WCBC-FM (107.1 FM) is a
classic hits
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formatted
broadcast radio station
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licensed to
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, i ...
, serving the
Cumberland/
Frostburg "metro" area. WCBC-FM is owned and operated by Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation.
History
WCBC-FM began in 1990 as WKZG, always owned by Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation. The call letters were changed in 1994 to WCBC-FM, to match sister station
WCBC 1270 AM. Previously, the WCBC-FM call letters were used between 1963-1969 by a
Christian radio station in
Baltimore
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, broadcasting on 105.7
MHz
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. The call letters stood for "Christian Broadcasting Company" and the station also used the advertising slogan "Where Christ Brings Comfort".
That frequency is now
WJZ-FM
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's in Baltimore.
Sports coverage
WCBC-FM is also the home of
NASCAR
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Nationwide Series
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,
Camping World Truck Series, and
Sprint Cup racing. WCBC carries all races from
MRN Radio
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and
PRN Radio, plus most (if not all) MRN and PRN programming.
Translator information
WCBC-FM had a translator in Cumberland on 99.5 FM. The 99.5 signal was supplanted by the new, full-power station
WVMD
WVMD is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Romney, West Virginia, serving the Romney/ Cumberland area. WVMD is owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation.
History
The genesis of WVMD was WPBB, originally intended as a servic ...
in April 2008.
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