WAYS (AM)

WAYS

City of license	Macon, Georgia
Broadcast area	Macon and vicinity
Branding	1500 The Fan
Frequency	1500 kHz
First air date	1967
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts (day only)
Class	D
Facility ID	68678
Former callsigns	WPTC (May 1982) WDEN (Dec. 2000) WWFN (July 2004- June 2005)
Affiliations	CBS Sports Radio
Owner	Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stations	WDDO, WDEN-FM, WLZN, WMAC, WMGB, WPEZ
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live via iHeart
Website	waysam.com

WAYS AM 1500, known as 1500 The Fan, is a radio station serving the Macon, Georgia area with an sports radio format. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

Until September 4, 2009, it was an affiliate of ABC Radio's True Oldies Channel when it was Oldies Radio 1500, with the slogan "Macon's True Oldies Channel".

Because it shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WFED in Washington, D.C., it broadcasts only during the daytime hours. However, their online webcast is available 24 hours a day. For many years, WAYS operated on the FM dial at 99.1, with a top-40 format. The station flipped to an oldies format in 1992, which was eventually "moved" to 105.5 (now WROK-FM), before leaving the FM band all together. The WAYS call letters, originally assigned to a legendary Charlotte, North Carolina radio station, were assigned to then-Multimedia-owned WMAZ-FM, in the mid-1980s. Prior to becoming 99 WAYS (said as "ninety-nine ways"), WMAZ-FM was known as FM 99. WDEN-FM, a top-rated country station, now broadcasts on 99.1 in central Georgia.

External links

• WAYS official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WAYS
• Radio-Locator Information on WAYS
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAYS