WYAU

WYAU

City	Spotsylvania, Virginia
Broadcast area	Fredericksburg, Virginia Spotsylvania County, Virginia Caroline County, Virginia
Branding	"WAMU 88-5"
Slogan	"The Mind is Our Medium"
Frequency	89.5 FM MHz (since 2014)
First air date	November 6, 2005
Format	Public Radio
Power	8,000 Watts
HAAT	151 meters (495 ft)
Class	B1
Facility ID	90679
Transmitter coordinates	38°11′48.0″N 77°33′45.0″W / 38.196667°N 77.562500°W / 38.196667; -77.562500
Callsign meaning	W SpotsYlvania American University
Former callsigns	WWED (2005-2014)
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	American University (Board of Trustees of American University)
Sister stations	WAMU, WRAU
Webcast	WYAU Webstream
Website	WYAU Online

WYAU is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Spotsylvania, Virginia, serving the City of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania and Caroline counties in Virginia.^[1] WYAU is owned and operated by American University.^[2]

Station sold

In June 2014, American University announced a deal to purchase WWED for $375,000, making it a WAMU simulcast.^[3] The changeover was made in October 2014, including a call-letter change to WYAU.

References

↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
↑ "WYAU Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
↑ "American University buys WWED-FM Fredericksburg". Radio+Television Business Report. June 17, 2014.

External links

WAMU 88-5 Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYAU

Radio-Locator information on WYAU

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYAU

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