WDEL-FM
| City | Canton, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Delaware, South Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | WDEL 101.7 |
| Slogan | Delaware's News Now On FM |
| Frequency | 101.7 MHz |
| First air date | January 15, 1972 (as WNNN) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 3,300 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 51136 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°25′51.00″N 75°20′13.00″W / 39.4308333°N 75.3369444°W |
| Callsign meaning | DELaware (from parent station WDEL) |
| Former callsigns |
WNNN (1972–1997) WJKS (1997–2015) |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio, Associated Press |
| Owner | Delmarva Broadcasting Company |
| Sister stations | WDEL, WFAI, WSTW |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wdel.com |
WDEL-FM (101.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Canton, New Jersey and owned by Delmarva Broadcasting Company. Studios and offices are located at 2727 Shipley Road in Wilmington, Delaware.
The station signed on as religious WNNN on January 15, 1972. By March 1989 the station had adopted the slogan of Win 101.7.
QC Communications purchased the station on July 1, 1997. Over the course of transitioning from religion to Urban AC, it briefly adopted a MOR format before becoming Kiss 101.7 WJKS on October 1, 1997.[1] QC announced the sale to Delmarva Broadcasting in December 2014 with a LMA beginning January 1, 2015.[2] On April 1, 2015 at 10:02PM, Delmarva flipped WJKS to a simulcast of News/Talk WDEL.[3][4][5] A call sign change to WDEL-FM took effect the next day.[6]
The sale to Delmarva Broadcasting was consummated on June 30, 2015, at a price of $3.25 million for WDEL-FM and sister station WFAI.
References
- ↑ "New Jersey FM Radio History" from radiohistory.com
- ↑ "FCC Application"
- ↑ "Wake Up With WDEL Now At 101.7FM" from wdel.com (April 2, 2015)
- ↑ "WDEL To Get Simulcast" from Radio World (March 31, 2015)
- ↑ "WJKS to Become WDEL Simulcast" from Radio Insight (March 26, 2015)
- ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDEL
- Radio-Locator information on WDEL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDEL