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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WHYA
| logo             = 101.1 WHYA Mashpee.png
| city             = [[Mashpee, Massachusetts]]
| country          = US
| area             = {{ubl|[[Hyannis, Massachusetts]]|[[Cape Cod]]}}
| branding         = Y101
| frequency        = 101.1 [[MHz]]
| airdate          = February 12, [[1987 in radio|1987]] (as WFAL)
| format           = [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
| erp              = 2,900 watts
| haat             = {{convert|141.3|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 29571
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|41|41|20.4|N|70|20|47.1|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Hyannis
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WFAL (1987–1995)|WUNZ (1995–1996)|WWKJ (1996–2001)|WTWV (2001–2006)|WFRQ (2006–2012)}}
| owner            = Steve Chessare
| licensee         = Coxswain Media LLC
| affiliations     = [[Premiere Networks]]
| sister_stations  = [[WFRQ]], [[WKFY]], [[WPXC (FM)|WPXC]]
| webcast          = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WHYA Listen Live]
| website          = [https://www.y101capecod.com/ y101capecod.com]
}}
'''WHYA''' (101.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) — branded '''Y101''' — is a [[Top 40]] radio station licensed to [[Mashpee, Massachusetts]], owned by Steve Chessare through Coxswain Communications, Inc. The station's studios are in downtown [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]] and its [[transmitter]] is located in [[West Barnstable, Massachusetts|West Barnstable]]. WHYA airs [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated programs]] like [[Elvis Duran and the Morning Show|Elvis Duran]] and was the first affiliate of ''Liveline'' with Mason Kelter. It also ran ''[[Open House Party]]'' on Saturday and Sunday nights from the station's launch until March 2020.
==History==
{{hatnote|See [[WFRQ]] for a full history of the 101.1 frequency. This article covers the history of WHYA from April 2013 forward.}}
On April 1, 2013, at 5:00&nbsp;p.m., WHYA broke away from its simulcast with 93.5 [[WFRQ]] and began [[Stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with an automated [[countdown]].<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81398/chr-to-return-to-cape-cod/ CHR to Return to Cape Cod]</ref> A male [[Speech synthesis|text-to-speech]] voice ([[Microsoft Sam]]) repeated a sequence of counting backward in the format of "T minus x days, x hours, x minutes, x seconds" (beginning with 2 days, 18 hours).
A rotating list of statements was also inserted approximately every fifteen seconds. The statements ranged from informing listeners that Frank FM had moved to 93.5 and doubled its power, to random and sometimes amusing quotes from movies, songs and current events. Occasionally, some statements also hinted about two of the on-air personalities that would eventually be on the new station, including "Who's Steve McVie?" and "What's a Jackson Blue?"{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
On April 4, 2013, at 11:00&nbsp;a.m., the station flipped to [[Contemporary Hit Radio|Top 40/CHR]], branded as ''Y101''.<ref>[http://formatchange.com/whya-y101-debuts/ Y101 Debuts]</ref> Y101's first song was "[[Party Rock Anthem]]" by [[LMFAO]]. The new format filled a 4-year void that the former WRZE ("96.3 The Rose", now [[WEII]]) left when it switched to [[sports radio]] on March 25, 2009. (In the interim, some Cape Cod market listeners could pick up CHRs from [[WPRO-FM|Providence]], [[WFHN|New Bedford-Fall River]] or [[WXKS-FM|Boston]].) CodComm's founding fathers [[John Garabedian]] and Steve McVie both played a role in the former WRZE; Garabedian placed the original 96.3 transmission facility on the air in the 1970s (as WGTF) and WRZE was an affiliate of his ''[[Open House Party]]'' program, while McVie was the last on-air personality heard on WRZE.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
On August 20, 2013, CodComm submitted a license application with the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] to cover an outstanding [[construction permit]] originally filed on July 17, 2012. This completed a move of the WHYA transmission facility from Mashpee to Barnstable at the tower of sister station [[WPXC (FM)|WPXC]]. The change included dropping power from 6&nbsp;kW to 2.9&nbsp;kW, but raising its antenna from 272' to 463' [[Height above average terrain|above average terrain]].
Effective November 30, 2021, CodComm sold WHYA, sister stations WFRQ, WKFY, and WPXC, and three translator's to Steve Chessare's Coxswain Communications for $3.2 million.
==References==
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==External links==
{{FM station data|29571|WHYA}}
{{Cape Cod Radio}}
{{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Massachusetts}}
[[Category:Radio stations on Cape Cod|HYA]]
[[Category:Mashpee, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1987]]
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Massachusetts]]