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Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
Branding | 99-5 WJLS: The Big Dawg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Country music |
Affiliations | West Virginia MetroNews |
Ownership | |
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WJLS | |
History | |
First air date | February 1947 |
Call sign meaning | Taken from WJLS (AM) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 52336 |
Class | B |
ERP | 34,000 watts |
HAAT | 320 meters (1,050 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°35′23.0″N 81°6′51.0″W / 37.589722°N 81.114167°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wjls.com |
WJLS-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia with a country music format. The station, which utilized the call letters WBKW from 1957 to 1990, was the second FM radio station to go on the air in West Virginia, and is the oldest to still exist. Since February 2013, it and its sister AM station have been owned by WVRC Media, which purchased them from First Media Radio, LLC.