WWYY
| City | Belvidere, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Lehigh Valley |
| Branding | Spin Radio 107.1 |
| Slogan | The Valley's Alternative |
| Frequency | 107.1 MHz (also on HD Radio via WODE-FM-HD2) |
| Translator(s) | 94.7 W234AX, Allentown) (relays WODE-FM-HD2) |
| First air date | October 15, 1992 (as WRNJ-FM) |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| ERP | 1,200 watts |
| HAAT | 219 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 54689 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°56′53″N 75°09′38″W / 40.94806°N 75.16056°WCoordinates: 40°56′53″N 75°09′38″W / 40.94806°N 75.16056°W |
| Callsign meaning | Former member of defunct "Y107" quadcast |
| Former callsigns | WRNJ-FM (1992-1998) |
| Owner |
Connoisseur Media (Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WEEX, WODE-FM, WSBG, WTKZ, WVPO |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | spinradio.fm |
WWYY is a United States class A radio station broadcasting on 107.1 FM. The station is located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, but is licensed to Belvidere, New Jersey and serves the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley. The station is currently owned by Connoisseur Media, through licensee Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC. The station now airs an alternative rock format and is known as "Spin Radio" Its tagline is: "The Valley's Alternative."
On October 15, 1992, WWYY began operation as WRNJ-FM under the co-ownership of Norman Worth and Larry Tighe, who still retain the callsignal WRNJ (formerly on 1000 kHz, now on 1510 kHz). WRNJ-FM offered a country music format to the northwestern New Jersey and the Poconos region. Except for the Lehigh Valley (which had a Philadelphia-based country/western music station), most of this region was without its own country music station after WIXL (now WNNJ) dropped country music in May 1988. For a few months northwestern New Jersey/Poconos could get Country music on New York City based WYNY (then on 97.1). That changed in October 1988, when WYNY's unit moved to 103.5 FM, and as a result, the format listeners could not hear country/western music because of WNNJ-FM held (and still does) 103.7 FM frequency, blocking 103.5 FM out of the area. WQHT/WYNY switched to a Hip-hop/R&B format.
For next four years, the Northwestern New Jersey/Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania could not receive country music on the radio. WRNJ-FM finally filled that hole by broadcasting country and western music over 1510 AM. However, financially troubled WFMV out of Blairstown abruptly became "Hot Country 106.3 WHCY". The area went from receiving no country stations to two.
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