WAYZ

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WAYZ
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Broadcast area Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Hagerstown, Maryland
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Winchester, Virginia Frederick, Maryland
Frequency 104.7 MHz
Branding104.7 WAYZ
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • M. 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 ID 25827
Class B
ERP 8,300 watts
HAAT 420 meters
Transmitter coordinates
39°41′47.0″N77°30′47.0″W / 39.696389°N 77.513056°W / 39.696389; -77.513056
Links
Webcast WAYZ Webstream
Website WAYZ Online

WAYZ is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland. WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Broadcasting.

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]

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References

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