WAYS is a
sports
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radio station
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in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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. It is owned by
Cumulus Media
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. Its studios are located on
U.S. Highway 17
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in
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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, and its transmitter is located in the station's city of license,
Conway, South Carolina.
History
WAYS originally signed on February 23, 1977
as WJAL. That August, the call sign became WJXY,
a call sign that stayed with the station for many years. WJXY was a daytime-only
country music
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station in the 1970s. An FM sister station at
93.9 was added around 1990, at which time the AM switched to
Southern gospel
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. In 1995, the format changed to
adult standards, with most of the music coming from the
AM Only satellite format. By this time, the station had a limited nighttime signal.
In Fall 1999,
Hurricane Floyd
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damaged WJXY's studios and transmitter site and forced WJXY-FM,
WXJY and
WSEA
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to move to the
WSYN
WSYN (103.1 FM, "Sunny 103.1") is a classic hits music formatted radio station licensed to Surfside Beach, South Carolina and serves the Grand Strand area. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to b ...
/
WDAI
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studios near
Inlet Square Mall
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. At the time, WJXY aired
Conway High School football; those games moved to
WRNN-FM
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. WJXY was off the air for several months. Early in 2000, the station was back, but not in stereo. Many listeners had complained.
The station was assigned the WIQB call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on November 16, 2000.
For a time, WIQB aired the same programming as
oldies
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WSYN
WSYN (103.1 FM, "Sunny 103.1") is a classic hits music formatted radio station licensed to Surfside Beach, South Carolina and serves the Grand Strand area. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to b ...
.
On February 15, 2003, WIQB became part of "The Team" all sports format along with
WJXY-FM.
On April 30, 2010, WIQB switched to southern gospel and changed its letters to WHSC.
On March 5, 2012, WHSC became the new Myrtle Beach affiliate of
Fox Sports Radio
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.
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would air live in the market rather than on tape, and
Jim Rome
James Phillip Rome (born October 14, 1964) is an American sports radio host. His talk show, ''The Jim Rome Show'', is syndicated by CBS Sports Radio.
Broadcasting from a studio near Los Angeles, California, Rome hosts ''The Jim Rome Show'' on ...
would follow. WHSC became the new station for the
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
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.
The station changed its call sign to WRWM on December 26, 2017, and to WAYS on February 13, 2020.
Call Sign Changes
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1977 establishments in South Carolina
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