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18-455: WSYA may refer to: WMXS , a radio station (103.3 FM) licensed to Montgomery, Alabama, which held the call sign WSYA from 1987 to 1994 WZKD , a radio station (950 AM) licensed to Montgomery, Alabama, which held the call sign WSYA from 1988 to 1995 WFZX , a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to Anniston, Alabama, which held the call sign WSYA from 2008 to 2011 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

36-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WMXS It broadcasts a mainstream adult contemporary music format. The station was assigned the WMXS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 24, 1994 . The original call letters for 103.3 were WAJM , which stood for " Advertiser-Journal Montgomery ", named for

54-489: Is owned by Cumulus Media . Y102 broadcasts a top 40 (CHR) music format. The WHHY-FM studios are located on the 3rd floor of The Colonial Financial Center in downtown Montgomery. The broadcast signal, based from a transmitter in Montgomery's northeast side, can be heard as far away as Birmingham, Alabama , and is generally clear south of there along Interstate 65 . The station first operated in downtown Montgomery. During

72-571: The AM's morning show (06:00-10:00) hosted by longtime personality and program director Larry Stevens. This was followed on AM by Kris O'Kelly (10:00-14:00), "The Thin Man" (14:00-18:00), music director Lanny West (18:00-22:00) Jeffry Tilden (22:00-02:00) and public relations director Mike Sanders (02:00-06:00). During the 1970s Y-102 would split from the AM at 10 am each morning and would broadcast light classic rock (Elton John, ELO, Billy Joel, Bob Seger, etc.) The AM

90-666: The Montgomery area, especially with women ages 25–54. The current weekday DJ line up at Mix 103 is The Morning Show with Paul Horton, with Melissa Bowman and Major Delay 6 am-10 am, Rachel 10 am - 3 pm with The 80's Retro Lunch between noon and 1 pm, John Laurenti 3 to 7 pm, and John Tesh 7 pm to Midnight. On Saturday, it's Paul Horton 9 am-1 pm, Melissa Bowman 1 pm-5 pm and from 5 pm-7 pm it's Backtrax 90's with Kid Kelley. On Sundays, The Jim Brickman Show from 6 am-10 am, Intelligence for our Health with Connie Selleca 10 am-1 pm, Melissa Bowman 1 pm-5 pm, Backtrax 80s 5 pm-7 pm, and John Tesh 7 pm-midnight. Mix 103.3 has featured some of

108-547: The highest market share of any FM station in the nation. Those ratings were released during the summer of 1979, and it was not long after that when plans to move the Top 40 WHHY-AM programming to Y-102 in August 1979. The on-air lineup chosen by Reed at Y-102 included Phil “Fish” Horton, Reid Spann, James Spann, Steve Johnson, and Bob Underwood. In the early 1980s, the FM became the focus station of

126-489: The late 1960s the station moved from the Frank Leu Building downtown, into a house on Norman Bridge Road. A broadcast wing was added to the back of the building in the early 1970s. The original "WHHY" was an AM station (1440 AM) owned by Holt/Robinson. The FM station on 101.9 was an automated FM country music station before becoming a rock station. It would be known as "The Music FM - Y-102". The FM station would simulcast

144-524: The legendary Robert Charles. Charles is fondly remembered for his news closer borrowed from the poetic quatrain of Omar Khayyám, “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on!”. In January 1979, John Reed (Prater) left the 10-2 midday shift to take over Y-102. It was under the guidance of Reed that Y-102-FM not only became the highest rated station in the Montgomery market during the April–May 1979 sweeps, Radio and Records magazine announced that Y-102 had

162-481: The local newspaper . By 1974, it was FM sister to WMGY with the calls WMGZ, and a short-lived top-40 format using the name "Z-103." By 1978, the frequency provided the beautiful music format as WREZ until the late 1980s. In November 1987, the station became known as WSYA, "Sunny 103" and changed to an adult contemporary format. In late 1989, WSYA briefly changed to an oldies -format (still known as "Sunny 103") to compete with Montgomery's other oldies outlet at

180-570: The most popular DJs in Montgomery radio history including John Garrett (formerly of WHHY-FM , WBAM and WLWI-FM ), J.R. Culpepper (formerly of WLWI-FM ), Andi Scott (now on WLWI-FM mornings), John Rogers and Matt Murphy (formerly on WYDE-FM in Birmingham . The current weekday DJ line up at Mix 103 is The Morning Show with Paul Horton, with Melissa Bowman and Major Delay 6am-10am, Rachel 10am - 3pm with The 80's Retro Lunch between noon and 1pm. John Laurenti 3 to 7pm, John Tesh 7pm to Midnight. On

198-405: The pair. The FM was changed to CHR. The AM format was changed to adult contemporary . During the 1990s Holt/Robinson broadcasting began to have money problems. Longtime morning show host Larry Stevens exited to rival Colonial Broadcasting. The format was shifted to "New Rock" and known as "Live 101.9". In May 1993, Holt-Robinson Communications Corporation was placed into receivership. Thomas M. Duddy

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216-458: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WSYA&oldid=1031350752 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

234-428: The station after a disagreement with management. The morning show was renamed "Leslie and Company" with production assistant Lee Edwards taking over for Stevens. The show only lasted 3 months before Bailey left and former WLWI-FM personality Dr. Sam Faulk took over the morning show. Faulk did the show alone for a short time, then was paired with midday host Susan Woody (now with Alice 96.1). Woody left 16 months later and

252-399: The time, WBAM-FM , "Oldies 98". WSYA returned to an adult contemporary format a few months later, with radio personalities Kris O'Kelly and Joe Marcus , among others, on the air. The station's current incarnation as WMXS began using the name "Mix 103.3" in 1994. Montgomery DJ Larry Stevens and his partner Leslie Bailey were the morning show host on Mix for several years before Stevens left

270-449: The weekends, Saturday, it's Paul Horton 9am-1pm, Melissa Bowman 1pm-5pm and from 5pm-7pm it's Backtrax 90's with Kid Kelley. On Sundays, The Jim Brickman Show from 6am-10am, Intelligence for our Health with Connie Selleca 10am-1pm, Melissa Bowman 1pm-5pm, Backtrax 80s 5pm-7pm, and John Tesh 7pm-Midnight WHHY-FM WHHY-FM (101.9 MHz , "Y102") is a radio station licensed to serve Montgomery, Alabama , United States. The station

288-479: Was CHR. WHHY boasted a very large and well equipped news department that was known for pioneering the use of a geographically distributed severe weather team that reported live from locations along the predicted path of severe weather and possible tornadoes. The news team was on call 24-7 and no breaking news events in the broadcast coverage area went uncovered. The news staff included Don Phelps, Angie Wilson, Jennifer Reid, Jim McDade, Jimmy Carter, Henry Schmitt, and

306-589: Was approved by the FCC as receiver on June 21, 1993. In May 1995, receiver Thomas M. Duddy made a deal to sell this station to McDonald Investment Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 3, 1995, and the transaction was consummated on September 15, 1995. McDonald in turn sold it to Cumulus Broadcasting. The FM station's format was changed to country music by McDonald then back to CHR by Cumulus. The AM had several formats, including late 1970s AC with Larry King overnights and oldies . Cumulus Broadcasting changed

324-425: Was replaced with Amy Delaney and, after 1 year, with Debbie Montgomery. Faulk recently left the station and now does mornings on WLWI. Currently, as of January 2018, Paul Horton is the morning show host with Melissa Bowman and Major Delay. Rachel Marisay does mid-days and John Laurenti the afternoon drive, and John Tesh has Intelligence for Your Life for the evenings. Mix 103.3 is one of the highest-rated stations in

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