Cumberland, Maryland Cumberland is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its s ...

, has several media outlets, most carrying some form of satellite programming. WCBC-AM and the ''Cumberland Times-News'' actively collect their local news content, while WFRB-FM has some local news content, but do not actively collect it. Aside from some local news programming, virtually no mass media content originates from Cumberland. The local media tends to rebroadcast Hagerstown, Baltimore and Washington, DC, television stations for news coverage. Commercial Media is available from such companies as Allegany Media, and Commercial Video. Both companies as based out of Cumberland, Maryland.

Print

*
Allegany Magazine
' (Cumberland) *
Bedford Gazette
' (Bedford, PA) * ''

Cumberland Times-News The ''Cumberland Times-News'' is a five-day morning daily newspaper serving Cumberland, Maryland, United States, and the surrounding areas of Allegany and Garrett counties in Maryland, and Mineral County in West Virginia. The paper, which has e ...

'' (Cumberland) *
Daily American
' ( Somerset, PA) *
Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
' (

Keyser, WV Keyser () is a city in and the county seat of Mineral County, West Virginia, Mineral County, West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,853 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

) *
Morgan Messenger
' (Berkeley Springs, WV)

Historic

* 1808-1809: '' Cumberland Impartialist'' * 1809-1809: ''

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'' * 1813-1818: '' Allegany Freeman'' * 1814-181?: '' Alleghany Federalist'' * 1814-1814: '' Cumberland Gazette'' * 1820-1867: '' Alleganian'' * 1823-1832: '' Advocate, and Farmers' & Mechanics' Register'' * 1823-1835: '' Maryland Advocate'' * 1828-1882: ''

Civilian Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, b ...

'' * 1829-1851: '' Cumberland Civilian'' * 1832-1838: ''

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'' * 1833-1840: '' Phoenix Civilian'' * 1843-1902: '' Cumberland Alleganian'' * 1851-185?: '' Unionist'' * 1851-1856: '' Cumberland Miners' Journal Cumberland'' * 1852-1859: '' Cumberland Telegraph'' * 1859-1875: ''

Civilian & Telegraph The ''Civilian & Telegraph'' was a Unionist newspaper published weekly in Cumberland, Maryland, from 1859 to 1905. It was created on March 17, 1859, from the merger of two newspapers, the ''Civilian'' and ''Telegraph''. William Evans and John J. ...

'' * 1861-1861: '' Democratic Alleganian'' * 1862-1867: '' Allegany County Gazette'' * 1862-1868: '' Cumberland Union'' * 1869-186?: '' Mountain City Times'' * 1872-1891: '' Cumberland Daily Times'' * 1876-1877: '' Cumberland Alleganian and Daily Times'' * 1877-1878: '' Daily Alleganian and Times'' * 1877-1879: '' Alleganian and Times'' * 1878-1881: ''

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'' * 1879-187?: '' Independent'' * 1881-1884: '' Daily Times'' * 1882-1890: '' Sunday Civilian'' * 1890-189?: '' Daily News'' * 1890-189?: '' Weekly Civilian'' * 1891-189?: '' Cumberland Freie Presse'' * 1894-1895: '' Sunday Scimitar'' * 1912-191?: '' Cumberland Press'' * 1892-1916: '' Evening Times'' * 1935-193?: '' Cumberland Guide'' * 1871-1938: '' Cumberland Daily News'' * 1937-1938: ''

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'' * 1938-1942: '' Voice of Labor'' * 1942-194?: '' CIO News: Western Maryland edition'' * 1961-1961: '' Allegany Garrett Citizen'' * 1961-1983: '' Citizen'' * 1938-1988: '' Cumberland News'' * 1916-1988: '' Cumberland Evening Times'' * 1988-present: ''

References

* Albert L. Feldstein, ''Feldstein's Historic Banner Front Pages of the Cumberland Daily News, Cumberland News and Cumberland Evening News vol I: 20th Century'' (Cumberland: Albert L. Feldstein, 1986). * Albert L. Feldstein, ''Feldstein's Historic Newspapers of Allegany County vol. II: 19th and 20th Centuries'' (Cumberland: Albert L. Feldstein, 1987)

Radio

Cumberland is served by 18 radio stations, 14 FM and 4 AM. Most are owned by local companies, such as WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC, which owns WFRB 560/WFRB-FM 105.3, WRQE 106.1 and WTBO-AM 1450; Cumberland Broadcasting Company owns two stations, WCBC-AM 1270/FM 107.1. Others are owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation out of nearby Morgantown, WV.

FM band

*all stations listed cover Cumberland with a city grade signal

AM band

*all stations listed cover Cumberland with a city grade signal

Television

Cumberland and the surrounding area are part of the

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television market. Cumberland is home to TBN translator, W43BP, broadcast from nearby

Cresaptown, Maryland Cresaptown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,247. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Cresaptown-Bel Air CDP. Cresap ...

. Channel 43 covers Cumberland and Frostburg with a city-grade signal simulcasting TBN's main signal. W43BP has requested a "construction permit" to broadcast as a digital (or HD) low-power translator. This will be done "flash-cut" when it does happen. W43BP is carried on

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cable channel 49 for Cumberland, Frostburg, and Keyser. W43BP is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network. Local TV news is provided by Hagerstown station,

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25. Rarely though is Cumberland or any part of Western Maryland featured unless it is a large story.

Cable television

provides cable service to Cumberland. Nearby communities

Frostburg, Maryland Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and is at the head of the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located west of Cumberland, the town is one of the first cities ...

Keyser, West Virginia Keyser () is a city in and the county seat of Mineral County, West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,853 at the 2020 census. History Keyser, the county seat of Mineral County, is ...

and

Grantsville, Maryland Grantsville is a town in the northern part of Garrett County, Maryland, United States, near the Pennsylvania border. The population was 968 as of the 2020 census. History Grantsville, half a mile west of the Casselman River, began as a small Amis ...

are served

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(formerly Adelphia).