WSUS (FM)

WSUS (102.3 FM) is a Class A radio station serving the Sussex County, New Jersey, area. The station is licensed to Franklin, New Jersey, is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and has an adult contemporary music format. The station is consistently the number one radio station in Sussex County. It has studios in Franklin, and the transmitter is based in Hardyston Township, New Jersey.

It broadcasts the syndicated program Delilah After Dark nightly from 7PM-12AM and archived rebroadcasts of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 on Sunday mornings. The station also plays Christmas music during the Holiday season.

History

The station began on February 28, 1965, as WLVP, named after Louis VanderPlate, the station's founder. The station's studio and transmitter were located, along with VanderPlate's house, atop Hamburg Mountain, overlooking Franklin and Sussex County's central valleys. The station's power was 360 watts, and initially had a country and gospel format.

In 1971, WLVP was sold for $75,000 to Peter Bardach, an advertising executive who lived in New Jersey and worked on Madison Avenue. Bardach changed the station's call letters to WSUS. (Bardach's company was Sussex County Stereo, even though WSUS itself broadcast a mono signal for several years before actually going stereo.) James Normoyle, a veteran disc jockey who used the name Jay Edwards, was hired as Sales Manager in 1972 and later became General Manager and part owner with Bardach. Normoyle eventually became the full owner.