Media in Cumberland, MD-WV-PA
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Cumberland, Maryland 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.
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[edit] Print
- Cumberland Times-News (Cumberland)
- Allegany Magazine (Cumberland)
- Daily American (Somerset, PA)
- Bedford Gazette (Bedford, PA)
- Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune (Keyser, WV)
- Morgan Messenger (Berkeley Springs, WV)
[edit] 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-AM 560/FM 105.3, WKGO-FM 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.
[edit] FM band
| Call Letters | Frequency | City | Format | Owner | Notes | |
| WAIJ | 90.3 | Grantsville, Maryland | Religious | He's Alive, Inc. | simulcasts on WLIC-FM/Frostburg | |
| WFWM | 91.9 | Frostburg, Maryland | Public Radio/NPR | Frostburg State University | simulcasts on 96.3 in Oakland | |
| WQZS | 93.3 | Meyersdale, Pennsylvania | Oldies | Roger Wahl | branded as "QZ-93" | |
| WQZK | 94.1 | Keyser, West Virginia | Contemporary Hit Radio | West Virginia Radio Corporation | switched to CHR on 01/09/07 | |
| WLIC | 97.1 | Frostburg, Maryland | Religious | He's Alive, Inc. | simulcasts WAIJ-FM/Grantsville | |
| W253AB | 98.5 | Cumberland, Maryland | Country | WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC | simulcasts WFRB-FM/Frostburg | |
| WVMD | 99.5 | Midland, Maryland | Country | West Virginia Radio Corporation | branded as "The Wolf" | |
| WDZN | 100.1 | Romney, West Virginia | Radio Disney | Charter Equities, Inc. | ||
| WDYK | 100.5 | Ridgeley, West Virginia | Adult Contemporary | West Virginia Radio Corporation | recently signed on | |
| WWPN | 101.1 | Westernport, Maryland | Contemporary Christian | Ernest F. Santmyire | branded as "Spirit 101" | |
| W271AT | 102.1 | Cumberland, Maryland | West Virginia Radio Corporation | simulcasting WQZK to Cumberland proper | ||
| WROG | 102.9 | Cumberland, Maryland | Country | Broadcast Communications, Inc. | ||
| W280CF | 103.9 | Cumberland, Maryland | Religious | Cedar Ridge Children's Home & School, Inc. | re-broadcasts on WCRH-FM/Williamsport, MD | |
| WVSB | 104.1 | Romney, West Virginia | Classic Country | West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind | ||
| WFRB | 105.3 | Frostburg, Maryland | Country | WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC | markets #1 station | |
| WKGO | 106.1 | Cumberland, Maryland | Classic Rock/Modern Rock | WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC | branded as "Go 106" | |
| WCBC | 107.1 | Keyser, West Virginia | Oldies | Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation | branded as "Oldies 107" |
- all stations listed cover Cumberland with a city grade signal
[edit] AM band
| Call Letters | Frequency | City | Format | Owner | Notes |
| WFRB | 560 | Frostburg, Maryland | Standards/Big Band | WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC | re-broadcasts on WTBO-AM/Cumberland |
| WCMD | 1230 | Cumberland, Maryland | Standards/Big Band | Broadcast Communications, Inc. | was top 40 WCUM in the '60s |
| WCBC | 1270 | Cumberland, Maryland | Full Service | Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation | #1 AM Station |
| WTBO | 1450 | Cumberland, Maryland | Standards/Big Band | WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC | simulcasts on WFRB-AM/Frostburg |
- all stations listed cover Cumberland with a city grade signal
[edit] Local news
Local TV news is provided by Hagerstown station, WHAG-TV NBC-25. Rarely though is Cumberland or any part of Western Maryland featured unless it is a large story.
[edit] TV station
Cumberland is home to TBN translator, W43BP, broadcast from nearby Cresaptown, Maryland. 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 Atlantic Broadband cable channel 49 for Cumberland, Frostburg, and Keyser. W43BP is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network.
[edit] Cable television
Atlantic Broadband provides cable service to Cumberland. Nearby communities Frostburg, Maryland, Keyser, West Virginia and Grantsville, Maryland are served Comcast (formerly Adelphia).
