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{{short description|Rock radio station in Baltimore}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WIYY | logo = WIYY Logo.png | logo_size = 200px | city = [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] | country = US | area = [[Baltimore metropolitan area]] | branding = ''98 Rock'' | frequency = 97.9 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}} | affiliations = [[United Stations Radio Networks]]<br>[[Baltimore Ravens broadcasters|Baltimore Ravens Radio Network]]<BR>[[Baltimore Orioles Radio Network]] | airdate = {{Start date and age|1958|12|7|p=fy}}<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1960/B%201%20Radio%20Yearbook%201960.pdf 1960 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-163]</ref> | languages = [[American English|English]] | format = [[Mainstream rock]] | subchannels = HD2: [[Simulcast]] of [[WBAL (AM)|WBAL]] ([[News radio|news]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]) | erp = {{ubl|13,000 watts (analog)|270 watts (digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=20324 |title=Notification of Operations with Increased Digital power |date=July 16, 2010 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=November 19, 2018}}</ref>}} | haat = {{convert|294|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = B | facility_id = 65693 | licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] | coordinates = {{coord|39|20|5|N|76|39|2|W|region:US-MD_type:landmark|name=WIYY|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = WFDS-FM (1958β1960)<br>WBAL-FM (1960β1977) | owner = [[Hearst Communications]] | licensee = Hearst Stations Inc. | sister_stations = [[WBAL (AM)|WBAL]], [[WBAL-TV]] | webcast = [http://player.listenlive.co/35541 Listen Live] | website = {{URL|www.98online.com}} }} '''WIYY''' (97.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "98 Rock") is a [[commercial radio]] station in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]. It is owned by [[Hearst Communications]] and broadcasts a [[mainstream rock]] [[radio format]]. WIYY shares studios and offices with [[sister stations]] [[WBAL (AM)|WBAL]] (1090 AM) and [[WBAL-TV]] (channel 11) on [[Television Hill, Baltimore#Television Hill|Television Hill]] in the [[Woodberry, Baltimore|Woodberry]] section of Baltimore. WIYY's [[transmitter]] utilizes WBAL-TV's 'candlestick' antenna on the shared Television Hill candelabra [[radio masts and towers|tower]]. WIYY and WBAL are the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]]s of the [[Baltimore Ravens]] radio network and the [[Baltimore Orioles Radio Network]]. The two are the only radio stations owned by the Hearst Corporation. ==History== In January 1948, WMAR-FM signed on for the first time at 97.9,<ref>{{cite journal|title = Directory of FM broadcasting stations of the United States: Maryland-Baltimore|journal = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting - Telecasting Yearbook]]|pages = 305|publisher = Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|location = Washington, D.C.|year = 1949}}</ref> owned by the A.S. Abell Company, publishers of the ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'' and founders of [[WMAR-TV]], Baltimore's first television station. WMAR-FM was a collaborative partner of Transit Rides Inc., developer of a music format designed for [[public transportation]] and owned by the [[Cincinnati]]-based [[Taft family]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus rides to music; multi-million FM advertising potential. |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-02-23-BC-OCR-Page-0017.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting - Telecasting |page=17 |date=February 23, 1948 }}</ref> While many Americans were buying TV sets, few owned FM radios. After two years on the air, Abell decided shut down WMAR-FM in June 1950 and turned in its license to the [[Federal Communications Commission]].<ref>"WMAR-FM quits; WAAM (TV) also drops FM." ''Broadcasting - Telecasting'', May 29, 1950, pg. 28.</ref> (The WMAR-FM call letters returned to Baltimore in 1968 when Abell bought the station on 106.5, now [[WWMX]]). The 97.9 frequency remained [[dark (broadcasting)|silent]] until December 1958 when WFDS-FM signed on for the first time,<ref>{{cite journal|title = Radio stations: Maryland-Baltimore|journal = Broadcasting Yearbook|pages = B-164|publisher = Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|location = Washington, D.C.|year = 1959}}</ref> a [[classical music]] outlet under the ownership of William S. Cook, a Baltimore native and professional engineer.<ref>"For the Record: New FM stations." ''Broadcasting'', October 28, 1957, pg. 114.</ref> Cook created WFDS-FM as one of the first radio stations in the United States to experiment with stereo.<ref>{{Citation|title = About Audiophonic|url = http://www.audiophonic.biz/about.aspx|access-date = 2013-03-18|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130525022857/http://www.audiophonic.biz/about.aspx|archive-date = May 25, 2013|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref> The Hearst Corporation purchased the station in April 1960 and retained classical music while changing the call sign to WBAL-FM.<ref>"For the Record: Existing FM stations-New call letters assigned." ''Broadcasting'', March 21, 1960, pg. 104.</ref><ref>"Pleased beginning." ''Broadcasting'', April 25, 1960, pg. 49.</ref> In June 1975, WBAL-FM joined [[NBC Radio Network]]'s 24-hour national "News and Information Service" (NIS) becoming an [[all news radio]] station on the FM dial, rare in that era. It was the largest market [[network affiliate]] of NIS not to be an NBC Radio [[owned-and-operated station]].<ref>"NBC news radio goes to O&Os in major cities." ''Broadcasting'', April 21, 1975, pp. 46-47.</ref> After two years of all-news and low ratings, NBC closed down NIS in late May 1977. But WBAL-FM bailed on the service early. WBAL-FM switched its [[call sign]] to WIYY and began its rock music format on March 28, 1977.<ref>"For the Record: Call letters-Grants-Existing FMs." ''Broadcasting'', April 4, 1977, pg. 92.</ref> It has used the ''98 Rock'' branding since the flip. WIYY is a rare radio station that has kept the same format for multiple decades. In 2005, WBAL and WIYY were named the flagship stations of the [[Baltimore Ravens broadcasters|Baltimore Ravens Radio Network]]. In 2022, WBAL and WIYY became the official broadcaster of the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. The Hearst stations took over that designation from the Orioles' previous flagship, [[WJZ-FM]]. ==Awards== In 2007, the station was nominated for the [[Radio & Records|Radio & Records magazine]] ''[[Active Rock]] Station of the Year Award'' for the top 25 markets. Other nominees included [[WKVB (FM)|WAAF]] in Boston, [[KBPI]] in Denver, [[WRIF]] in Detroit, [[WMMR]] in Philadelphia, and [[KISW]] in Seattle.<ref name="randrawards">{{cite news| title=2007 Industry Achievement Awards| date=September 28, 2008| url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/Conventions/con2007/awards/rockFinal.asp| work=Radio and Records| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011192834/http://www.radioandrecords.com/Conventions/con2007/awards/rockFinal.asp| archive-date=October 11, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> WIYY was a nominee for the 2012 "Major Market Radio Station of the Year" RadioContraband Rock Radio Award. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|www.98online.com}} *{{FM station data|65693|WIYY}} *{{FM station data|154255|W268BA}} {{Baltimore Radio}} {{Hearst}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiyy}} [[Category:Active rock radio stations in the United States]] [[Category:Radio stations in Baltimore|IYY]] [[Category:Woodberry, Baltimore]] [[Category:Hearst Communications assets]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1958]] [[Category:1958 establishments in Maryland]]
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