WVMD is a

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-formatted broadcast

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licensed to

Romney, West Virginia Romney is a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Established by consecutive acts of the V ...

, serving the Romney/ Cumberland area. WVMD is owned by

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History

The genesis of WVMD was WPBB, originally intended as a service for the blind. It was founded by Martin John Fenik and Peter Keim Hons of Pisces Broadcasting in 1984. WVMD was formerly WJJB and played an Adult Contemporary format under the name "Jib 100". Their top-of-the-hour ID would be as follows: "WJJB-FM...Romney, West Virginia...", followed by the striking of a ship's bell that would tell the time at that hour. The "Jib" name and the bells on-the-hour were due in part to the owner, at that time, being a former sailor. WJJB switched their call letters to WDZN and their format to Radio Disney on September 4, 1998. WVMD also broadcasts on translator W260BP, on 99.9 FM, for Downtown Cumberland, where WVMD's main signal is blocked by the many hills. WVMD was owned by Charter Equities, Inc. until March 2007, when it was sold to Grandview Media, LLC. WVMD's studios are located in Downtown Cumberland. In May 2011, Grandview Media, LLC sold the then-WDZN and translator W260BP to

for $220,000. On July 15, 2011, WDZN switched to Active Rock as "Z100". On August 10, 2012, the station changed its call sign to WVMD and its format to

as part of a swap with its Midland, Maryland-based sister station, 99.5 FM.

References

External links

100.1 The Wolf Online
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