WJYI (1230
kHz) was a
soft oldies and
adult standards formatted radio station
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.
It was
licensed
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to
Norfolk, Virginia and served the
Hampton Roads region of
Virginia
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.
WJYI was owned by Saga Communications, Inc. and operated under their Tidewater Communications, LLC licensee.
It featured programming from "
America's Best Music
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"
syndicated by
Westwood One
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The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The compan ...
.
Transmission
WJYI was a
Class C station, transmitting with 627
watt
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s, using a
non-directional antenna
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. The station's
transmitter
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was off East Indian River Road in Norfolk, near the
Campostella Bridge.
Programming continues to be heard on a
digital subchannel of
sister station WNOR
WNOR (98.7 MHz "FM99") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving the Hampton Roads (Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News) radio market. WNOR is owned and operated by Saga Communications. It airs an active rock ra ...
98.7-
HD2.
History
On May 1, 1949, the station first
signed on
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* Using sign language
* Signature
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the air.
The original
call sign
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was WNOR.
The WJOI call letters and those of
co-owned WJYI in
Milwaukee
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swapped on April 29, 2021.
On September 30, 2021, WJYI's license was surrendered to the FCC.
References
External links
FCC Station Search Details: DWJYI (Facility ID: 67081)
FCC History Cards for WJYI(covering 1944-1981 as WKAZ / WNOR)
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1949 establishments in Virginia
2021 disestablishments in Virginia
Radio stations established in 1949
Radio stations disestablished in 2021
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