WPYA
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| City of license | Chesapeake, VA |
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| Broadcast area | Norfolk/Virginia Beach |
| Branding | "93-7 BOB-FM" |
| Slogan | "We Play Anything" |
| Frequency | 93.7 (MHz) |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 295 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | We Play Anything |
| Former callsigns | WKCK, WKOC, WMYK |
| Owner | Sinclair Communications |
| Sister stations | WROX-FM, WUSH, WTAR, WNIS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.937bobfm.com |
WPYA, also known as 93-7 BOB-FM, is an Adult Hits radio station serving the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth-Hampton-Newport News radio market. It is owned by Sinclair Communications.
Its community of license is Chesapeake, Virginia and studios are in Norfolk, Virginia. Its transmitter is located on Route 168 in Moyock, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia/North Carolina state line.
[edit] History
WPYA started out in 1976 as WMYK, a nod to the then community of license Moyock, North Carolina, playing an album rock format.
The late Henry "The Bull" Del Toro, later a popular morning jock at WNOR-FM, got his on air start at WMYK in the late 70s.
In 1983, WMYK's "K-94" format would switch to new wave/modern rock, quickly losing listeners to Norfolk's WNOR.
In January 1984, flipped to urban comtemporary, "K-94 The Rhythm of the City", due to low ratings.
In the late 80s, they were known as Power 94, going head-to-head with WOWI.
On June 21, 1991, the calls were switched to WKOC with the change to the adult album alternative formatted, "The Coast".
In the early 90s, WKOC would begin simulcasting on then WKOD (now WXEZ) 94.1.
On May 29, 1996, WKOC would briefly become K-94 again with a hard rock format before switching back to "The Coast" and adult album alternative music.
"The Coast" would last until December 5th, 2003, when WKOC was flipped to country formatted WKCK-FM in response to the format flip two days earlier of heritage country station WCMS (now WXMM).
On September 23rd, 2004, dropped low rated country formatted "Kick FM" and swapped formats with sister 106.1 (then WPYA) and became "93-7 Bob FM" playing an adult hits format. Some websites have called the current WPYA one of the more successful adult hits stations.
The "Kick FM" format would be gone from sister 106.1 just five months later on February 5th, 2005.
[edit] External links
- "93-7 Bob FM" Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPYA
- Radio Locator information on WPYA
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