WAYE

WAYE (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish variety format.

In 1963 the station was sold and changed its call letters to WAQY and was known on the air as "Wacky 1220".

The station gained national notoriety by announcing a boycott of records by The Beatles after John Lennon made his comments that the Fab Four was more popular than Jesus Christ, but it was never a serious competitor to any of the more established Top 40 stations in the market.

This new format put it in competition against AM stations WENN and WJLD, as well as WENN-FM.

The format was later changed to black gospel in 1987 upon the station's sale to Willis Broadcasting.