WAYV

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**WAYV-FM**

Broadcast area	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Branding	95 Wave Wavy
Frequency	95.1 (MHz)
Format	top 40
Owner	Equity Communications, l.P.
Website	http://www.951wayv.com/

WAYV at 95.1 FM is a top 40 radio station that serves Atlantic City, New Jersey.

It has been among the top rated and billing stations in the Atlantic City market since 1980.

Present lineup includes:

Mike & Diane - morning hosts

Heather DeLuca - midday host

Paul Kelly - afternoon host and Program Director

[edit] History

95.1 started broadcasting in April 1961, with calls of WRNJ.

On July 1, 1974, calls were changed to WAYV and the station featured a "Beautiful Music" format that lasted until 1977. The music was provided by Jim Schulke's Stereo Radio Productions.

In 1978, under Program Director Bob Everland, the format evolved into "The Music People," a soft-rock format similar to "Magic" stations, such as WMGK in Philadelphia.

In January 1979, with the arrival of Kingsley Smith as Program Director, the format was made more contemporary and disco was added at night. The response to the "Disco nights at the shore" was large enough so that in late '79 WAYV became the "Rhythm of South Jersey" with fulltime disco and had its first time as #1 12+ in the Spring 1980 Atlantic City Arbitron.

With the wane of Disco in 1981, the format again evolved into Hot Adult Contempory (Hot AC) daytime / Contemporary Hit Radio(CHR) nighttime with the arrival of John Barab as Program Director. That combination remained into the early '90's through a number of Program Directors. In April 1990, WAYV started calling itself "Hot 95", which lasted for a short period of time. With some updates and adjustments over the last ten years, the Hot AC format still exists today. Despite the disco and Hot AC formats, WAYV also provided the first Atlantic City broadcast home for Jerry Blavat and his live broadcasts from Memories in Margate.

Before moving to the Bayport One building, WAYV's studios were located on the Atlantic City boardwalk at Chelsea Ave., and before that, the broadcast studio was located on the rooftop of the Ritz Apartments (formerly the Ritz Carlton Hotel.)-- in 1980 through about 1983 the business office was located in a rowhouse on the beach block of California Avenue. The General Manager at this time was Vi Trofa, a former school administrator who was hired by owners Carl Monk and Tom Donatucci to run the business operation. Trofa was married to the former mayor of Ocean City, NJ Nick Trofa.

[edit] Alumni

Bob Everland, Program Director in the mid 70's
Kingsley Smith, Program Director in the late 70's to early 80's
Diane Prior, evening host in the early 80's
Allison Wing, midday host in the early to mid 80's
Johnny B.(John Barab), evening host and Program Director in the early to mid 80's
Christie Springfield (under a different name), evening host in the early 80's
Eric Johnson, overnight host in the early 80's
Bobby Sharpe, afternoon host in the mid 80's
Spider McGuire, morning host (with multiple cohosts) through the 80's and 90's
Mike Boyle, afternoon host and Program Director in the mid 80's
Russ Monroe, morning host and Program Director in the late 80's
Sab Cupelli, midday host and Program Director in the early 90's
Jay Towers, midday host in the mid 90's
Tommy Frank, Program Director in the late 90's
Christina Joyce, midday host in the late 90's to early '00's