Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

WJBR FM

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
First air date
  
January 1957

Class
  
B

Frequency
  
99.5 MHz

Format
  
Adult contemporary music

Area
  
Wilmington, Philadelphia

Slogan
  
The 80s, 90s and Today

HAAT
  
152 meters

Facility ID
  
14374

City of license
  
Wilmington

Owner
  
Beasley Broadcast Group

Branding
  
99.5 WJBR


Broadcast area
  
Wilmington, Delaware Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ERP
  
50,000 watts (analog) 2,000 watts (digital)

Wjbr fm 99 5 wjbr wilmington de toth id at 4 00 p m 6 28 2014


WJBR-FM (99.5 FM) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Wilmington, Delaware. The station is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group and broadcasts an Adult contemporary music format. Its broadcast tower is located north of Wilmington at (39°50′2.7″N 75°31′25.3″W). The station's service contour covers the entire city of Philadelphia.

Contents

WJBR-FM airs the nationally syndicated Delilah radio show. The official mascot for the station is J. Bear.

25 days of christmas radio day 20 wjbr fm 99 5 wjbr wilmington de toth id 5pm et 12 20 15


History

WJBR-FM first signed on in 1956 founded by a father and son team of John B Reynolds, Sr. and John B Reynolds, Jr. John Sr. began the radio station because his son was "a strong believer in the future of FM". The station originally broadcast a classical & light music format and used the slogan "Just Beautiful Radio". The format eventually evolved into 24 hours of beautiful music and the station branded as "JBR 100".

John B Reynolds, Jr. sold WJBR-FM in 1985 to CRB Broadcasting. CRB changed its name to Commodore Media and was eventually purchased by Capstar Broadcasting. The station was then sold to NextMedia Group in March, 2000.

In February 2007, Beasley Broadcast Group completed its acquisition of the station from NextMedia for a reported $42 million.

Delaware's Christmas Music Station

For many years WJBR-FM has been known as "Delaware's Christmas Station". The station switches to an all-Christmas format generally around Thanksgiving.

On November 19, 2012 at 10:00AM WJBR-FM switched over to its all Christmas format. The radio station started the Christmas season with "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid. Usually WJBR-FM and 101.1 More FM (Philadelphia's WBEB) switch on the same day. There has always been a clear competition between the two rival stations.

WJBR-FM announced on November 21, 2013 that their all Christmas format will begin on November 22, 2013 at noon. The radio station started the 2013 Christmas season with "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Bing Crosby. WBEB started their Christmas music November 21, 2013 at 3pm and WJBR-FM made this announced on their Facebook right after.

On November 20, 2014 at 9am WJBR-FM switched to all Christmas. WJBR-FM switched back to their regular format at Midnight on December 29.

On November 19, 2015 at 2pm WJBR-FM switched to all Christmas once again. The switch was at the same time as rival station WBEB's switch to all Christmas. WJBR-FM switched back to their regular format on Monday, December 28 at midnight.

On November 18, 2016 WJBR-FM switched to all Christmas once again. Their rival station WBEB switched the day before, November 17, 2016 at 2pm. WJBR-FM played Christmas music during the day on Monday, December 26 and they switched back to their regular format later in the evening.

References

WJBR-FM Wikipedia