WXCY (AM)

WXCY
Simulcasts WXCY-FM, Havre de Grace, Maryland
CitySalem, New Jersey
Broadcast areaWilmington, Delaware
Frequency1510 kHz
BrandingWXCY 103.7 & 96.9
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerForever Media
(FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
WAFL-FM, WDEL, WDEL-FM, WSTW, WXCY-FM
History
First air date
1966; 55 years ago (1966) (as WJIC)
Former call signs
WJIC (1966-1997)
WNNN (1997-2001)
WFAI (2001-2019)
WVJJ (2019-2021)
Technical information
Facility ID52768
ClassD
Power2,500 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
39°34′58.00″N 75°27′39.00″W / 39.5827778°N 75.4608333°W / 39.5827778; -75.4608333
Translator(s)96.9W245CJ (Wilmington, via WSTW-HD3)
Repeater(s)93.7WSTW-HD3 (Wilmington)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewxcyfm.com

WXCY (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Salem, New Jersey, and serving the southern part of Greater Philadelphia, including Wilmington, Delaware. It broadcasts a country music radio format, simulcasting WXCY-FM 103.7 Havre de Grace, Maryland. WXCY is owned and operated by Forever Media.[1]

The station is heard around the clock on its FM translator in Wilmington, W245CJ, broadcasting at 96.9 FM.

History

The station signed on in 1966 as WJIC ("Jersey Information Center") airing middle of the road (MOR) music and information. From 1981 to the early 1990s, WJIC featured a country music format as "Just Country WJIC", then changed to a talk radio and information format, calling itself "News/Talk 1510."

On October 1, 1997, WJIC, which was co-owned with WNNN on 101.7 FM, took over the FM station's religious format as Faith 1510 and adopted the WNNN call sign. On May 3, 2001, the call letters were changed to WFAI.[2] The FM call letters were later switched to WJKS.

In December 2014, QC Communications sold WFAI and WJKS for $3.2 million to Delmarva Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Steinman Enterprises.[3] In February 2019, Delmarva Broadcasting Company was acquired by Forever Media.[4] On October 24, 2019, WFAI flipped to urban adult contemporary, branded as Jammin' 96.9, which is simulcast on translator W245CJ. It also changed its calls to WVJJ. WVJJ is also heard on the HD3 channel of WSTW, Wilmington.[5]

On January 1, 2021, WVJJ changed their format from urban adult contemporary to a simulcast of country-formatted WXCY-FM 103.7 FM Havre de Grace, Maryland, under new WXCY call letters.[6]

References

  1. ^ "WXCY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "WFAI NJ AM Radio History".
  3. ^ Venta, Lance (December 18, 2014). "Delmarva Expands Its Wilmington, DE Cluster". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Forever Media Acquires Delmarva Broadcasting". RadioInsight. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  5. ^ "Forever Launches Jammin 96.9 Wilmington". RadioInsight. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  6. ^ WXCY Adds Wilmington Simulcast Radioinsight - January 1, 2021

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