WHYI-FM

WHYI-FM, better known as Y-100, is a heritage FM Top 40 (CHR) that broadcasts at 100.7 MHz. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its city of license is Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Y-100 broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from its 1,005 foot transmitter, which is located on the Miami-Dade side of the Miami-Dade/Broward County line near U.S. 441 and County Line Road. On a typical day its signal can generally be received north to Fort Pierce, southwest past Key Largo, and west deep into the Everglades. Its signal has even been known at times to go as far east as the Bahamas and as far south as Cuba. Its studios are located in Miramar.

Y-100 is the longest-running Top 40 station in both the United States and North America with the same call letters and nickname.

History

WMFP/WMJR

The 100.7 FM frequency was signed-on in early 1960 as a religious station with the call letters WMFP. It was owned by Percy Crawford from 1960 to 1962.

From 1962 to 1973, it was known as a beautiful music station with the call letters of WMJR. In late 1966, the station's studios (located in the Kenann building, a round building on the corner of US1 and Oakland Park Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, FL), tower, and signal coverage were greatly upgraded from 56,000 watts to 100,000 watts by engineer and entrepreneur Ron Crider, who sold the station in 1973 to former Hawaii congressman Cecil Heftel for $1,500,000, a record price for a radio station at the time.