WDEL

'WDEL' at 1150 is a news/talk AM radio station in Wilmington, Delaware. WDEL first signed on in 1922 and is one of the first 100 broadcast radio stations licensed in the US. WDEL is a class B (regional) station, currently operating at 5,000 watts.
For much of it's history, WDEL was an NBC affiliate. Prior to 1942, WDEL was co-owned with WILM-AM with WDEL taking programs primarily from NBC's Red Network and WILM taking programs mostly from NBC's Blue Network. With the demise of old time network radio in the 1950s, WDEL adopted a full service format combining news, sports and Middle of the road music. In the mid-1990s, WDEL moved to a news/talk format broadcasting local news and a local call-in show in the morning, plus various nationally-syndicated programs including Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, Mitch Albom and Sean Hannity. In 2006, WDEL lost most of it's national programs to former sister station, WILM, and adopted a schedule of mostly ''local-live'' news and talk. WDEL also produces a local evening sports talk program and continues to air Philadelphia Phillies baseball, Philadelphia Eagles football, plus other local and national sports events.
WDEL is owned and operated by Delmarva Broadcasting Company, which owns 11 stations in the region including Wilmington's WSTW, the former WDEL-FM. WDEL received the National Association of Broadcasters Crystal Award in 2004. In 2007, was nominated for the NAB's Marconi Award in the category Medium Market Station of the Year.

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