WJLS-FM
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WJLS-FM is a Country
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Beckley, West Virginia
, serving Southeastern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia. WJLS-FM is owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC. 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 used the call letters WBKW from 1957 to 1990.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
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Radio station
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licensed to Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...
, serving Southeastern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia. WJLS-FM is owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC. 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 used the call letters WBKW from 1957 to 1990.