WJLS-FM

WJLS-FM
Broadcast area
  • Southeastern West Virginia
  • Southwestern Virginia
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99-5 WJLS: The Big Dawg
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatCountry music
AffiliationsWest Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
Owner
  • WVRC Media
  • (West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC)
WJLS
History
First air date
February 1947
(77 years ago)
 (1947-02)
Call sign meaning
Taken from WJLS (AM)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52336
ClassB
ERP34,000 watts
HAAT320 meters (1,050 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°35′23.0″N 81°6′51.0″W / 37.589722°N 81.114167°W / 37.589722; -81.114167
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewjls.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.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJLS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.