WAYA-FM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WAYA-FM

| logo = WAYA.jpg

| 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 = {{Start date and age|1968|9}} (as WALD-FM Walterboro SC)

| format = Christian Contemporary

| erp = 13,000 watts

| haat = 91 meters (299 ft)

| class = C3

| facility_id = 25374

| coordinates = {{coord|33|4|25.70|N|80|11|54.20|W|region:US-SC_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = WAY

| former_callsigns = WALD-FM (1968–1979)
WKYP (1979–1981)
WALD-FM (1981–1992)[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=25374&Callsign=WAYA-FM25374 Call Sign History], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
WNTC (1992–1993)
WPAL-FM (1993–2010)

| affiliations =

| owner = WAY-FM Network

| licensee = Hope Media Group

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [https://listen.wayfm.com/charleston/?waystation_set=7 Listen Live]

| website = [https://www.wayfm.com 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAYA |title=WAYA Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} 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.[https://radio-locator.com/info/WAYA-FM?loc=33.19661%2C-80.00666&locn=Moncks%20Corner%2C%20South%20Carolina Radio-Locator.com/WAYA-FM] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W267BK at 101.3 MHz in Mount Pleasant.

History

The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1968|9}}.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-190. Retrieved June 10, 2024.] 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.[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=79683 History Cards for WAYA-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

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.http://www.blackenterprise.com/ArchiveOpen.asp?Source=ArchiveTab/2003/05/0503-26.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

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.

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