WYAJ

WYAJ
City of license Sudbury, Massachusetts
Branding Over the Edge Radio
First air date 1980
Format High School
Language(s) English
ERP 4 watts
HAAT 67 meters (220 feet)
Class D
Facility ID 63608
Transmitter coordinates 42º22'30"N
71º24'28"W
Former frequencies 88.1 MHz
Owner Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
(Sudbury Valley Broadcasting Foundation)
Website WYAJ Online

WYAJ (97.7 FM, "Over the Edge Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Sudbury, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and licensed to the Sudbury Valley Broadcasting Foundation.[1] It airs a high school radio format.[2]

Greg Hill, host of the Hill-man Morning Show on WAAF in Boston, got his start in radio on WYAJ when he was hired by student station manager Richard Lyons (host of the Megarock Show and one of the first on-air personalities in 1980).

Geoff Scott, former WBZ-FM traffic reporter in Boston and 20-year Northwest radio icon (Afternoons, Rock 94.5 KHTQ & Evenings, Rock106 KEZE Spokane, Washington) also got his start in broadcasting on WYAJ as host of "The Brainmelter Show" (1982-1988).[3]

Other 1980s alumni of WYAJ include American music industry executive Gerard Cosloy; future Hüsker Dü manager David Savoy; and WENY sportscaster and Emmy award winning Fox Sports producer Mike Isenberg.

The station was assigned the WYAJ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]

References

  1. Fybush, Scott (1996-04-30). "A Big Move?". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Air-Talent Profile". Current Geoff Scott Website.
  4. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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Coordinates: 42°22′30″N 71°24′28″W / 42.37500°N 71.40778°W