WBYA
| City | Islesboro, Maine |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Mid Coast |
| Branding | 105.5 The Wolf |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
| First air date | February 1999 |
| Format | Country music |
| Audience share | 1.4 (Fa'07, R&R) |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 93 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 41105 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°18′58″N 68°58′12″W / 44.31611°N 68.97000°W |
| Callsign meaning | BYA = Bay (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | WAYD (1999–2001) |
| Owner | Binnie Media (WBIN Media Co., Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBQX |
WBYA (105.5 FM; "The Wolf") is a radio station licensed to Islesboro, Maine, United States. The station serves the Mid Coast area with a country music format. The station is owned by Binnie Media, and broadcasts from a transmitter on U.S. 1 south of Northport.
The station went on the air as WAYD in February 1999, programming an adult standards format branded as "The Bay." It was owned by Gopher Hill Communications, who also owned WQSS in Camden and WABI and WWBX in Bangor; the station was based out of the WQSS studios in Camden. On April 16, 2001, the station changed its call sign to the current WBYA, which had just been dropped by WFZX in Searsport. Gopher Hill sold WBYA to Mariner Broadcasting in 2003; this came after the other three Gopher Hill stations were sold to Clear Channel Communications. Mariner kept the standards format, but dropped locally-produced programming in favor of the Music of Your Life service.
Nassau Broadcasting Partners acquired Mariner in 2004; under Nassau, the station switched to the "Frank FM" classic hits format on April 1, 2005. WBYA simulcast the morning show of Portland sister WFNK, and in addition to the classic hits format broadcast local high school basketball games and Boston Red Sox baseball.
WBYA, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in Derry, New Hampshire. The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.
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