| Simulcast ofWDEL, Wilmington, Delaware | |
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| Broadcast area | Delaware Valley |
| Frequency | 101.7MHz |
| Branding | WDEL 101.7 FM 1150 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News - Talk |
| Network | CBS News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | January 15, 1972; 53 years ago (1972-01-15) (as WNNN) |
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Call sign meaning | Delaware (from parent stationWDEL) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51136 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,300 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°25′53.6″N75°20′12″W / 39.431556°N 75.33667°W /39.431556; -75.33667 (WDEL-FM) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WDEL-FM (101.7MHz) is acommercial radiostationlicensed toCanton, New Jersey. Itsimulcasts anews/talkformat withsister stationWDEL (1150 AM) inWilmington, Delaware. WDEL-AM-FM are owned and operated byDraper Holdings Business Trust with studios and offices on Shipley Road in Wilmington.
The FMtransmitter is on Macanippuck Road inGreenwich Township.[2] The signal extends fromSouth Jersey into NorthernDelaware, allowing listeners in the Wilmington area to hear WDEL's programming on FM as well as AM.
WDEL-AM-FM feature local talk and information shows on weekdays withnationally syndicated talk programs at night:The Ramsey Show withDave Ramsey, Rich Valdés America at Night,Red Eye Radio andAmerica in the Morning.[3] On weekends, WDEL-AM-FM have specialty shows devoted to money, sports, real estate, home repair, gardening and travel, including some paidbrokered programming. Syndicated shows on weekends includesThe Money Pit,Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg, Jill on Money, TheCBS News Weekend Roundup andMotley Fool Money. World and national news is supplied byCBS News Radio.
WDEL-AM-FM carryPhiladelphia Philliesbaseball andPhiladelphia Eaglesfootball. Additionally, WDEL-AM-FM airNew Castle Countyhigh school football and basketball games.Sports betting shows fromVSiN are heard on weekend nights.
On January 15, 1972, the stationsigned on as WNNN. It carried abeautiful music format initially, but after a year or two, switched toChristian radio programming, including preaching shows and religious music. By March 1989 the station had adopted the slogan of "Win 101.7".
QC Communications purchased the station on July 1, 1997, for $1.8 million.[4] It put anurban adult contemporary format on the station.
In December 2014, QC Communications announced it would sell WJKS to Delmarva Broadcasting.[5] Delmarva Broadcasting is asubsidiary ofSteinman Enterprises, a family-owned newspaper, broadcasting and mining company, based inLancaster, Pennsylvania.[6] As the license transfer was being completed, Delmarva began alocal marketing agreement (LMA) to take over the running of WJKS, effective January 1, 2015.
On April 1, 2015, at 10:02 p.m., Delmarva flipped WJKS to a simulcast of 1150 WDEL.[7][8][9] A call sign change to WDEL-FM took effect the next day.[10] (In the 1950s and 1960s, the WDEL-FM call letters had been used on 93.7WSTW, which is co-owned with WDEL-AM-FM.) The sale to Delmarva Broadcasting was consummated on June 30, 2015, at a price of $3.25 million for WDEL-FM and sister stationWFAI.
Forever Media bought Delmarva Broadcasting in early 2019 for $18.5-million. The deal closed on May 20, 2019.