Delmarva Broadcasting Company

{{Short description|American radio broadcasting company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Delmarva Broadcasting Company

| logo = File:Delmarva Broadcasting Company logo.png

| type = Private

| industry = Radio broadcasting

| hq_location_city = Wilmington, Delaware

| hq_location_country = United States

| area_served = Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

| parent = Steinman Enterprises (until 2019)
Forever Media Inc. (2019{{endash}}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.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blnz.com/news/2008/10/31/Delmarva_Tries_Taste_Radiolicious_1669.html|title=Delmarva Tries a Taste of Radiolicious|date=October 30, 2008|website=Bay Ledger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008132027/http://www.blnz.com/news/2008/10/31/Delmarva_Tries_Taste_Radiolicious_1669.html|archive-date=October 8, 2010|access-date=2016-07-15}}

On February 5, 2019, Forever Media announced its intent to acquire Delmarva Broadcasting and its 10 stations for $18.5 million.{{Cite web|last=Venta|first=Lance|date=2019-02-06|title=Forever Media Acquires Delmarva Broadcasting|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/174292/forever-media-acquires-delmarva-broadcasting/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817024259/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/174292/forever-media-acquires-delmarva-broadcasting/ |archive-date=2019-08-17 |access-date=2019-08-17|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US}} This sale was completed on May 20, 2019.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Delmarva Broadcasting Company|url=http://delmarvabroadcasting.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702114829/http://delmarvabroadcasting.com/|archive-date=2020-07-02|access-date=2020-07-02|website=delmarvabroadcasting.com|quote=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}}

Stations

class="wikitable"
Branding

! Callsign

! Frequency

! Power

! Location

Jammin' 96.9

| WVJJ

| 1510 kHz

| 2.5 kW (day)

| Salem, New Jersey

rowspan="2" | WDEL

| WDEL-FM

| 101.7 MHz

| 3.3 kW

| Canton, New Jersey

WDEL-AM

| 1150 kHz

| 5 kW

| rowspan="2" | 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

| rowspan="3" | 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

{{reflist}}