WHYA

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WHYA

City of license	Mashpee, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Cape Cod
Branding	Y101
Slogan	"Today's Hits" and "The Beat of Cape Cod"
Frequency	101.1 MHz
First air date	February 12, 1987 (as WFAL)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	83 metres (272 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	29571
Transmitter coordinates	41°36′13″N 70°29′21″W / 41.60361°N 70.48917°W / 41.60361; -70.48917
Callsign meaning	HYAnnis
Former callsigns	WFAL (1987-1995) WUNZ (1995-1996) WWKJ (1996-2001) WTWV (2001-2006) WFRQ (2006-2012)
Owner	John Garabedian (CodComm, Inc.)
Sister stations	WFRQ, WKFY, WPXC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Y101.cc

WHYA (101.1 FM)—branded Y101—is a CodComm, Inc. owned commercial FM radio station licensed to Mashpee, Massachusetts. The station's studios are in downtown Hyannis and its transmitter is located in Mashpee. It serves the Cape Cod radio market with a pop/contemporary hit radio (CHR) format. Y101 features Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, Jessica, Steve McVie and Party Playhouse with Jackson Blue. Weekend programming includes Trevor Morini, plus Open House Party with John Garabedian (Saturday) and Kannon (Sunday).

History

See WFRQ for a full history of the 101.1 frequency. This page is for a history of WHYA after March 2013 only.

On April 1, 2013 at 5:00 PM, WHYA broke away from its simulcast with 93.5 WFRQ and began stunting with an automated countdown.^[1] A male text-to-speech voice (Microsoft Sam to be exact) repeated a sequence of counting backward in the format of "T minus x days, x hours, x minutes, x seconds" (beginning with 2 days, 18 hours).

A rotating list of statements was also inserted approximately every fifteen seconds. The statements ranged from informing listeners that Frank FM had moved to 93.5 and doubled its power, to random and sometimes amusing quotes from movies, songs and current events. Occasionally, some statements also hinted about two of the on-air personalities that would eventually be on the new station, including "Who's Steve McVie?" and "What is a Jackson Blue?"

On April 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM, the stunt ended with the launch of CHR-formatted "Y101," with the slogans "Today's Hits" and "The Beat of Cape Cod."^[2] The new format filled a four year void that the former WRZE "96-3 The Rose" (now WEII) left when it switched to sports radio on March 25, 2009. Ironically, CodComm's John Garabedian and Steve McVie both played a role in the former WRZE. John placed the original 96.3 transmission facility on the air in the 1970s (as WGTF), while Steve was the last on-air personality heard on WRZE.

CodComm currently has plans to move the WHYA transmission facility from Mashpee to Barnstable at the tower of sister station WPXC. Changes include dropping power (from 6 kW to 2.9 kW), but raising its antenna from 272' to 463' above average terrain. The FCC construction permit for this change was granted on July 17, 2012.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHYA

Radio-Locator information on WHYA

v t e Radio stations in the Cape Cod market

By AM frequency	1170 1240 1390

By FM frequency	89.5 90.1 90.1 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.3 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.5 93.7 93.9 94.3 95.1 96.3 96.7 97.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.9 104.7 106.1 106.5 107.1 107.5 107.9

By callsign	WAZK WBAS WBUA WCAI WCCT-FM WCIB WCOD-FM WEII WFCC-FM WFHN WFMR WFPB WFPB-FM WFRQ WGTX WHYA WKFY WKKL WKPE-FM WMVY WNAN WNCK WOCN-FM WOMR WPLM WPLM-FM WPXC WQRC WRYP WSDH WVVY-LP WXTK WZAI

Defunct stations	WXLJ-LP/97.7

Internet stations	WMVY

Massachusetts radio markets Boston Cape Cod New Bedford-Fall River Springfield Worcester Other Massachusetts radio regions Pittsfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

v t e CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Massachusetts

By frequency	101.1 103.3 107.1 107.9

By callsign	WFHN WHYA WODS WXKS-FM

By city	Boston Fairhaven Mashpee Medford

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

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