WJBR-FM

WJBR-FM

City	Wilmington, Delaware
Broadcast area	Wilmington, Delaware Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Branding	99.5 WJBR
Slogan	The 80's to Now Delaware's Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.)
Frequency	99.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	January 1957
Format	Analog/HD1: Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) HD2: CHR (Radio Disney) HD3: Tropical ("99 Variedad extra")
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	14374
Callsign meaning	W John B Reynolds (founder)
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Beasley Media Group, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wjbr.com

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 / 39.834083°N 75.523694°W / 39.834083; -75.523694).^[1] The station's service contour covers the entire city of Philadelphia.^[2]

WJBR-FM airs the nationally syndicated Delilah radio show.^[3] The official mascot for the station is J. Bear.

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.^[4] John Sr. began the radio station because his son was "a strong believer in the future of FM".^[4] The station originally broadcast a classical & light music format^[5] and used the slogan "Just Beautiful Radio". The format eventually evolved into 24 hours of beautiful music and the station branded as "JBR 100".^[5]

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.^[4]

In February 2007, Beasley Broadcast Group completed its acquisition of the station from NextMedia for a reported $42 million.^[6]

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.

References

↑ "FM Query Results for WJBR". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
↑ "54 dBu Service Contour for WJBR, 99.5 MHz, Wilmington, DE". bing.com. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
↑ "Delilah - 99.5 WJBR". wjbr.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
1 2 3 "History of WJBR". wjbr.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
1 2 "BROADCASTING Scrapbook Blog". racampbell.tripod.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
↑ "Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI) to Acquire NextMedia Group". streetinsider.com. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2016-05-12.

External links

WJBR official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WJBR

Radio-Locator information on WJBR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WJBR

Radio stations in the Wilmington, Delaware market

By AM frequency	1150 1290 1380 1450 1510

By FM frequency	89.1 91.3 91.7 93.7 99.5 101.7 103.7 107.7

By callsign	WDEL WDEL-FM WFAI WILM WJBR-FM WMPH WRTI WSTW WTMC WVUD WWTX WXCY WXHL-FM

Defunct	WNWK/1260

Philadelphia Metro Markets Allentown Monmouth-Ocean Reading Trenton Wilmington Delaware radio markets Wilmington Salisbury-Ocean City, MD Other Delaware radio regions Dover See also List of radio stations in Delaware

Radio stations in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	560 610 640 690² 740 800 860² 900 950 990 1060¹ 1110 1180 1210¹ 1310² 1340² 1360 1370 1420 1440 1460 1480 1490 1520 1540 1590 1640 1680² ¹ Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 (Warminster) 89.3 (Coatesville) 89.5 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.7 91.7 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

Digital broadcast radio stations	610 950 1060 1210 1480 88.5-1 88.5-2 90.9-1 90.9-2 92.5-1 92.5-2 92.5-3 93.3-1 93.3-2 94.1-1 94.1-2 94.1-3 94.1-4 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 96.5-2 97.5-1 97.5-2 97.5-3 98.1-1 98.1-2 98.1-3 98.1-4 98.9-1 98.9-2 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 104.5-1 104.5-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.9-1

By callsign	KIH28 KYW¹ WBCB WBBO WBEB WBEN-FM WBMR WBYO WCHE WCHR WCOJ WCUR WDAS WDAS-FM WDNR WEMG² WEXP WFIL WFYL WHAT WHHS WHYY WIFI WIOQ WIP-FM WISX WJBR WKDN WKDU WKVP WMGK WMMR WNAP WNG704 WNJC WNJS-FM WNPV WNTP WNWR WOGL WPAZ WPEB WPEN WPHE² WPHI-FM WPHT¹ WPNX700 WPPZ-FM WPST WPWA WQHS WRDV WRFF WRNB WRSD WRTI WRTJ WSRN-FM WSTW WTEL WTHJ WTMR WTTM² WURD WUSL WVCH WWDB² WWJZ WWLU WWTX WXPN WXTU WXVU WYBF WYPA WZMP WZZE

Defunct stations	WCAU (AM) WCAU-FM WDRE WDVR WEGK WLCE WQHS WSNI WTHK WYXR

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren Philadelphia Metro Markets Allentown Monmouth-Ocean Reading Trenton Wilmington See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania Mass media in the Philadelphia Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers

Beasley Broadcast Group

Radio stations

Delaware	WJBR-FM

Florida	WBRN-FM WHFS WHSR WJBX WJPT WLLD WQYK-FM WRBQ-FM WRXK-FM WSBR WWCN WWNN WXKB WYUU

Georgia	WAEC WCHZ-FM WDRR WGAC WGAC-FM WGUS-FM WHHD WKXC-FM WRDW WWWE

Massachusetts	WBOS WBQT WKLB WMJX WRCA WROR

Michigan	WCSX WMGC-FM WRIF

New Jersey	WCTC WDHA WJRZ WMGQ WMTR WRAT WTMR

Nevada	KCYE KDWN KKLZ KOAS KVGS

North Carolina	WAZZ WBAV-FM WBCN WFLB WFNZ WIKS WKML WKQC WMGV WNCT WNCT-FM WNKS WPEG WSFL-FM WSOC-FM WUKS WXNR WZFX

Pennsylvania	WBEN-FM WMGK WMMR WPEN WTEL WWDB

Coordinates: 39°50′02″N 75°31′26″W / 39.8340°N 75.5238°W / 39.8340; -75.5238

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