WBAJ [SEP] licensed to broadcast to
WBAJ
WBAJ (890 AM) is a daytime only radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the community of Blythewood, South Carolina, but targeting the nearby city of Columbia. The station is licensed to transmit on 890 kHz with 50 kWs of power during the day, but also transmits 8.5 kWs during critical operating hours during winter months. Both signals are non-directional. WLS in Chicago, Illinois is the dominant Class A station on 890 AM.
History.
The station signed on
of five AM radio stations in South Carolina operating at 50,000 watts by day, the others being WLFJ in Greenville, WAGL in Lancaster, WBAJ in Blythewood and WCEO in Columbia.
History.
On May 26, 1966, the station first signed on the air as WHYZ, licensed to Greenville, and operating as a daytimer. WHYZ in the 1960s and early 1970s featured a Top-40 format. WHYZ switched to an Urban Contemporary format in the late 1970s and 1980s. The station's main studios were destroyed by a fire