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For 104.7 FM in Hagerstown, Maryland (2000–2025), see WRYS.
WAYZ
Broadcast area
Frequency101.5 MHz
Branding101.5 New Country WAYZ
Programming
FormatCountry music
Ownership
Owner
  • VerStandig Media
  • (HJV Limited Partnership)
History
First air date
1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Former call signs
  • WAYZ-FM (1959–2000)
  • WWMD (2000–2005)
  • WEEG (2005)
  • WFYN (2005–2009)
  • WBHB-FM (2009–2025)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27401
ClassB
ERP
  • 50,000 watts (horizontal)
  • 48,000 watts (vertical)
HAAT70 meters (230 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wayz.com Edit this at Wikidata

WAYZ (101.5 FM) is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, serving the "Four-State" area (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia). WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Media.

History

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Beginning in the late 1970s, WAYZ-FM was a country-formatted station. VerStandig bought Hagerstown, Maryland–based WWMD (104.7 FM) from John Staub (Hagerstown Broadcasting) and moved the WAYZ country format there in 2000, with the WWMD call sign moving to 101.5; it broadcast an audio CNN Headline News format for three weeks.[citation needed]

Top 40 "Magic 101.5" debuted in October 2000, and operated until February 27, 2005. This returned the format for the first time since WIKZ changed to adult contemporary in 1992.

On February 27 of that year, Hagerstown-based WARX flipped to classic hits as "106.9 The Eagle", a few hours before Verstandig flipped WWMD to classic rock as "Eagle 101.5" with the callsign WEEG.[2] After a few days of dueling "Eagle"s, WWMD ceded the branding, briefly going with "The New 101.5".[3] The following week, it became "Classic Rock 101.5" with the callsign WFYN. Local media observers noted the similarity of the new call sign, which had no obvious meaning, to a profane insult ("fuck you, Nassau") over the branding conflict.[4][5]

On September 17, 2007, WFYN flipped from classic rock to active rock as Rock 101.5. On March 16, 2009, WFYN became WBHB-FM and changed its Rock 101.5 branding to 101.5 Bob Rocks; it continued to broadcast an active rock format.

The Bob format and WBHB call sign moved to the 92.1 frequency in September 2025, making way for the WAYZ format to return from 104.7 in Hagerstown, which Verstandig Media sold to Brighter Media Group.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAYZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Hughes, Dave (February 27, 2005). "Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott (March 7, 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005.
  4. ^ Hughes, Dave (March 14, 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2005.
  5. ^ Fybush, Scott (March 14, 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 23, 2005.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (August 5, 2025). "Verstandig Sets Programming Plans For Hagerstown Shuffle". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
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