WHYA (101.1 FM)—branded Y101—is a

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licensed to

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, owned by Steve Chessare through Coxswain Communications, Inc. The station's studios are in downtown Hyannis and its

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is located in

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. WHYA airs syndicated programs like

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and was the first affiliate of ''Liveline'' with Mason Kelter. It also ran ''

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'' on Saturday and Sunday nights from the station's launch until March 2020.

History

: ''See

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for a full history of the 101.1 frequency. This article covers the history of WHYA from April 2013 forward.'' On April 1, 2013, at 5:00 p.m., WHYA broke away from its simulcast with 93.5

and began stunting with an automated

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. A male

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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's a Jackson Blue?" On April 4, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., the station flipped to Top 40/CHR, branded as ''Y101''. Y101 Debuts
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. The new format filled a 4-year void that the former WRZE ("96.3 The Rose", now

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) left when it switched to

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on March 25, 2009. However, some Cape Cod market listeners could pick up CHRs from

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. Ironically, CodComm's founding fathers John Garabedian and Steve McVie both played a role in the former WRZE; Garabedian placed the original 96.3 transmission facility on the air in the 1970s (as WGTF) and WRZE was an affiliate of his ''

'' program, while McVie was the last on-air personality heard on WRZE. On August 20, 2013, CodComm submitted a license application with the

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to cover an outstanding

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originally filed on July 17, 2012. This completed a move of the WHYA transmission facility from Mashpee to Barnstable at the tower of sister station WPXC. The change included dropping power from 6 kW to 2.9 kW, but raising its antenna from 272' to 463' above average terrain.

References

External links

CodComm Website
{{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Massachusetts HYA Mashpee, Massachusetts Radio stations established in 1987 Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States