WAYZ

WAYZ (104.7 FM, 104.7 WAYZ) is a commercial country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland. WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Media.

WAYZ

Hagerstown, Maryland United States
Broadcast area	Western Maryland Central Maryland South Central Pennsylvania Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Potomac Highlands of West Virginia Northern Shenandoah Valley Northern Virginia
Frequency	104.7 MHz
Branding	104.7 WAYZ
Programming
Language	English
Format	Country music
Ownership
Owner	M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc. (sale to Peter & John Radio Fellowship, Inc. pending) (HJV Limited Partnership)
Sister stations	WBHB-FM WIKG WLIN
History
First air date	January 1947 (78 years ago) (1947-01)
Former call signs	WJEJ-FM (1947–1977) WWMD (1977–2000)[1] WAYZ-FM (2000–2005)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25827
Class	B
ERP	8,300 watts
HAAT	420 meters (1,380 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°41′47.0″N 77°30′47.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wayz.com

FM 104.7 came on the air in January 1947, as WJEJ-FM (sister to WJEJ 1240). Until August 28, 2000, the station was known as easy listening/beautiful music formatted WWMD under Hagerstown Broadcasting; it was then traded to Verstandig for 101.5 FM for $2.5 million.^[3]

In July 2025, the 104.7 FM facility was sold to Peter and John Radio Fellowship, owner of WRBS-FM in Baltimore, for $3.1 million. The station's call sign will become WRYS upon the sale's closure, and Verstanding retains the WAYZ branding and call sign for potential use on another of its stations.^[4]