WFRB-FM

WFRB-FM
City of license	Frostburg, Maryland
Broadcast area	Central and Western Maryland
Branding	Big Froggy 105.3
Slogan	Today's Best Country Always A Better Variety
Frequency	105.3 MHz
First air date	1965
Format	Country
ERP	13,500 watts
HAAT	292 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	71869
Callsign meaning	W FRostBurg
Affiliations	ABC Radio News The Lia Show After Midnite
Owner	Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Webcast	WFRB Webstream
Website	WFRB Online

WFRB-FM is a country music station that broadcasts from Finzel, Maryland. Because the station's tower is near the summit of Big Savage Mountain, its signal covers a great distance. WFRB-FM can be heard from Fairmont, West Virginia to Frederick, Maryland east-west and from Altoona, Pennsylvania to Winchester, Virginia north-south.

Translator

Before having a strong signal, WFRB-FM needed a translator in Downtown Cumberland, which still remains. WFRB-FM previously simulcast on 98.5 on station W253AB. The translator was to lose the 98.5 frequency to WKEL, but a last minute change of plans, moved WKEL from Meyersdale, Pennsylvania to Confluence, Pennsylvania. This move allowed W253AB to remain on the air on 98.5 FM and continue to serve Downtown Cumberland.

In June 2012, WFRB received an application from the FCC to move W253AB from 98.5 FM to 105.7 FM under the callsign W289BR. The switchover from 98.5 to 105.7 took place on August 15, 2012. The translator served Downtown Cumberland until April 2015, when the 105.7 became a repeater of WTBO and turned to an adult contemporary station under the name "105.7 the River". There currently is no repeater for WFRB-FM in Downtown Cumberland.

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External links

Big Froggy 105.3 Online

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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 WCBC WCBC-FM WCMD WDYK WDZN WELD WELD-FM WFRB WFRB-FM WFWM WHMG-LP WKLP WLIC WQWV WQZS WQZK-FM WRQE WSKE WTBO WVDS WVMD WVSB WWPN WZSK

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Country radio stations in the state of Maryland

Stations	WAAI – Hurlock WAYZ – Hagerstown WBEY-FM – Crisfield WFRB-FM – Frostburg WFRE – Frederick WICL – Williamsport WINX-FM – Cambridge WKHI - Fruitland WKIK – La Plata WKIK-FM – California WKTT – Salisbury WPOC – Baltimore WRYD – Snow Hill WWFG – Ocean City WWHQ – Oakland WXCY – Havre de Grace

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland

Coordinates: 39°41′02″N 78°57′58″W / 39.684°N 78.966°W / 39.684; -78.966

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