WSHY
| City | Lafayette, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lafayette, Indiana |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1410 |
| Frequency | 1410 kHz |
| First air date | 1959 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 60 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 21512 |
| Former callsigns | WAZY (1959-1982) WFTE (1982-1984) WCFY (1984-1998) WAZY (1998-2002) WLAS (2002-2007) |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner | Waypoint Media (Lafayette TV, LLC) |
WSHY is a radio station licensed to Lafayette, Indiana, United States, located at 1410 kHz on the AM dial. WSHY broadcasts at a power of 1,000 watts during daytime hours and 60 watts at night. The station broadcasts using a two-tower directional antenna 24 hours a day. The station's studio, offices, tower site are located at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette.
WSHY serves as Lafayette's affiliate for Fox Sports Radio. Until April 2013, it was a 24-hour-a-day simulcast of FM sister station, WBPE, 95.3 Bob-FM. The simulcast was broken precisely at the top of each hour for station identification and throughout the year for Purdue University women's volleyball, baseball, and softball broadcasts. Through the simulcast of WBPE, WSHY also carried Purdue University women's basketball.
WSHY first signed on the air as WAZY on November 28, 1959. It was joined by FM sister radio station WAZY-FM on October 1, 1964. Both radio stations were owned by WAZY Radio Inc., J.E. Willis was President and General Manager.
On March 1, 1970, ownership of both radio stations transferred to Radio Lafayette, Inc. (Group Owner: the Peoria (IL) Journal-Star newspaper) with F. Patrick Nugent serving as Vice President and General Manager. The radio station format was shown as Contemporary, simulcast on both AM and FM. By the 1975 Broadcasting Yearbook, WAZY was shown as programming a Contemporary/Top 40/Rock format.
By 1978, WAZY-FM had moved from the original 96.7 mHz frequency to 96.5 mHz, with a resulting increase in power from 3,000 watts to 50,000 watts. By 1980, WAZY-AM was being programmed separately from WAZY-FM. The format was Adult MOR.
Lightfoot Broadcasting acquired WAZY, now using the call letters WFTE on January 7, 1982. The format shifted from MOR to Country. The station also aired Notre Dame football games during this period.
On July 4, 1984, ownership of WFTE was transferred from Lightfoot Broadcasting to Lafayette's First Assembly of God Church. As a result, the format was flipped to Contemporary Christian music with a mix of Bible teaching, talk, and music. Callsigns were also flipped at this time to WCFY (We Care For You).
Artistic Media Partners acquired WCFY on September 30, 1998. Call letters were changed back to WAZY and the station launched with a News/talk format, which brought the format back to Lafayette 7 months after crosstown stations WASK-AM/FM dropped the format in favor of oldies.
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