WYAY 106.5

[acheron82]

Good information!

This explains why WQBZ 106.3 Fort Valley is expected to move a few miles south to a different tower. 

[wpb1999]

So why are they going call the station "All News 106.7"?  How long will the frequency change take?  Will they try to do this before the launch?

[BarryATL]

So why are they going call the station "All News 106.7"?  How long will the frequency change take?  Will they try to do this before the launch?

They really should change the call letters and use that as part of the slogan.  That will make the brand familiar when the move happens in a couple of years (yes it will take that long at least).

As I have said earlier something like what CBS had done in DC:  WNEW All News 99-1.  That gives the WNEW as a brand and All News 99-1.  The announcers sometimes say "coming up next on All News 99-1" or "the WNEW official weather forcast from..." or at the top and bottom of the hour "WNEW All News 99-1".  For the Atlanta operation to do this, they need new call letters.  WYAY does not work.  I was listening to the woman that was DJing over the weekend and because she talked fast, it always sounded like she was saying WYY.  I listened for an hour to see if I could ever hear the A in the WYAY call letters.

[jabba17]

Did "WYAY" ever stand for anything?  Before someone says 'Y106', I think that moniker followed the calls.  Reminds me of the short-lived WYAP for 95.5.  "WYA" must be a hard combo for the FCC to unload.

About the move.  What is CC getting from Cumulus to do the Macon move (assuming they are related)?  Money?  A CC-favoring move in another market, perhaps to be named later? 

I could almost see CC be willing to do this to stick it to Cox, by providing competition to WSB (would a less dominant WSB be easier for WGST to compete against in the talk arena?) as well as stymieing a move-in by WNGC (which would compete with CC's Bull and Cumulus's Kicks). 

[wpb1999]

Did "WYAY" ever stand for anything?  Before someone says 'Y106', I think that moniker followed the calls.  Reminds me of the short-lived WYAP for 95.5.  "WYA" must be a hard combo for the FCC to unload.

About the move.  What is CC getting from Cumulus to do the Macon move (assuming they are related)?  Money?  A CC-favoring move in another market, perhaps to be named later? 

I could almost see CC be willing to do this to stick it to Cox, by providing competition to WSB (would a less dominant WSB be easier for WGST to compete against in the talk arena?) as well as stymieing a move-in by WNGC (which would compete with CC's Bull and Cumulus's Kicks). 

Oh, the radio business.

[Going back to Nashville]

Be assured whatever the Dickeees do it is about getting as much money out of its stations, while paying the fewest amount of people possible.

I know that is radio, or any buisness these days, the Dickeees have a special knack for being the best at it though.

Nothing they do has you in mind, listeners do not matter as long as they are lining their pockets.

They almost make me wish for Citadel to own the stations again, and I can't believe I'm saying that.

On a happier note, that was a GREAT explanation of radio RF, Thank you!

[gregg75]

Did "WYAY" ever stand for anything?  Before someone says 'Y106', I think that moniker followed the calls.  Reminds me of the short-lived WYAP for 95.5.  "WYA" must be a hard combo for the FCC to unload.

About the move.  What is CC getting from Cumulus to do the Macon move (assuming they are related)?  Money?  A CC-favoring move in another market, perhaps to be named later? 

I could almost see CC be willing to do this to stick it to Cox, by providing competition to WSB (would a less dominant WSB be easier for WGST to compete against in the talk arena?) as well as stymieing a move-in by WNGC (which would compete with CC's Bull and Cumulus's Kicks). 

WYAY
We're Your Average Yo-Yo's 

[amos]

YAY!  Mr Jacobs got a rolex at closing!

call letter history:  WDUN-FM  then WWID, then WWLT, then WYAY

[NXEA]

WYAY @ 106.5 60dbu map from the FCC


http://g.co/maps/u9zsq

Can't get much better than that! Definitely a smart-move(in).

Wonder if they would want to get a hold of the WCNN call sign now on 680. Atlanta's All News 106.5 WCNN. The CNN brand though today doesn't hold the weight it did though years ago.

[FLjack2]

Did "WYAY" ever stand for anything?  Before someone says 'Y106', I think that moniker followed the calls.  Reminds me of the short-lived WYAP for 95.5.  "WYA" must be a hard combo for the FCC to unload.

Remember, for a while they simulcast on 104.1, WYAI (which sounds nearly exactly like WYAY.)  I always thought it was so creative that you could year the Y106 ID and jingles on 106.7 and hear the Y104 ID and jingles on 104.1.  Yet, all the jocks always said, "Y106 and Y104" identifying both stations.