Delmarva Broadcasting Company

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.

Delmarva Broadcasting Company
TypePrivate
IndustryRadio broadcasting
Headquarters
Wilmington, Delaware
,
United States
Area served
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
ParentSteinman Enterprises (until 2019)
Forever Media Inc. (2019–present)

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
Branding Callsign Frequency Power Location
Jammin' 96.9 WVJJ 1510 kHz 2.5 kW (day) Salem, New Jersey
WDEL WDEL-FM 101.7 MHz 3.3 kW Canton, New Jersey
WDEL-AM 1150 kHz 5 kW Wilmington, Delaware
93.7 WSTW WSTW 93.7 MHz 47 kW
Delaware 105.9 WXDE 105.9 MHz 6 kW Lewes, Delaware
Eagle 97.7 WAFL 97.7 MHz 3 kW Milford, Delaware
The Chicken 101.3 WCHK-FM 101.3 MHz 3 kW
Cool 102.1/930 WNCL 930 kHz 500 watts (day)
81 watts (night)
97.1 The Wave WAVD 97.1 MHz 4.6 kW Ocean Pines, Maryland
103.7 WXCY WXCY 103.7 MHz 37 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
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