Delmarva Broadcasting Company

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Delmarva Broadcasting Company
Company type Private
IndustryRadio broadcasting
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Parent Steinman Enterprises (until 2019)
Forever Media Inc. (2019–present)

Delmarva Broadcasting Company was a privately owned radio company, which operated radio stations in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. It was a wholly owned asset of the Steinman family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Steinman Enterprises also operates numerous other companies, including Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., Lancaster Newspapers and Intelligencer Printing, as well as farming and coal mines.

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Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Delmarva Broadcasting Company owned 10 radio stations in four markets.

On October 10, 2008 Delmarva Broadcasting joined Radiolicious and began streaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch. [1]

On February 5, 2019, Forever Media announced its intent to acquire Delmarva Broadcasting and its 10 stations for $18.5 million. [2] This sale was completed on May 20, 2019. [3]

Stations

BrandingCallsignFrequencyPowerLocation
Jammin' 96.9 WVJJ 1510 kHz2.5 kW (day) Salem, New Jersey
WDEL WDEL-FM 101.7 MHz3.3 kW Canton, New Jersey
WDEL-AM 1150 kHz5 kW Wilmington, Delaware
93.7 WSTW WSTW 93.7 MHz47 kW
Delaware 105.9 WXDE 105.9 MHz6 kW Lewes, Delaware
Eagle 97.7 WAFL 97.7 MHz3 kW Milford, Delaware
The Chicken 101.3 WCHK-FM 101.3 MHz3 kW
Cool 102.1/930 WNCL 930 kHz500 watts (day)
81 watts (night)
97.1 The Wave WAVD 97.1 MHz4.6 kW Ocean Pines, Maryland
103.7 WXCY WXCY 103.7 MHz37 kW Havre De Grace, Maryland

References

  1. "Delmarva Tries a Taste of Radiolicious". Bay Ledger. October 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  2. Venta, Lance (2019-02-06). "Forever Media Acquires Delmarva Broadcasting". RadioInsight. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  3. "Delmarva Broadcasting Company". delmarvabroadcasting.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-02. As of May 20, 2019, all radio stations and digital services owned by Delmarva Broadcasting Company have been sold as an asset sale to Forever Media. The stations are now owned, operated and managed by Forever Media