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WAYZ

Field	Value
name	WAYZ
city	Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
country	US
area	Hagerstown metropolitan area
rds
branding	101-5 New Country WAYZ
frequency
airdate
languages	English
format	Country music
erp
haat	70 m
class	B
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	27401
former_callsigns
owner	VerStandig Media
licensee	HJV Limited Partnership
sister_stations
webcast
website

WAYZ (101.5 MHz) is a country music formatted broadcast commercial FM 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

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.

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. After a few days of dueling "Eagle"s, WWMD ceded the branding, briefly going with "The New 101.5". 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.

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.

References

(February 27, 2005). "Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown".
(March 7, 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]".
(March 14, 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN".
(March 14, 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]".
Venta, Lance. (August 5, 2025). "Verstandig Sets Programming Plans For Hagerstown Shuffle".

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