| WAYA-FM | |
| City: | Ridgeville, South Carolina |
| Area: | Charleston metropolitan area |
| Branding: | 100.9/101.3 Way FM |
| Frequency: | 100.9 MHz |
| Translator: | 101.3 W267BK (Mount Pleasant) |
| Repeater: | 94.3 WSCC-HD3 (Goose Creek) |
| Airdate: | (as WALD-FM Walterboro SC) |
| Format: | Christian Contemporary |
| Erp: | 13,000 watts |
| Haat: | 91 meters (299 ft) |
| Class: | C3 |
| Facility Id: | 25374 |
| Coordinates: | 33.0738°N -80.1984°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | WAY |
| Former Callsigns: | WALD-FM (1968–1979) WKYP (1979–1981) WALD-FM (1981–1992)[1] WNTC (1992–1993) WPAL-FM (1993–2010) |
| Owner: | WAY-FM Network |
| Licensee: | Hope Media Group |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | wayfm.com |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WAYA-FM (100.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station broadcasting a Christian contemporary format. Licensed to Ridgeville, South Carolina, it serves the Charleston metropolitan area. It is an owned-and-operated station of the Hope Media Group, based in Colorado Springs.[2] It airs the WAY-FM Network's Christian Contemporary music format.
WAYA-FM is a Class C3 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,000 watts. The transmitter is on Kenyon Lane off Interstate 26 in Summerville.Radio-Locator.com/WAYA-FM Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.
The station signed on the air in .[3] It was licensed to Walterboro, South Carolina. The call sign had been WALD-FM, the sister station to WALD 1060 AM, which is now dark.[4]
William Saunders owned R&B radio station WPAL 730 AM, which had long served the African-American community in Charleston. In 1994, Saunders bought the FM frequency and moved it to Charleston. He changed the format to urban adult contemporary, with the call sign WPAL-FM.[5]
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.