slogan soft hits 1 frequency 1490 khz translator s 94.3 w232ci fayetteville first air date february 18 1948 as wflb format soft adult contemporary audience share 1.0 19 fa 07 r & r 2 power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 72058 transmitter coordinates 35 03 45 n 78 54 30 w 35.06250 n 78.90833 w 35.06250 ; 78.90833 callsign meaning radio the way it wazz pronounced like was former callsigns wflb 2 18 48 3 01 97 affiliations westwood one owner beasley broadcast group inc. beasley media group llc sister stations wflb wkml wydu wuks wzfx webcast listen live website sunny943.com wazz 1490 am sunny 94.3 is an adult standards radio station in fayetteville north carolina owned by beasley broadcast group inc. playing soft hits radio the way it wazz . contents 1 programming 2 history 3 previous logo 4 references 5 external links programming edit the station currently employs an adult standards format and carries sports programming from the campbell fighting camels ncaa and charlotte bobcats nba . the station is also an affiliate of the atlanta braves radio network the largest radio affiliate network in major league baseball . 3 history edit wflb signed on february 18 1948 with john m. croft as general manager . wflb was a commercial radio station in fayetteville north carolina . significant local programs produced by the station included 3 b time with disc jockey bill bowser in 1948 . in the 1950s the station signed on a tv outlet wflb tv 18 which folded later in the 1950s . starting in the mid 1950s wflb played what was called top 40 . 4 newsman johnny joyce was the leading radio news anchor in fayetteville . he worked at wflb am until the late 1970s where he joined wfai am . in the late 1970s wflb am was a top 40 powerhouse in fayetteville north carolina radio market . the station featured on air personalities larry records cannon andy stonewall jackson debbi tanna john braxton and mark mckay . mark mckay currently is 25 year veteran sports anchor for cnn . in 1991 station owners henry hoot and rev. gardner altman also owned wfai which began playing traditional gospel artists such as shirley caesar willie neal johnson and the gospel keynotes and the rev. james cleveland while wflb would play the kingsmen chuck wagon gang and the bishops . 5 wflb switched to adult standards in december 1994 . on august 1 1996 wflb went off the air when beasley broadcast group bought wflb along with wazz and wewo . 6 wflb the memories station returned to the air in february 1997 with curt nunnery bringing back curt s coffee club which he had hosted for more than 30 years on wfai . he was station manager on wflb before 1994 . 7 soon after that in 1997 wflb swapped call signs with wazz . on october 9 2014 wazz changed their format to soft adult contemporary branded as sunny 94.3 also broadcasts on fm translator w232ci 94.3 fm fayetteville . 8 previous logo edit references edit beasley fayetteville welcomes director of sales pdf . 2010 02 17 . retrieved 2010 04 29 . fayetteville market ratings . radio and records . affiliate radio stations . the official site of the atlanta braves . michael futch fayetteville station passes 50 years the fayetteville observer february 7 1999 . david bourne wfai am goes gospel on friday the fayetteville observer february 28 1991 . michael futch easy listening station off the air the fayetteville observer august 25 1996 . michael futch familiar sound back on radio the fayetteville observer february 16 1997 . beasley launches sunny 94.3 fayetteville radioinsight october 9 2014 external links edit wazz official website query the fcc s am station database for wazz radio locator information on wazz query nielsen audio s am station database for wazz query the fcc s fm station database for w232ci radio locator information on w232ci v t e radio stations in the fayetteville north carolina market by am frequency 640 680 780 1230 1370 1450 1490 1600 by fm frequency 88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 91.9 92.9 93.9 94.7 95.7 96.1 96.5 98.1 99.1 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.5 104.5 105.1 105.7 106.9 107.3 107.7 north carolina radio markets asheville charlotte fayetteville greensboro winston salem high point greenville new bern jacksonville raleigh durham other north carolina radio regions elizabeth city nags head roanoke rapids south hill rocky mount wilson wilmington see also list of radio stations in north carolina v t e adult contemporary radio stations in the state of north carolina stations wayn rockingham wcng murphy wcsl cherryville wdlz murfreesboro wilt wrightsville beach wilmington wioz fm southern pines wkjx elizabeth city wkqc charlotte wlnc laurinburg wmag high point wmgv newport wmyi hendersonville wnca siler city wnnc newton woxl biltmore forest wpnc plymouth wral fm raleigh wrgc sylva wrxo roxboro wzax nashville see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in north carolina v t e beasley broadcast group delaware wjbr fm florida wbrn fm whfs whsr wjbx wjpt wlld wqyk fm wrbq fm wrxk fm wsbr wwcn wwnn wxkb wyuu georgia waec wchz fm wdrr wgac wgac fm wgus fm whhd wkxc fm wrdw wwwe massachusetts wrca new jersey wtmr nevada kcye kdwn kklz koas kvgs north carolina wazz wbav fm wbcn wflb wfnz wiks wkml wkqc wmgv wnct wnct fm wnks wpeg wsfl fm wsoc fm wuks wxnr wzfx pennsylvania wtel wwdb retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wazz & oldid 728328121 categories radio stations in fayetteville north carolinaadult contemporary radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1948beasley broadcast group radio stations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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