WAYZ

Country music radio station in Hagerstown, Maryland

WAYZ

* Hagerstown, Maryland
* United States

Broadcast area|

* Western Maryland
* Central Maryland
* South Central Pennsylvania
* Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
* Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
* Northern Shenandoah Valley
* Northern Virginia

Frequency| 104.7 MHz
Branding| 104.7 WAYZ
Programming
Language| English
Format| Country music
Ownership
Owner|

* M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
* (HJV Limited Partnership)

Sister stations

* WBHB-FM
* WIKG
* WLIN

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″N 77°30′47.0″W﻿ / ﻿39.696389°N 77.513056°W﻿ / 39.696389; -77.513056
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

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]

## References

[edit]

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.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 25827 (WAYZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WAYZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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Country radio stations in the state of Maryland

Stations|

* WAAI—
* WAYZ—Hagerstown
* WBEY-FM—Crisfield
* WCEM-FM—Cambridge
* WFRB—Frostburg
* WFRB-FM—Frostburg
* WFRE—Frederick
* WGOP—Pocomoke City
* WICL—Williamsport
* WICO-FM—Snow Hill
* WINX-FM—Cambridge
* WKIK—California
* WKTQ—Oakland
* WPOC—Baltimore
* WRDE-FM—Berlin
* WWFG—Ocean City
* WXCY-FM—Havre de Grace

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Maryland

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Radio stations in the Frederick, Maryland area

By AM frequency|

* 700
* 930
* 1450

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 90.5
* 97.5
* 99.9
* 103.1
* 103.9
* 104.7
* 106.9

| Translators|

* 88.9
* 91.1
* 93.5
* 94.3

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Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 820
* 99.9-1
* 99.9-2
* 103.9-1
* 103.9-2
* 103.9-3
* 106.9-1
* 106.9-2
* 106.9-3

By call sign|

* W205BL
* W216CM
* W228AM
* W232DG
* WAFY
* WAYZ
* WCRH
* WDMV
* WFMD
* WFRE
* HD2
* WLTF
* WSHE
* WTLP
* HD2
* HD3
* WTHU
* WWEG
* HD2
* HD3
* WYPF

Defunct|

* WTRI (1520 AM)

Radio stations in the Washington metropolitan area
Washington, D.C.

Frederick, Maryland
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Other nearby regions
Baltimore
Bedford
Cumberland
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Hagerstown
Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon
Lancaster
Winchester
York

See also
List of radio stations in Maryland

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Radio stations in the Hagerstown metropolitan area (Maryland)

Note: this template also includes Chambersburg/Waynesboro, Pennsylvania and Martinsburg, West Virginia

By AM frequency|

* 800
* 930
* 1240
* 1380
* 1410
* 1480
* 1490
* 1590

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.3
* 88.7
* WWCF
* WSYC-FM
* 89.1
* 90.5
* 91.7
* 92.1
* 93.3
* 94.3
* 95.1
* 95.9
* 96.7
* 97.5
* 101.5
* 103.7
* 104.7
* 106.9

| LPFM|

* 93.7
* 102.9

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Translators|

* 93.9
* 96.3
* 102.1
* 104.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 89.1-1

By call sign|

* W230AX
* W242BY
* W271BV
* W282CR
* WARK
* WAYZ
* WBHB-FM
* WCHA
* WCRH
* WDLD
* WEEO-FM
* WFMD
* WGMS
* WHAG
* WHGT
* WICL
* WIKG
* WIKZ
* WJEJ
* WLIN
* WLTF
* WQCM
* WRDD
* WRGG-LP
* WRZO-LP
* WSYC-FM
* WWCF
* WWEG
* WYPF
* WYPM
* WZXH
* WZXQ

Radio stations in South Central Pennsylvania
Chambersburg/Waynesboro
Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon
Lancaster
Lewistown-Mifflintown
York

Other nearby regions
Altoona
Bedford
Cumberland
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Frederick
Washington, D.C.
Winchester

See also
List of radio stations in Maryland
List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

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