Broadcast area | Charleston, South Carolina |
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Frequency | 100.9 MHz |
Branding | 100.9/101.3 Way FM |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1968 (as WALD-FM) [1] |
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 | |
Facility ID | 25374 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 13,000 watts |
HAAT | 91 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°4′25.70″N 80°11′54.20″W / 33.0738056°N 80.1983889°W |
Translator(s) | 101.3 W267BK ( Mount Pleasant) |
Repeater(s) | 94.3 WSCC-HD3 ( Goose Creek) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wayfm.com |
WAYA (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Ridgeville, South Carolina, United States, it serves the Charleston SC area. The station is an owned-and-operated station of the WAY-FM Network. [3]
The 100.9 frequency used to be in Walterboro, South Carolina. William Saunders owned WPAL, an AM station at 730. In 1994, Saunders bought the FM frequency and moved it to Charleston, changing to urban adult contemporary, with the letters WPAL-FM. [4]