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 17, 2000. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (July 11, 2025). "Brighter Media Group Expands Across Maryland With WAYZ Purchase". RadioInsight.


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