WJLS-FM

WJLS-FM

City of license	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 / 37.589722°N 81.114167°W / 37.589722; -81.114167
Callsign 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

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.

External links

99-5 WJLS Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WJLS

Radio-Locator information on WJLS

Radio stations in the Beckley, West Virginia market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.7 94.1 96.7 97.9 98.5 99.5 101.5 102.3 103.7 104.5 105.9 106.9

By AM frequency	560 620 860 1070 1380

By callsign	W244BF W268AZ WAXS WBKW WCIR-FM WHAJ WJJJ WJLS WJLS-FM WMTD WMTD-FM WNUX WOAY WPIB WQAZ-LP WQTZ-LP WPWV WTNJ WVBY WVPP-LP WWNR

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 FM frequency	88.5 89.1 90.1 91.1 93.1 93.9 95.3 95.9 97.3 97.7 99.5 100.1 100.9 102.9 103.1 104.5 106.3 106.7 107.7

By AM frequency	1050 1130 1240 1250 1310 1400 1440 1490

By callsign	W247BO WAEY WAMN WGAG-LP WHAJ WHFI WHIS WHKX WHQX WJLS-FM WKEZ WKOY-FM WKQB WKQY WMEV-FM WPIB WPWV WRLB WRON WRON-FM WRRL WSLW WSTG WVBL WVCU-LP WVTF 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	WAMN – Green Valley WBRB – Buckhannon WBYG – Point Pleasant WCEF – Ripley WCST – Berkeley Springs WDBS – Sutton WDNE-FM – Elkins WELC – Welch WELD-FM – Moorefield WGGE – Parkersburg WGIE – Clarksburg WGYE – Mannington WHAW – Weston WHJC – Matewan WHNK – Parkersburg WHQX – Gary WJLS-FM – Beckley WKEZ – Bluefield WKKW – Fairmont WKMM – Kingwood WKWS – Charleston WOVK – Wheeling WPDX – Clarksburg WPDX-FM – Clarksburg WQBE-FM – Charleston WRON-FM – Lewisburg WTCR – Kenova WTCR-FM – Huntington WTNJ – Mount Hope WVMD – Romney WVRC-FM – Spencer WVSB – Romney WXCC – Williamson WYKM – Rupert WYMJ – New Martinsville WZAC-FM – Danville

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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