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Radio Stations In Delaware
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Delaware, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WNWK * WRJE See also * Delaware media ** List of newspapers in Delaware ** List of television stations in Delaware ** Media of locales in Delaware: Dover, Wilmington References Bibliography * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Maryland, DC, Delaware Broadcasters Association {{Navboxes , title = Delaware radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{News/Talk Radio Stations in Delaware {{Dover Radio {{Salisbury-Ocean City Radio {{Wilmington DE Radio Delaware Radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries in North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WILM (AM)
WILM (1450 kHz) is a news/talk AM radio station broadcasting in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WILM is known as the station where radio and television talk show Joe Pyne developed the confrontational style now standard in radio and TV talk shows. Another well-known WILM personality was Tom Mees (ESPN) who worked at the station in the 1970s. History WILM signed on the air in 1928, as WTBQ, then in 1929, the call-letters changed to WILM. During the 1930s and 1945 WLIM was an NBC Blue Network affiliate carrying shows, and News, during a Golden Age of Radio. In the 1950s and 1960s WILM, under the ownership of Ewing Hawkins, experimented with various music formats, including Top-40 and MOR (middle-of-the-road). For a time, the WILM deejays were known as the "Flip Top Jocks." One of the program directors was Dean Tyler, who would later go on to be an influential broadcaster and manager in Philadelphia radio. In the early 1970s WI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRDX
WRDX (92.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Smyrna, Delaware. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs an adult contemporary format. The station was assigned its call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 7, 2007, when it swapped with sister station WDSD. Format flips On October 21, 2008, WRDX dropped its hot adult contemporary format as "The River" for adult hits as "Tom FM". On March 1, 2014, WRDX changed their format back to hot adult contemporary, still under the "Tom FM" branding. On September 3, 2014, WRDX rebranded as "Mix 92.9". On July 1, 2016, WRDX changed their format to Hot AC, branded as "92.9 Tom FM". Radioinsight - July 1, 2016 On either November 6 or November 7, 2020, WRDX changed its format from |
WRBG-LP
WRBG-LP (106.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Millsboro, Delaware. The station is owned by Rhythm and Blues Group Harmony Association, Inc. It airs a Variety format featuring a diverse mix of religious and secular music, talk shows, and community affairs programs. The station was assigned the WRBG-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 21, 2002. See also *List of community radio stations in the United States Following is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States, including both full-power and low-power non-commercial educational services. The list is divided into two sections: * Full-power community stations * Low-pow ... References External links * RBG-LP Community radio stations in the United States RBG-LP Millsboro, Delaware Radio stations established in 2002 2002 establishments in Delaware {{Delaware-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOCM
WOCM (98.1 FM, "Ocean 98") is an AAA/Rock radio station in the Ocean City, Maryland, area. The radio station's studios are located at Seacrets, a massive restaurant and nightclub campus located along Assawoman Bay in Ocean City. The station features an eclectic mix of rock, reggae, and other modern hits, in a format not unlike a college radio station. WOCM was one of the nation's first independent radio stations to broadcast over the Internet a live video feed of its jocks and visiting musical performers from its website. History WOCM is owned by Leighton Moore, who founded Seacrets in 1988, and is managed by David "Bulldog" Rothner, host of the station's " Rude Awakening Morning Show." This station originally signed on the air at 97.9 FM with the call letters WSBL (Selbyville) and featured a country music format. National talk radio personality Don Geronimo Michael L. Sorce (born September 18, 1958), better known by his stage name Don Geronimo, is an American radio p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNCL
WNCL (930 AM, "Cool 102.1/930") is a radio station licensed to Milford, Delaware. Owned by Forever Media, it broadcasts a classic hits format serving Dover, Delaware. It is simulcast on FM translator 102.1 W271CX in Milford. History Before ESPN, the then-WYUS 930 used to air a Spanish language Contemporary Hit Radio music format called "La Exitosa". WYUS 930 also broadcasts from a translator located in Milford DE on 102.1 FM with 250 watts. The station was assigned the WYUS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on September 2, 1982. In late-October 2019, the station dropped ESPN Radio, and flipped to classic hits as ''Cool 102.1/930''. The format and branding originated from sister station WNCL, which had begun to transition to the country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMPH
WMPH (91.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "Super 91.7") is Delaware's first high school radio station, located in Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington. The Brandywine School District Board of Education owns the license granted by the Federal Communications Commission, FCC. The call letters WMPH stand for Mount Pleasant High School (Wilmington, Delaware), Mount Pleasant High and offered several program formats including Top 40, progressive rock, dance and now classic and alternative music. WMPH signed off the air on June 11, 2010 but has since been totally renovated and came back on-air at full power on June 3, 2011 in a classic/alternative rock, jazz and community based format. In 2014, WMPH partnered with Delaware First Media, which owns and operates the NPR affiliate WDDE in Dover, to create Delaware Public Media. WMPH carries NPR programming during morning and afternoon drive times. History Jesse Morris, Class of 1968, was running for the Mount Pleasant Senior High School student council. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMHS (FM)
WMHS (88.1 FM, "EDge Radio") is a high school radio station licensed to serve Pike Creek, Delaware, United States. The station is owned by the Red Clay Consolidated School District and operated by the students of Thomas McKean High School. It airs a variety radio format. The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since January 12, 2000. See also * WMPH: Brandywine School District station at Mount Pleasant High * List of community radio stations in the United States Following is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States, including both full-power and low-power non-commercial educational services. The list is divided into two sections: * Full-power community stations * Low-pow ... References External links * MHS Community radio stations in the United States High school radio stations in the United States Variety radio stations in the United States Education in New Castle County, Delawar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-Love
K-Love (stylized as K-LOVE) is an American Christian radio network. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry, it primarily broadcasts contemporary Christian music. As of June 2019, the network's programming is aired over 520 FM stations and translators in 48 U.S. states, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. As of 2018, K-Love and its sister network Air1 reportedly had a weekly cumulative audience of about 20 million listeners. History 1980s In 1980, the Christian Life Center First Assembly of God of Santa Rosa, California, received a construction permit to operate a new noncommercial radio station in that city, KCLB on 91.9 MHz. The church, however, was being affected by a major scandal involving its trust fund, which had forced it into bankruptcy two years prior and had required the church to abandon its plans for the time being. Later in 1980, under new management, the church hoped to raise the funds to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLBW
WLBW is a radio station in the Fenwick Island / Ocean City area of Delaware and Maryland and broadcasting at 92.1 MHz. The station plays a contemporary Christian music format as part of the K-Love network. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation. History HVS Partners acquired the construction permit for WADD before it went to air, changed the call letters to WLBW, and signed the station on with an oldies format known as "The Wave" on April 1, 1994, simulcasting WLVW-FM in Salisbury, Maryland. The move allowed WLVW's oldies format to expand its reach. HVS Partners sold its stations in the Ocean City-Salisbury market to Cumulus Broadcasting in 1997—including WLBW, three additional FM outlets and an AM station—in a $9.2 million transaction; earlier in the year, Cumulus had entered into a local marketing agreement to run them. Clear Channel Communications acquired WLBW, WLVW-FM, and the other Cumulus Ocean City stations in 2000, amid financial problems at Cumu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKNZ
WKNZ (88.7 FM) is a non-commercial educational broadcast radio station licensed to Harrington, Delaware, United States. WKNZ is owned and operated by The Bridge of Hope, Inc. WKNZ programming can also be heard on WNJH in Cape May, New Jersey WNKZ-FM to the south of Salisbury, Maryland and on 100.1 (W261AE) in Templeville, Maryland and on 94.9 (W235DD) in Ocean City, Maryland. Programming WKNZ broadcasts an adult Contemporary Christian music format, serving Central Delmarva. The primary focus of the station is to bring people of different Christian denominations together, to strengthen families and churches through positive and uplifting music and to offer hope to people trying to find their way through difficult situations. History This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 25, 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKDB
WKDB (95.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Spanish contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Laurel, Delaware Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3,865 at the time of the 2020 census. Laurel is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. It once hosted the Laurel Blue Hens of the Ea ..., United States, the station serves the Salisbury-Ocean City area. The station is currently owned by The Voice Radio Network. On August 24, 2009, Great Scott Broadcasting broke apart. The B 101.7/95.3, and began simulcasting Studio 106.1 on 95.3 FM with an old school R&B format. The format was dropped in late 2011, as the station reverted to a simulcast of WZEB. On November 3, 2014, WKDB changed their format to Spanish hits, branded as "Maxima 95.3". References External links * * 1991 establishments in Delaware Laurel, Delaware Radio stations established in 1991 KDB KDB {{Delaware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
