title: WJYI (AM)
text: # WJYI (AM)
  
  WJYI (1230 kHz) was a soft oldies and adult standards formatted radio station. It was licensed to Norfolk, Virginia and served the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. WJYI was owned by Saga Communications, Inc. and operated under their Tidewater Communications, LLC licensee. It featured programming from "America's Best Music" syndicated by Westwood One.
  
  ## Transmission
  
  WJYI was a Class C station, transmitting with 627 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The station's transmitter was off East Indian River Road in Norfolk, near the Campostella Bridge. Programming continues to be heard on a digital subchannel of sister station WNOR 98.7-HD2.
  
  ## History
  
  On May 1, 1949, the station first signed on the air. The original call sign was WNOR. The WJOI call letters and those of co-owned WJYI in Milwaukee swapped on April 29, 2021.
  
  On September 30, 2021, WJYI's license was surrendered to the FCC.
  
  