WAYR (AM)

WAYR
City	Fleming Island, Florida
Broadcast area	Jacksonville metropolitan area
Branding	WAY Radio
Frequency	550 AM KHz
Translator(s)	103.3 W277DE (Fleming Island)
First air date	May 26, 1960 [1]
Format	Christian Talk and Teaching
Power	5,000 watts day ; 500 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	24625
Callsign meaning	WAY Radio
Owner	Good Tidings Trust, Inc.
Sister stations	WAYR-FM
Webcast	Listen Now
Website	WayRadio.org

WAYR (550 kHz) is a non-profit radio station licensed to Fleming Island, Florida, and serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Christian Talk and Teaching radio format, and is owned by Good Tidings Trust, Inc.^[2] It airs programs supplied by national Christian leaders and asks for donations on the air.

Programming is also heard on a 250 watt FM translator station, W277DE at 103.3 MHz.^[3] In addition, Good Tidings Trust operates another FM station, 90.7 WAYR-FM, licensed to Brunswick, Georgia, which is separately programmed with Christian contemporary music.

Programming

WAYR's schedule includes Christian talk and teaching programs such as: Grace to You with John MacArthur, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, The Alternative with Tony Evans, Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey, Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Walk in the Word with James MacDonald, and A New Beginning with Greg Laurie.^[4]

History

WAYR began broadcasting on May 26, 1960, and was initially a daytime only station running 1,000 watts, with its transmitter located at 661 Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park, Florida. In 1986 WAYR's operations were moved to 2500 Russell Road in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where it remains today, and its power was increased to 2,500 watts. In the early 2000s, WAYR added nighttime operations of 500 watts and increased its daytime power to 5,000 watts.^[1] In the early 2010s, the station changed its city of license to Fleming Island, Florida, although the transmitter, studios and offices remain in Green Cove Springs.

References

1 2 History wayradio.org. Accessed August 8, 2012
↑ "WAYR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Accessed August 8, 2012
↑ Radio-Locator.com/W277DE
↑ Program Guide wayradio.org. Accessed August 8, 2012

External links

WAYR's official website

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[History-1] 1 2 History wayradio.org. Accessed August 8, 2012

[2] "WAYR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Accessed August 8, 2012

[3] Radio-Locator.com/W277DE

[4] Program Guide wayradio.org. Accessed August 8, 2012

Radio stations in the Jacksonville, Florida market
By AM frequency	550 600 690 930 970 1010 1050 1160 1170 1190 1220 1240 1320 1360 1400 1420 1460 1530 1570 1600
By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.9 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.1 102.3 102.9 103.7 103.9 104.5 105.3 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3
By callsign	WAOC WAPE-FM WAYR WBHU WBOB WCGL WCRJ WECC-FM WEJZ WEWC WEZI WFOY WFXJ WGNE-FM WJBT WJCT-FM WJFR WJGL WJGM WJKV WJNJ WJXL WJXL-FM WJXR WKSL WKTZ WMUV WNNR WOKV WOKV-FM WQIK-FM WQOP WROS WSOL-FM WSOS WSOS-FM WTRJ-FM WVOJ WWIO WWJK WXXJ WYKB WYMM WZAZ WZNZ W225BI W247CF W258CN W262AG W265DD W270CD W271CJ W272CQ W279AG W280EY W291CI W295AZ
Defunct	WSVE/1280
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Religious radio stations in the state of Florida
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Defunct	WAGE – Dogwood Lakes Estate WFTI-FM – Saint Petersburg WLMS – Lecanto WLVF – Haines City WPCU-LP – Panama City WREH – Cypress Quarters
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