Broadcast area | Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia |
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Frequency | 107.9 MHz |
Branding | "New Country 107-9 YYD" |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks PRN Radio MRN Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WJJS, WROV-FM, WROV-HD2, WJJX, WSTV | |
History | |
First air date | January 27, 1981 |
Former call signs | WCNV (1981–1985)[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 74282 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 19,000 watts |
HAAT | 549 meters (1,801 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°33′39.0″N 79°11′30.0″W / 37.560833°N 79.191667°W |
Repeater(s) | WYYD-1 (Roanoke) 107.9 MHz |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | WYYD Webstream |
Website | WYYD Online |
WYYD (107.9 MHz "New Country 107-9 YYD") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market. WYYD airs a country music radio format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.[3] Monday through Saturday mornings, the station carries The Bobby Bones Show, based in Nashville and syndicated by Premiere Networks, an iHeart subsidiary. Overnight, it carries After Midnite with Granger Smith.
The studios and offices are on Old Forest Road in Lynchburg.[4] The transmitter is near Sweet Hollow Road (County Route 615) in Big Island, Virginia.[5] A 2,500 watt booster station, WYYD-1, is heard in Roanoke, also on 107.9 MHz.