It also carried programming from the DuMont Television Network. But it was limited in power due to its proximity to two other Channel 7 stations in New York City and Washington, DC. It later moved to Channel 12. The Steinman Family sold Channel 12 in 1955 and it eventually became WHYY-TV, the PBS station for Philadelphia, but still licensed to Wilmington. In 1950, WDEL added an FM station, 93.7 WDEL-FM. At first it simulcast the programming on the AM station. But by the late 1960s, it aired separate programming using the call sign WSTW. 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-1980s, WDEL was the first Wilmington radio station to provide traffic reports. WDEL's "TrafficWatch on the 9s" remains on the air today. In the mid-1990s, WDEL moved to a news/talk format, eliminating music. The station aired a local call-in and information show in the morning, plus various nationally syndicated programs during the day including Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, Mitch Albom and Sean Hannity. In 2006, WDEL's main competitor, AM 1450 WILM, was bought by Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia, Inc.). Because Limbaugh and Hannity are syndicated by Premiere Networks, an iHeart subsidiary, those shows moved over to WILM. As a result, WDEL adopted a weekday schedule of mostly live and local news and talk, only running syndicated programming in the evening and on weekends. In 2015, Delmarva Broadcasting acquired 101.7 WJKS, licensed to Canton, New Jersey, but with a signal that covers parts of Northern Delaware, including sections of Wilmington. On April 1, WJKS flipped from urban adult contemporary music to a simulcast of 1150 WDEL, giving the station's listeners the option to hear it on AM or FM. The call letters were switched to WDEL-FM, returning that call sign to the air on 101.7 MHz. (For much of the 1950s and 60s, the WDEL-FM call letters were used on co-owned 93.7 MHz, which now is WSTW.) In early 2019, it was announced that Steinman Communications was selling all Delmarva Broadcasting stations to Forever Media. The deal closed on May 20, 2019. Awards WDEL has won several prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, including national awards in 2007 for Best Website and 2009 for Best Newscast. WDEL has also been named News Operation