WJLS-FM
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| City | Beckley, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Southeastern West Virginia Southwestern Virginia |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| Branding | 99-5 WJLS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | West Virginia MetroNews |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC |
| WJLS | |
| History | |
First air date | February 1947 |
Call sign meaning | W Joe L. Smith father of owner Joe L. Smith Jr. |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 52336 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 34,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 320 Meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°35′23.0″N 81°6′51.0″W / 37.589722°N 81.114167°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WJLS-FM Webstream |
| Website | WJLS Online |
WJLS-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia. WJLS-FM was formerly owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC, which in December 2012 announced its intent to sell the station to West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC. The sale of WJLS-FM and sister station WJLS was consummated on February 15, 2013 at a price of $4.5 million. It is the second FM radio station to go on the air in West Virginia, and the oldest existing FM station in the state. It utilized the call letters WBKW from 1957 to 1990.
External links[]
- 99-5 WJLS Online
- WJLS in the FCC FM station database
- WJLS on Radio-Locator
- WJLS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- History of WJLS
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