The studios and offices are in Bala Cynwyd and the broadcast tower is on Wigard Avenue in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia at (40°2′19.7″N 75°14′12.8″W / 40.038806°N 75.236889°W / 40.038806; -75.236889).

The call sign, then as now, referred to Benjamin Franklin, an eighteenth century civic leader in Philadelphia and one of the founding fathers of the United States.

[citation needed] Finally, the news came at 6 p.m. on September 5, 1997, that Greater Media, which had recently acquired the station, announced it was ending WFLN's classical programming.

During a farewell speech for WFLN, Tom Milewski, the chief operating officer for Greater Media, said that the audience interested in classical music had aged and most advertisers were seeking a younger audience; Milewski added that classical music would be best preserved as a non-commercial format.

To continue serving Philadelphia's classical audience, WFLN's recordings were donated to WRTI, Temple University's non-commercial radio station.

Greater Media would also provide financial support to Temple as WRTI adopted the WFLN classical format during the day.

Although ratings improved after WXXM added well-known Philadelphia DJ Paul Barsky to mornings in February 1999, it wasn't enough to rationalize keeping the format.

The company used a broad-based adult rock and pop format branded as Jack FM with its most-notable slogan, "Playing what we want!"

Jack FM stations typically had playlists that could encompass up to 2,000 songs, and had proved popular in a number of Canadian radio markets.

The "Ben" format is similar to the "Jack FM" stations in terms of playlist size, airing songs from the same decades appealing to the same demographics.

In 2006, WBEN added an HD2 digital subchannel to carry a commercial-free rhythmic AC/classic dance format under the name "Club Ben."