WCMD (AM)

WCMD is a sports formatted broadcast radio station affiliated with ESPN Radio.

WCMD
CityCumberland, Maryland
Broadcast areaCumberland, Maryland
Frostburg, Maryland
Frequency1230 kHz
Branding"ESPN Radio 1230 and 1390"
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
West Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
OwnerWest Virginia Radio Corporation
WQZK, WDYK, WDZN, WKLP, WVMD
History
First air date
1948
Former call signs
WCMD (1948-1982)
WALI (1982-1994)
WNTR (1994-2005)
Call sign meaning
W Cumberland MarylanD
Technical information
Facility ID49381
ClassC
Power1,000 watts day and night
Links
WebsiteWCMD Online

WCMD is licensed to Cumberland, Maryland, serving the Cumberland/Frostburg area. WCMD is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation. It simulcasts on 1230 AM and 102.1 FM, a translator station, W271AT.[1]

Sale of station

In late April 2008, Broadcast Communications, Inc. sold WCMD to West Virginia Radio Corporation for $350,000.[2] The sale of WCMD was possibly due to Broadcast Communications, Inc.'s intention to move WROG to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Logo used until August 2008.

Previous formats

On August 4, 2008, under its new ownership by West Virginia Radio Corporation, WCMD switched its adult standards format to become an affiliate of ESPN Radio.[3] This marked a return to the talk/sports radio format it had in the late 1990s/early 2000s as an evening/weekend affiliate of One on One Sports/Sporting News Radio.

Prior to One on One Sports, the station aired inexpensive talk shows. After Sporting News Radio, it switched formats several times, trying smooth jazz, classic country, and Adult standards respectively. During the 1970s under the callsign WCUM, it had Top-40 CHR and Adult Contemporary formats. For a while starting in 1974–75, the station moved to an automation system and simulcast with then-sister station WCUM-FM, later WROG. In its heyday as a Top 40 station, it used the slogan "The Fun One".

References
  1. http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=1199107
  2. BIA Financial Networks. "Deals - 04/28/2008". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  3. "ESPN Radio hits Cumberland airways". Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved 2008-08-05.


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