WCMD (AM)

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WCMD

City of license	Cumberland, Maryland
Broadcast area	Cumberland, Maryland Frostburg, Maryland
Branding	"ESPN Radio 1230"
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	1948
Format	Sports radio
Power	1,000 watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	49381
Callsign meaning	W Cumberland MarylanD
Former callsigns	WNTR, WCUM
Affiliations	ESPN Radio West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	West Virginia Radio Corporation
Sister stations	WQZK, WDYK, WDZN, WKLP, WVMD
Website	1230espnam.com

WCMD is a sports radio formatted broadcast radio station affiliated with ESPN Radio.

WCMD is licensed to Cumberland, Maryland, serving the Cumberland/Frostburg area. WCMD is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.

Sale of station

In Late April 2008, Broadcast Communications, Inc. sold WCMD to West Virginia Radio Corporation for $350,000.^[1] The sale of WCMD is possibly due to Broadcast Communications, Inc.'s intention to move WROG to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Logo used until August 2008.

Previous formats

On August 4, under its new ownership by West Virginia Radio Corporation, WCMD switched its adult standards format to become an affiliate of ESPN Radio.^[2] This marks a return to the talk/sports radio format it had in the late 1990s/early 2000s as an evening/weekend affiliate of One on One Sports/Sporting News Radio.

Prior to One on One Sports, the station aired inexpensive talk shows. After Sporting News Radio, it switched formats several times, trying smooth jazz, classic country, and Adult standards respectively. During the 1970s under the callsign WCUM, it had Top-40 CHR and Adult Contemporary formats. For a while starting in 1974-75, the station moved to an automation system and simulcast with then-sister station WCUM-FM, later WROG. In its heyday as a Top 40 station, it used the slogan "The Fun One".

References

↑ BIA Financial Networks. "Deals - 04/28/2008". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
↑ "ESPN Radio hits Cumberland airways". Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

External links

ESPN Radio 1230 Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCMD

Radio-Locator Information on WCMD

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCMD

v t e Radio stations in the Cumberland, Maryland market

By FM frequency	89.5 90.3 91.9 93.3 94.1 97.1 98.5 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.7 103.9 104.1 104.3 105.3 106.1 107.1

By AM frequency	560 690 1040 1230 1270 1390 1450

By callsign	W253AB W260BP W271AT W280CF WAIJ WAUA WCBC WCBC-FM WCMD WDYK WDZN WELD WELD-FM WFRB WFRB-FM WFWM WHMG-LP WKGO WKLP WLIC WQWV WQZS WQZK-FM WSKE WTBO WVMD WVSB WWPN WZSK

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury-Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in West Virginia

v t e Sports Radio Stations in the state of Maryland

Stations:	WCEM - Cambridge WCMD - Cumberland WJDY - Salisbury WJFK - Morningside WJZ - Baltimore WJZ-FM - Baltimore WNST - Towson WQLL - Pikesville WSPZ - Bethesda WSRY - Elkton WTGM - Salisbury WWXT - Prince Frederick¹

¹ = WWXT operates as a full-time simulcast of Washington, D. C.-licensed WTEM.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e ESPN Radio stations in the state of Maryland

Full-time affiliates	Bethesda WSPZ Elkton WSRY Baltimore WJZ Cambridge WCEM Cumberland WCMD Prince Frederick WWXT¹ Washington WTEM

Part-time affiliates	Snow Hill WAMS-FM Cumberland WCBC

¹ = WWXT operates as a full-time simulcast of Washington, D. C.-licensed WTEM.

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e West Virginia Radio Corporation

FM Radio Stations:	WAJR-FM WBRB WBTQ WDNE-FM WDYK WDZN WELK WFBY WFGM-FM WKAZ-FM WKKW WKWS WQZK-FM WRVZ WSWW-FM WVAF WVAQ WVMD WWLW

AM Radio Stations:	WAJR WBUC WCHS WCMD WDNE WKAZ WKLP WSWW

Sale Pending:	WJLS WJLS-FM

Radio Networks:	West Virginia MetroNews

Coordinates: 39°38′36″N 78°44′35″W / 39.64333°N 78.74306°W / 39.64333; -78.74306

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