WYOY

WYOY
City of license	Gluckstadt, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Jackson, Mississippi
Branding	Y101
Slogan	Jackson's Hit Music
Frequency	101.7 MHz
First air date	1983 (as WZXQ) August 1996 (as WYOY)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	139 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	48647
Callsign meaning	Y is used in "Y101" branding; YOY is a play on 101 (Y = 1)
Former callsigns	WZXQ (1983-1986) WEQZ (1986-1989) WLIN (1989-1996)
Owner	The Radio People (New South Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WIIN, WJKK, WUSJ
Website	y101.com

WYOY (101.7 FM, "Y101") is a Top 40 (CHR) station in Jackson, Mississippi. WYOY debuted in September, 1996, and gave the Jackson area its first Top 40 station since 1993. Its studios are located in Ridgeland and the transmitter site is in Raymond.

Personalities

6a-10a Y101 Morning Showgram with Nate and Murphy
10a-3p Charlie
3p-7p The Carson Radio Program

General Manager - Gwen Rakestraw
Program Director - Carson
Assistant Program Director - Nate West

Former Staff Members

Johnny O (currently at Q100 Atlanta, GA)
Lauren Rae (now a Physical Therapist Assistant in Texas)
Scott Steele (now with sister station US 96.3)
EJ Rivers (now working for the Jackson Zoo)
Mike Montana (currently at WRVR, Memphis, TN)
Mandy Morgan (currently at WRVR, Memphis, TN
Kevin Vaughan (currently Sales Manager at TAVCO Services, Inc., Austin, TX)
John Morris (currently working in fitness)
Chris Bender (currently at KVET in Austin, TX)
Bob Richards (currently at KBUL in Reno)
Brian Kelly (currently at Mix 93.3 Kansas City)
JC Cruz (currently resides in Austin, TX)
Kris Fisher (currently at HD 98.3 in Augusta, GA)
Tessa Hall (currently at DC101 in Washington, D.C.)
Dick O'Neil (currently General Manager of Entercom in Gainesville, FL)
Zak Tyler (currently at WGH in Norfolk, VA)

External links

Y101 WYOY official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYOY

Radio-Locator information on WYOY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYOY

Radio stations in the Jackson, Mississippi market

By FM frequency	87.7 88.5 90.1 91.3 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.7 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5

By AM frequency	620 780 810 930 970 1120 1150 1180 1240 1300 1370 1400

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	KIH38 WFMN WFQY WHJT WHLH WIIN WJAI WJDX WJDX-FM WJKK WJLV WJMF-LP WJMI WJNT WJQS WJSU WJXN-FM WKXI-FM WLEZ-LP WMGO WMPN-FM WMPR WMSI WOAD WONG WPBP-LP WPBQ WQST-FM WRBJ WRKS WRTM-FM WSFZ WSJC WSTZ WTWZ WUSJ WYAB WYOY

Defunct	WQST (850 AM) WZRX (AM)

Mississippi radio markets Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Jackson Laurel-Hattiesburg Memphis, TN Meridian New Orleans, LA Oxford Tupelo Other Mississippi radio regions Clarksdale Columbus-Starkville-West Point McComb-Brookhaven Natchez Vicksburg Yazoo City See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Mississippi

By frequency	92.1 95.3 97.3 100.3 101.3 101.7 102.3 103.9 104.3 107.1

By callsign	WIQQ WKSO WJDQ WUMS WMJU WNSL WWKZ WXYK WYOY WZNF

By city	Brookhaven University-Oxford Gluckstadt Gulfport Gulfport Laurel Leland Meridian Natchez Okolona

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

Coordinates: 32°25′37″N 90°12′22″W / 32.427°N 90.206°W / 32.427; -90.206