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WSTW
Wilmington, Delaware; United States;
Broadcast area	Wilmington, Delaware
Frequency	93.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Today's Best Variety 93.7 WSTW
Programming
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Subchannels	HD2: WDEL-AM -FM simulcast (news/talk); HD3: WXCY-FM simulcast (country music);
Ownership
Owner	Forever Media; (FM Radio Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WDEL; WDEL-FM; WXCY-FM;
History
First air date	1950 (as WDEL-FM)
Former call signs	WDEL-FM (1950–1969)
Call sign meaning	"We're Stereo to Wilmington"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16459
Class	B
ERP	47,100 watts (analog); 1,290 watts (digital);
HAAT	153 meters (502 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°48′57.4″N 75°31′45.7″W / 39.815944°N 75.529361°W
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	[1]
Website	wstw.com

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WSTW (93.7 FM, "93.7 WSTW") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Wilmington, Delaware. The station is owned by Forever Media and broadcasts a Contemporary hit radio format.^[3]

WSTW's studios and offices are on Shipley Road in Wilmington. Its broadcast tower is also located there, north of Downtown Wilmington at (39°48′57.3″N 75°31′45.2″W / 39.815917°N 75.529222°W / 39.815917; -75.529222).^[4] In addition to Wilmington and Northern Delaware, the station's 47,100 watt signal covers Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania as well as sections of New Jersey and Maryland.^[5]

History

In 1950, the station signed on as WDEL-FM.^[6] At first it simulcast the programming of sister station WDEL (1150 AM), airing middle of the road music, talk, news and sports. But by the late 1960s, it was separately programmed, switching the call sign to WSTW.^[7] The call sign stood for "We're Stereo to Wilmington", as the first stereo FM in Wilmington, Delaware - its city of license. Steinman Enterprises is a family-owned broadcasting, newspaper and mining company based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. For more than a decade, WSTW carried an easy listening and middle of the road music format that was largely automated.

In 1980, WSTW switched to an automated Top 40 format, using the TM "Stereo Rock" service.^[8] By the mid-1980s, station management added disc jockeys and ended the automation. Over the years, the station has made slight changes in programming, switching from Top 40 to Hot AC and back again. In the mid-1990s, the station made the move to Hot AC.^[9] Around 2000, it moved back to Top 40.

In May 2005, WSTW created the "Rewards" program for winning and obtaining prizes. The "Choice Rewards" system allows listeners of the station to bid on auctions for WSTW concerts, merchandise, etc., based on how many points the user has. Users obtain these points by typing in "Choice Words", which they hear on WSTW itself, on the "Rewards" website. The "Rewards" program was changed later, with "Choice Words" being solely found on the WSTW webpage, at station appearances, and via online surveys.

In 2006, WSTW was chosen as CHR Station of the Year of the Marconi Award by the National Association of Broadcasters.

WSTW HD2 is a simulcast of news/talk sister station WDEL and WDEL-FM. WSTW HD3 is a simulcast of country sister station WXCY-FM and may be heard in analog at 96.9 MHz.

On February 5, 2019, Forever Media, LLC bought out Delmarva Broadcasting Company for $18.5 million, adding 10 more stations to Forever Media, LLC's group of stations in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Former air staff

Some notable former air staff members include Alan Price (former morning show personality); Ellis B. "Bruce Ellis" Feaster, now at WPOZ in Orlando, Florida; Dave Fleetwood, recently at WGBG-FM in Seaford, Delaware; and Dave Walls, now an anchor/reporter for WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Translators

Broadcast translator for WSTW-HD3
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info	Notes
W245CJ	96.9 FM	Wilmington, Delaware	139424	250 (Horizontal)	170 m (558 ft)	D	39°48′56.2″N 75°31′48″W / 39.815611°N 75.53000°W / 39.815611; -75.53000 (W245CJ)	LMS	Simulcast with 103.7 WXCY-FM

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WSTW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WSTW]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^ "Stations". Forever Media.
^ "FM Query Results for WSTW". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ "54 dBu Service Contour for WSTW, 93.7 MHz, Wilmington, DE". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. January 28, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 103
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-38
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 page C-42
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1995 page B-75

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 16459 (WSTW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WSTW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 139424 (W245CJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W245CJ at FCCdata.org

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WSTW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WSTW]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[3] "Stations". Forever Media.

[4] "FM Query Results for WSTW". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[5] "54 dBu Service Contour for WSTW, 93.7 MHz, Wilmington, DE". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. January 28, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.

[6] Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 103

[7] Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-38

[8] Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 page C-42

[9] Broadcasting Yearbook 1995 page B-75

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-{{About|the radio station|the [[Black Veil Brides]] album|We Stitch These Wounds}}
+{{About|the radio station|the Black Veil Brides album|We Stitch These Wounds}}
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+{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
 {{Infobox radio station
-| logo             = 93.7 WSTW.png
+| logo = 93.7 WSTW.png
-| name             = WSTW
+| name = WSTW
-| city             = [[Wilmington, Delaware]]
+| city = [[Wilmington, Delaware]]
+| country = US
-| area             = [[Wilmington, Delaware]]
+| area = [[Wilmington, Delaware]]
-| branding         = ''93.7 WSTW''
+| branding = ''Today's Best Variety 93.7 WSTW''
-| frequency        = 93.7 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
+| frequency = 93.7 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
-| translator       = [[#Translators|See § Translators]]
+| translator = [[#Translators|See § Translators]]
-| airdate          = [[1950 in radio|1950]] (as WDEL-FM)
-| format           = [[Contemporary hit radio]]
+| airdate = [[1950 in radio|1950]] (as WDEL-FM)
+| format = [[Contemporary hit radio]]
-| subchannels      = HD2: [[WDEL (AM)|WDEL-AM]][[WDEL-FM|-FM]] [[simulcast]] ([[Talk radio|News/talk]]) <br>HD3: [[WXCY (AM)|WXCY]] simulcast ([[Country music]])
+| subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [[WDEL (AM)|WDEL-AM]] [[WDEL-FM|-FM]] [[simulcast]] ([[Talk radio|news/talk]])|HD3: [[WXCY-FM]] simulcast ([[country music]])}}
-| erp              = 47,100 [[watt]]s (analog)<br>1,290 [[watt]]s (digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1641508&Service=FD&Form_id=335&Facility_id=16459 |title=FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WSTW] |date=June 23, 2014 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref>
+| erp = {{ubl|47,100 [[watt]]s (analog)|1,290 watts (digital)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1641508&Service=FD&Form_id=335&Facility_id=16459 |title=FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WSTW] |date=June 23, 2014 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>}}
-| haat             = {{convert|153|m|ft|sp=us}}
+| haat = {{convert|153|m|ft|sp=us}}
-| class            = B
+| class = B
-| facility_id      = 16459
+| facility_id = 16459
-| coordinates      = {{coord|39|48|57.4|N|75|31|45.7|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=WSTW}}
+| coordinates = {{coord|39|48|57.4|N|75|31|45.7|W|type:landmark_region:US-DE_source:FCC|name=WSTW|display=inline,title}}
 | callsign_meaning = "We're Stereo to Wilmington"
-| sister_stations  = {{hlist|[[WDEL (AM)|WDEL]]|[[WDEL-FM]]|[[WXCY (AM)|WXCY]]|[[WXCY-FM]]}}
+| sister_stations = {{hlist|[[WDEL (AM)|WDEL]]|[[WDEL-FM]]|[[WXCY-FM]]}}
-| former_callsigns = WDEL-FM (1950-1969)
+| former_callsigns = WDEL-FM (1950–1969)
-| owner            = Forever Media
+| owner = Forever Media
-| licensee         = FM Radio Licenses, LLC
+| licensee = FM Radio Licenses, LLC
-| webcast          = [http://player.listenlive.co/44331 Listen Live]
+| webcast = [https://listen.streamon.fm/wstw]
-| website          = [http://www.wstw.com WSTW.com]
+| website = [http://www.wstw.com wstw.com]
+| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
 }}
-'''WSTW''' (93.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "93.7 WSTW") is a commercial [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. The station is owned by (Forever Media) and broadcasts a [[contemporary hit radio]] (CHR) [[radio format|format]].
+'''WSTW''' (93.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "93.7 WSTW") is a commercial [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. The station is owned by Forever Media and broadcasts a [[Contemporary hit radio]] format.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stations |url=https://www.forevermediainc.com/stations/ |website=Forever Media}}</ref>
-WSTW's studios and offices are on Shipley Road in Wilmington. Its broadcast tower is also located there, north of Downtown Wilmington at ({{coord|39|48|57.3|N|75|31|45.2|W}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WSTW |title=FM Query Results for WSTW |website=fcc.gov |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref> In addition to Wilmington and Northern [[Delaware]], the station's 47,100 [[watt]] signal covers [[Philadelphia]] and other parts of [[Pennsylvania]] as well as sections of [[New Jersey]] and [[Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/map-display#appid=1371887&call=WSTW&freq=93.7&contour=54&city=WILMINGTON&state=DE&fileno=BMLH-20100629AZK&.map |title=54 dBu Service Contour for WSTW, 93.7 MHz, Wilmington, DE |website=fcc.gov |date=28 January 2016 |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref>
+WSTW's studios and offices are on Shipley Road in Wilmington. Its broadcast tower is also located there, north of Downtown Wilmington at ({{coord|39|48|57.3|N|75|31|45.2|W}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WSTW |title=FM Query Results for WSTW |website=fcc.gov |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> In addition to Wilmington and Northern [[Delaware]], the station's 47,100 [[watt]] signal covers [[Philadelphia]] and other parts of [[Pennsylvania]] as well as sections of [[New Jersey]] and [[Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/map-display#appid=1371887&call=WSTW&freq=93.7&contour=54&city=WILMINGTON&state=DE&fileno=BMLH-20100629AZK&.map |title=54 dBu Service Contour for WSTW, 93.7 MHz, Wilmington, DE |website=fcc.gov |date=January 28, 2016 |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=December 18, 2016}}</ref>
 ==History==
-In 1950, the station [[sign-on|signed on]] as WDEL-FM.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1952/Radio-All-1952-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 103]</ref> At first it [[simulcast]] the programming of [[sister station]] [[AM 1150]] [[WDEL (AM)|WDEL]], airing [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road music]], talk, news and sports. But by the late 1960s, it was separately programmed, switching the [[call sign]] to WSTW.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20A-M%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-38]</ref> The call sign stood for "We're Stereo to Wilmington", as the first stereo FM in Wilmington, Delaware - its [[city of license]]. Steinman Enterprises is a family-owned broadcasting, newspaper and mining company based in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. For more than a decade, WSTW carried an [[easy listening]] and middle of the road music format that was largely [[automation|automated]].
+In 1950, the station [[sign-on|signed on]] as WDEL-FM.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1952/Radio-All-1952-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 103]</ref> At first it [[simulcast]] the programming of [[sister station]] [[WDEL (AM)|WDEL (1150 AM)]], airing [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road music]], talk, news and sports. But by the late 1960s, it was separately programmed, switching the [[call sign]] to WSTW.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20A-M%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-38]</ref> The call sign stood for "We're Stereo to Wilmington", as the first stereo FM in Wilmington, Delaware - its [[city of license]]. Steinman Enterprises is a family-owned broadcasting, newspaper and mining company based in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. For more than a decade, WSTW carried an [[easy listening]] and middle of the road music format that was largely [[automation|automated]].
 In 1980, WSTW switched to an automated [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] format, using the [[Jones Radio Networks|TM "Stereo Rock"]] service.<ref>[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/Ca%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20A-M.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 page C-42]</ref> By the mid-1980s, station management added [[disc jockey]]s and ended the automation. Over the years, the station has made slight changes in programming, switching from Top 40 to Hot AC and back again. In the mid-1990s, the station made the move to Hot AC.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-AL-MT-YB-1995.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1995 page B-75]</ref> Around 2000, it moved back to Top 40.
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 In 2006, WSTW was chosen as CHR Station of the Year of the [[Marconi Award]] by the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].
+WSTW HD2 is a simulcast of [[Talk radio|news/talk]] sister station WDEL and [[WDEL-FM]]. WSTW HD3 is a simulcast of [[Country music|country]] sister station [[WXCY-FM]] and may be heard in analog at 96.9 MHz.
-On April 5, 2018, programming on WSTW-HD2 changed from a simulcast of WDEL/1150 to Spanish AC branded as ''Amor 95'' which is simulcast on translator W237EH on 95.3 in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The translator serves the downtown Philadelphia area and the adjacent suburbs in New Jersey.
+On February 5, 2019, Forever Media, LLC bought out [[Delmarva Broadcasting Company]] for $18.5 million, adding 10 more stations to Forever Media, LLC's group of stations in [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Maryland]].
-As of mid-August 2018, the HD2 format, '''Amor 95''', is no longer broadcasting on WSTW-HD2 or on '''W237EH''' on 95.3 in the Philadelphia suburbs and downtown Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey.
+===Former air staff===
-As of late-September 2018, the HD2 format is back to a simulcast of sister [[Talk radio|News/Talk]] WDEL-AM-FM.
+Some notable former air staff members include Alan Price (former morning show personality); Ellis B. "Bruce Ellis" Feaster, now at [[WPOZ]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]; Dave Fleetwood, recently at [[WUSX|WGBG-FM]] in [[Seaford, Delaware]]; and [[Dave Walls]], now an anchor/reporter for [[WSET-TV]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]].
-On February 5, 2019, Forever Media, LLC bought out [[Delmarva Broadcasting Company]] for $18.5 million which adds 10 more stations to Forever Media, LLC's book of stations that are spread throughout [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Maryland]].
 ==Translators==
 {{RadioTranslators
+| callsign = WSTW-HD3
-| callsign = relay WSTW-HD3 broadcasting a [[country music|country]] format, also on 1510 AM [[WXCY (AM)|WXCY]], [[Salem, New Jersey|Salem, NJ]].
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 | haat1    = 170
 | class1   = D
-| coord1   = {{Coord|39|48|55.80|N|75|31|49.30|W|type:landmark_region:US-DE_source:FCC|name=W245CJ}}
+| coord1   = {{Coord|39|48|56.2|N|75|31|48|W|type:landmark_region:US-DE_source:FCC|name=W245CJ}}
+| notes1   = Simulcast with 103.7 [[WXCY-FM]]
-| notes1   = Info located at:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=1776168&facid=139424 |title = FCCdata.org - powered by REC}}</ref>
 }}
-===Former air staff===
-Some notable former air staff members include Alan Price (former morning show personality); Ellis B. "Bruce Ellis" Feaster, now at [[WPOZ]] in [[Orlando, Florida]]; Dave Fleetwood, recently at [[WUSX|WGBG-FM]] in [[Seaford, Delaware]]; and [[Dave Walls]], now an anchor/reporter for [[WSET-TV]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]].
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *{{Official website|www.wstw.com/}}
-*{{FM station data|WSTW}}
+*{{FM station data|16459|WSTW}}
-*{{FMQ|W245CJ}}
+*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|139424|W245CJ}}
 *{{FMXL|W245CJ}}
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 [[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
 [[Category:Radio stations in Delaware|STW]]
+[[Category:Radio stations established in 1950]]
+[[Category:Wilmington, Delaware]]
+[[Category:1950 establishments in Delaware]]

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