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| Frequency | 790 kHz |
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| Branding | Sports Talk 105.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Infinity Sports Network Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network Milwaukee Bucks Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WAXX, WEAQ, WECL, WIAL, WISM-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1954 (as WCHF) |
Former call signs | WCHF (1954-1958) WAXX (1958-1978) |
Former frequencies | 1150 kHz (1954–1996) |
Call sign meaning | sister station of WAXX-FM ("YY" alphabetical after "XX") |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 7062 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 123 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 105.1 W286CK (Eau Claire) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wayyradio.com |
WAYY (790 AM) is a commercial radio station in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It broadcasts a sports radio format and is owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting. Programming is mostly from Infinity Sports Network. It also carries Milwaukee Brewers baseball and Milwaukee Bucks basketball. The radio studios and offices are in Altoona, Wisconsin.
By day, WAYY transmits with 5,000 watts non-directional. But to protect other stations on 790 AM from interference, it reduces power at night to 123 watts. (For most of its history, WAYY ran 5,000 watts around the clock, using a directional antenna at night with multiple towers. But as the economy moved, those extra towers were sold off, and nighttime power was reduced.) WAYY's transmitter is on Black Avenue at Tower Drive in Seymour, Wisconsin.[2] Programming is also heard on 185-watt FM translator W286CK at 105.1 MHz in Eau Claire.[3]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAYY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAYY
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W286CK