WAYC

For the AM station that used these call letters from 1974 to 1993 and 2009 to 2020, see WRAX (AM).

WAYC (100.9 FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Bedford, Pennsylvania, serving Beford and Bedford County in Pennsylvania.^[1] WAYC is owned and operated by Cessna Communications, Inc.^[5]

WAYC

Bedford, Pennsylvania United States
Broadcast area	Bedford, Pennsylvania Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Frequency	100.9 MHz
Branding	Star 100.9
Programming
Format	Hot adult contemporary[1]
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Radio Pennsylvania
Ownership
Owner	Cessna Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WRAX, WBFD, WBVE
History
First air date	December 22, 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-12-22)[2]
Former call signs	WAKM (1966–1980) WRAX (1980–1993) WOOX (1993–1997) WAYC-FM (1997–1997) WAYC (1997–2009) WAYC-FM (2009–2020)[3]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10070
Class	A
ERP	500 watts
HAAT	390 meters (1,280 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°0′46.0″N 78°33′12.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	WAYC online

WAKM-FM

WAKM 100.9 launched on December 22, 1966 as an easy listening station with the tagline "Broadcasting the finest in Music, News, Sports, and Entertainment". The station initially was on-air from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. every day.^[6] The WAKM studios were located in the Penn Bedford Hotel. The station was owned by Fort Bedford Enterprises which also operated WKMC in Roaring Spring. WAKM was sold to the Inquirer Printing Company in 1968 for $54,000.^[7] WAKM began broadcasting local sporting events in addition to easy listening programming in 1970.^[8] In 1976, WAKM-FM was sold to Bedford Broadcasting for $265,000. ^[9] The station became part of The Penn State Radio Network in the 1970s.^[10]

WRAX

WAKM 100.9 changed call signs to WRAX in 1980. In the 1980s, the station changed formats to country music.^[11] WRAX kept its country music format into the 1990s.^[12]

WOOX

In 1993, WRAX again changed call signs, this time to WOOX-FM. The station played an oldies format until 1997 when WOOX was moved to AM.^[13]

WAYC

On July 1, 1997, 24-hour talk radio station WAYC-AM moved to 100.9 FM and assumed the call sign WAYC-FM and switched formats to adult soft rock. ^[14] WAYC later changed to a hot adult contemporary format.