WPYA
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| City of license | Chesapeake, VA |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Norfolk/Virginia Beach |
| Branding | "93-7 BOB-FM" |
| Slogan | "We Play Anything" |
| Frequency | 93.7 (MHz) |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | We Play Anything |
| Owner | Sinclair Communications |
| Website | www.937bobfm.com |
WPYA, also known as 93-7 BOB-FM, is an Adult Hits radio station serving the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth-Hampton-Newport News radio market. It is owned by Sinclair Communications, its COL is Chesapeake, Virginia and studios are in Norfolk, Virginia.
[edit] History
Swapped formats and call letters with sister station BOB FM WPYA on Thursday 9/23/04. Got the WKCK-FM calls on 12/11/2003. Became Kick FM just after 4PM on 12/3/03 to fill the "hole" left when Barnstable decided to jettison the longtime Country format on WCMS-FM for Mainstream Rock as "100.5 MAX FM" WXMM. They went head-to-head with Barnstable's Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH. Kristen Croot, the last jock heard on "The Coast," was audibly upset just before the switch around 4. Nobody had a chance to say their goodbyes. Landed the legendary Country Music DJ Hall of Famer Joe Hoppel the following day. Stopped stunting at 12:06PM on 12/5/03 and introduced its regular playlist. Used to simulcast on WEXM/106.1 Exmore before the 106.1 signal was moved to Poquoson. The transmitter is in North Carolina, but the city of license is Chesapeake. This stems from a case that apparently went all the way to the US Supreme Court in the early 90s having to do with Virginia Lottery advertising. Turned out that it was illegal in North Carolina, so a change in the city of license to a Virginia locality was requested and granted. The WMYK album rock format started about 1976. They took over the progressive rock mantle from WOWI, which went to urban contemporary music in the mid 70s. K-94 was a huge station here in the late 70s and early 80s. The kids basically stopped listening to WGH (Top 40) and K-94 was one big beneficiary. About 1982, the format was altered to "Rock of the '80s," and about 1984 or 1985 it was switched to urban contemporary music. In the late 80s, they were known as Power 94, going head-to-head with 'Hot 103' (now 103 Jamz) WOWI. Later they segued to urban AC. At 3PM on June 21, 1991, the calls were switched to WKOC with the change to the "Coast" adult album alternative format. It was the first day of Summer. In the early 90s, simulcast on WKOD (94.1). May 29, 1996, it briefly became K-94 again with a hard rock format before becoming the Coast again with AAA music.
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| FM radio stations in the Hampton Roads (Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News) market (Arbitron #41) | |
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| By frequency: |
88.1 | 88.3 | 88.5/97.9/103.7/103.9 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 89.5 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 91.7/97.7/97.7/99.3 | 92.1 | 92.3 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.7 | 97.3 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 99.7 | 100.1 | 100.5 | 100.9 | 100.9 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.1 | 102.5 | 102.5/102.1 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.7 | 107.9 |
| By callsign: |
W261CN | WAFX | WAZP | WBKU/W249BH/W249BM/W257BV | WBQK | WCDG | WCWM | WCXL | WERX | WFMI | WFMZ | WFOS | WGH-FM | WGPS | WHOV | WHRO | WHRV | WJCD | WJLZ/W250AE/W279AD/W280CX | WJRX/W271AK | WKJX | WKUS | WLQM | WNOR | WNRJ | WNSB | WOWI | WPTE | WPYA | WROX | WRPC | WRSF | WRVS | WTYD | WVBW | WVKL | WWDE | WWHV | WWIP | WXEZ | WXGM | WXMM | WYCS | WYFI | WYOU |
| Other: |
See also: Hampton Roads (FM) (AM) Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach (FM) (AM) | Richmond (FM) (AM) | Roanoke | Fredericksburg | Winchester | Charlottesville | Harrisonburg |
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