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Radio Stations In Maryland
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Maryland which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WBIS * WGBG * WHFS (historic) * WHRF * WRYR-LP See also * Maryland media ** List of newspapers in Maryland ** List of television stations in Maryland ** Media of locales in Maryland: Baltimore, College Park, Cumberland, Frederick, Gaithersburg References Bibliography * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Maryland, DC, Delaware Broadcasters AssociationW3EAX Amateur Radio Association University of Maryland (est. circa 1934) Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club Images File:James Harris Rogers in Maryland circa 1910s Library of Congress ggb2006003458.jpg, Radio inventor James Harris Rogers at his lab in Prince George's County, Maryland, circa 1910s File:WJSV radio transmitter in Wheaton Maryland circa 1940s Library of Congress th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAYZ
WAYZ is a country music formatted broadcast radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ... licensed to Hagerstown, Maryland, serving the Four-State Area. In Pennsylvania, WAYZ can be heard clearly in parts of southwestern York county, and in all of Adams, Franklin, and Fulton Counties. WAYZ can be heard as far east as western Baltimore, and as far south as NW suburbs of Washington, DC. WAYZ is owned and operated by VerStandig Broadcasting. FM 104.7 came on the air in 1946 as WJEJ-FM (sister to WJEJ 1240). Until 2000 the station was known as easy listening/beautiful music formatted WWMD under Hagerstown Broadcasting; it was then traded to Verstandig for 101.5 FM and $2.5 million. References External links 104.7 WAYZ Online* AYZ Radio stations establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCEI-FM
WCEI-FM (96.7 FM, "96.7 WCEI") is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to serve Easton, Maryland, United States, the station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC. The station's broadcast tower is located near Wye Mills, Maryland at (). Although WCEI is officially licensed to Easton, the station's reach includes even the Baltimore area, as it can be heard clearly in most parts of the city and surrounding areas. History The station went on the air as WEMD-FM in 1975 simulcasting its AM sister station WEMD which had a MOR format along with news, farm reports, local happenings, etc. In its beginning WEMD-FM was a 3,000 watt station but sometime in the mid-late 1980s (by this time WCEI-FM) the station asked for a power increase due to the fact that it was an EAS Carrier and needed a more powerful reach and penetration into businesses and homes. The ask was roughly for 10,000 watts but the station was given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCBM
WCBM (680 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by WCBM Maryland, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format, calling itself "Talk Radio 680 WCBM." The radio studios and offices are on York Road in Lutherville, off the Baltimore Beltway ( Interstate 695). By day, WCBM transmits 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations; but to protect other stations on 680 AM, at night it reduces power to 20,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with a six-tower array. The transmitter is off Marriottsville Road in Randallstown. Programming is also heard on 220-watt FM translator W260BV at 99.9 MHz in Aberdeen, Maryland. History Early Years WCBM first signed on the air in 1924. The original studios were in the Hotel Chateau, located at the northwest corner of Charles Street and North Avenue. The call letters - Chateau Baltimore Maryland, are derived from the hotel's name. The Chateau was also home to the drugstore where D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCBC (AM)
WCBC (1270 Hertz, kHz) is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station that serves the greater area of Cumberland, Maryland. WCBC provides news coverage: locally, regionally, and nationally; weather forecasts; participation in major community events to promote the area and its organizations by way of remote broadcasts and community service announcements. WCBC's programming includes the long running Dave Norman Morning Program, and network affiliations with ABC Radio Network (Network news and Sean Hannity), the Westwood One Radio Network (Jim Bohannon), Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Premiere Networks (Coast to Coast AM with George Noory), Talk Radio Network (Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage), SportsMap Network, and the Focus on the Family Radio Network. The station's sports programming includes coverage of local high school football and basketball, Allegany College of Maryland basketball, and West Virginia University football and basketball, Washington Commanders football, and area little leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IHM Licenses, LLC
iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings, Inc. was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., and Clear Channel Communications, Inc., became iHeartCommunications, Inc. Overview iHeartMedia, Inc. specializes in radio broadcasting, podcasting, digital and live events through division iHeartMedia (sans "Inc." suffix; formerly Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Clear Channel Radio, et al.) and subsidiary iHeartMedia and Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCAO
WCAO (600 AM broadcasting, AM "Heaven 600") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. It broadcasts an urban gospel radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It also airs some Christian talk and teaching programs. The radio studio, studios and offices are located at The Rotunda (Baltimore), The Rotunda shopping center in Baltimore. WCAO is powered at 5,000 watts. To protect other stations on AM 600, it uses a four-tower array directional antenna at all times. To improve its sound quality, WCAO broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The transmitter is off Garrison Forest Road at Caves Woods Road in Owings Mills, Maryland. Programming is also heard on the HD-2 digital subchannel of co-owned 102.7 WQSR. History Early years Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, in charge of radio at the time, adopted a regulation formally establishing a broadcasting station category, which set aside the wavelength of 360 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBYC-LP
WBYC-LP is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Crisfield, Maryland, serving Crisfield and Hopewell in 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 south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to .... WBYC-LP is owned and operated by The Somerset County Arts Council. References External links 107.3 WBYC Online* 2016 establishments in Maryland Variety radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2016 BYC-LP BYC-LP {{Maryland-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBQH
WBQH (1050 AM) is a Radio broadcasting station in the Washington, D.C. region, licensed to Silver Spring, Maryland. It broadcasts a Regional Mexican format. History The station signed on December 7, 1946 as WGAY, airing a beautiful music format. It was believed that WGAY was named for one-time owner, Connie B. Gay, though it was merely coincidental; at the time, "beautiful music" connoted a "bright and gay" happy sound. However, Gay bought the station in the late 1950s/early 1960s. It was later purported that the station initially broadcast government job openings, and that WGAY stood for "Government And You." The original owners and operators, Ed Winton and Bob Chandler, are credited with creating the beautiful music format, which was mostly instrumental music, with orchestral covers of showtunes, soundtrack excerpts, and standard popular songs. Chandler was known to arrange for recording of music that he did not have in the station's library. In addition, on Sunday afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD (channel 42), and sister radio stations WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI and WRDE-FM. History The station went on the air December 24, 1976 as WOLC, a religious station owned by Maranatha, Inc. (not to be confused with the unrelated Maranatha Broadcasting Company, the owners of WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania). In August 2015, Maranatha agreed to sell WOLC to Draper Holdings Business Trust, owner of WBOC-TV, and took the station off the air on August 18. Draper moved WOLC's studios from Princess Anne to the Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBMD
WBMD (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the station is Baltimore's outlet for the Catholic-oriented Relevant Radio network. Because it shares the same frequency as " clear channel" station WSB in Atlanta, Georgia; WBMD broadcasts only during the daytime hours. History WBMD began broadcasting November 27, 1947, on 750 kHz with 1 kW power (daytime only). The station was licensed to Key Broadcasting Corporation, with studios at 2 West Eager Street in Baltimore. In the 1950s-1960s, the station aired daily religious programs by a number of local ministers, who bought airtime in 15- or 30-minute blocks. Sunday afternoons in the 1960s featured ethnic programs, such as Greek and German language shows. In the 1990s, WBMD's schedule continued its focus on religious programming. In 1994, WBMD's ownership, Sconnix Broadcasting, sold the station, along with FM sister station WQSR (105.7), to American Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBJC
WBJC (91.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by Baltimore City Community College and it airs a classical music radio format. WBJC holds periodic fundraisers on the air to pay for the station's expenses. The radio studios and offices are on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore. WBJC has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts, the maximum for most stations in Maryland. Its transmitter tower is off Reisterstown Road at Interstate 695 in Pikesville, Maryland, at (). History WBJC signed on in . It originally broadcast on 88.1 MHz with a 250 watt transmitter obtained from military surplus by Edward Arnold, chief engineer. It served as a workshop for his students of radio in the Department of Speech, Drama and Radio. The radio department was headed by Clarence DeHaven at the Baltimore Junior College, which shared the campus of the Baltimore high school known as Baltimore City College. WBJC's antenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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