WAYZ explained

WAYZ
City:Hagerstown, Maryland
Area:Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Hagerstown, Maryland
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Winchester, Virginia
Frederick, Maryland
Branding:104.7 WAYZ
Frequency:104.7 MHz
Airdate:1946 (as WJEJ-FM)
Format:Country music
Erp:8,300 watts
Haat:420 meters
Class:B
Facility Id:25827
Coordinates:39.6964°N -77.5131°W
Former Callsigns:WJEJ-FM (1946–1977)
WWMD (1977–2000)[1]
WAYZ-FM (2000–2005)
Owner:M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
Licensee:HJV Limited Partnership
Sister Stations:WBHB-FM, WLIN, WIKG
Webcast:WAYZ Webstream
Website:WAYZ Online
Licensing Authority:FCC

WAYZ is a 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 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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Notes and References

  1. News: Call letters. Broadcasting. February 21, 1977. 84.
  2. News: Changing hands. Broadcasting. April 17, 2000. 52.