El Patrón 105.3 – WBZY

El Patrón 105.3 – WBZY

The station began in May 1994 as country-music "Y 105.5" WYAI FM, a class-A serving Carrollton to the west-southwest of metro Atlanta. Having co-channel RF interference with station WCHK-FM 105.5 in Canton, Georgia (north-northwest of Atlanta), both stations changed radio frequencies (the other station now being WWVA-FM 105.7) and moved closer to Atlanta. In late February 2002, the station upgraded to a class C1 as an Atlanta move-in and it became WMAX-FM "The Max", playing all 1980s music. In February 2004, it became a talk radio station known as "Real Radio" that aired talk on weekdays and '80s music on weekends. The WMAX-FM callsign now resides on another Clear Channel station in Holland, Michigan, which is currently branded as RAdio X 9-6-1.In September 2004, the station changed to Spanish top 40 WWVA-FM "Viva 105.3", as part of efforts by owner Clear Channel Communications to expand into Hispanic radio markets. During the last quarter of