The Draper Holdings Business Trust is a business trust company, located in

Milton, Delaware Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located on the Broadkill River, which empties into Delaware Bay. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous dec ...

. It is led by Molly Draper Russell, who inherited the company from her father, Thomas Draper, upon his death in 2018. The philanthropic division of the trust, Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., includes WBOC's "Bless Our Children" program which raised and distributed $370,000 in funds in 2016. In 2007, Draper Holdings Business Trust donated a professional broadcast news set to the

University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High ...

to aid in the production of student programming. The set was previously used by WBOC-TV.

Companies owned by the trust

*Loblolly, LLC – Real Estate Holding Company *Draper Media * Delmarva Sports Network - local sports network *Television Stations **

WBOC-TV WBOC-TV (channel 16) is a television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with CBS and Fox. It is the flagship television property of the Milton, Delaware–based Draper Holdings Business Trust, and is co-owned with l ...

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CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

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affiliate **

WRDE-LD WRDE-LD (channel 31) is a low-power television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/ Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-power Cambrid ...

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NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

affiliate **

WBOC-LD WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business ...

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Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

affiliate ** WRUE-LD - satellite of WRDE-LD **

WSJZ-LD WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Busine ...

– satellite of WBOC-LD *Radio Stations **

WBOC-FM WBOC-FM (102.5 MHz) is a radio station that broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format. Licensed to Princess Anne, Maryland, United States, the station is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/ Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (cha ...

– Top 40 radio station **

WAAI WAAI (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Its tower is in Hurlock, Maryland, but broadcasts emanate from its studios in Cambridge, Maryland. It is currently owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as p ...

– Classic country radio station ** WCEM – CBS Sports Radio affiliate **

WCEM-FM WCEM-FM (106.3 MHz, "Coast Country 103.9/106.3") is a radio station playing a country music format. It broadcasts from Cambridge, Maryland. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/ Fox affiliate WBOC-TV ...

– Mainstream Country radio station **

WGBG-FM WGBG-FM (107.7 MHz, "Big 107.7") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fruitland, Maryland with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury, Maryland. The station's 23,000 watt signal can be heard at or near its ...

– Classic rock radio station **

WTDK WTDK (107.1 FM, "The Duck") is a radio station licensed to serve Federalsburg, Maryland. The station is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/ Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (cha ...

– Oldies radio station **

WZBH WZBH (93.5 FM, "93.5 The Beach") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Salisbury, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, Southern Delaware, Virginia, and the rest of Delmarva, with studios and cluster offices located in Salis ...

– Active Rock radio station **

WRDE-FM WRDE-FM (103.9 MHz) is an American radio station in the Delmarva region of Maryland. The station is licensed to serve Berlin, Maryland, although its studios and main offices are located in the larger nearby city of Salisbury. On March 1, 2022, ...

– satellite of WCEM-FM *** WRDE-HD2 - satellite of WTDK *** W282AW/ W286BB - translators of WRDE-HD2

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External links

Draper Holdings Business Trust

Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation
Foundations based in the United States Companies based in Sussex County, Delaware Radio broadcasting companies of the United States