WJLS-FM

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.

WJLS-FM

City	Beckley, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Southeastern West Virginia Southwestern Virginia
Branding	"99-5 WJLS"
Slogan	"The Big Dawg"
Frequency	99.5 MHz
First air date	February 1947
Format	Country
ERP	34,000 Watts
HAAT	320 Meters
Class	B
Facility ID	52336
Transmitter coordinates	37°35′23.0″N 81°6′51.0″W
Call sign meaning	W Joe L. Smith father of owner Joe L. Smith Jr.
Affiliations	West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	West Virginia Radio Company of Raleigh, LLC
Sister stations	WJLS
Webcast	WJLS-FM Webstream
Website	WJLS Online

External links

History of WJLS

Radio stations in the Beckley, West Virginia market
By AM frequency	560 620 860 1070 1380
By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.7 94.1 96.7 97.9 98.5 99.5 101.7 102.3 103.7 104.5 105.9 106.5
By callsign	W244BF W269DV WAGE-LP WAXS WBKW WCIR-FM WHAJ WJJJ WJLS WJLS-FM WMTD WMTD-FM WNUX WOAY WPIB WPWV WQAZ-LP WTNJ WVBY WVPP-LP WWNR
Defunct	WQTZ-LP (106.9 FM)
West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

Radio stations in the Bluefield, Virginia/West Virginia market
By AM frequency	1050 1130 1240 1250 1310 1400 1440 1490
By FM frequency	88.5 90.1 91.1 93.1 93.3 94.5 95.3 95.9 97.3 W247BO W247BZ 97.7 98.7 99.5 100.1 100.9 102.9 103.1 103.3 104.5 106.3 106.7 107.7
By callsign	W233CL W247BO W247BZ W254CV W277AW WAEY WAMN WGAG-LP WHAJ WHFI WHIS WHKX WHQX WJLS-FM WKCJ WKEZ WKOY-FM WKQB WKQY WPIB WPWV WRLB WRON WRON-FM WRRL WSLW WSTG WVBL WVCU-LP WYKM
Defunct	WBDY
Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in Virginia List of radio stations in West Virginia

Country radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations

See also: adult contemporary; classic hits; college; country; news/talk; NPR; oldies; religious; rock; sports; top 40; urban; other radio stations in West Virginia

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