WDZN

WDZN
City Midland, Maryland
Broadcast area Cumberland, Maryland
Frostburg, Maryland
Branding 99.5 WDZN
Slogan Cumberland's Classic Hits
Frequency 99.5 MHz
Repeater(s) 99.5 WDZN-FM1 (Cumberland)
First air date April 1, 2008 (as WVMD)
Format Classic hits
Power 1,050 watts
HAAT 240 meters (790 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 166026
Transmitter coordinates 39°40′29.50″N 78°57′43.30″W / 39.6748611°N 78.9620278°W / 39.6748611; -78.9620278
Callsign meaning disambiguation of "Disney"
former WVMD callsign and format
Former callsigns WVMD (2007-2012)
Owner West Virginia Radio Corporation
(West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations WCMD, WDYK, WKLP, WQZK, WVMD
Webcast WDZN Webstream
Website WDZN Online

WDZN is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Midland, Maryland, serving the Frostburg/Cumberland area. WDZN is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.

History

Originally known as WVMD, the station was scheduled to begin broadcasting sometime in early 2007, but finally launched with a smooth jazz format on April 1, 2008 at 12:00 midnight. Later that afternoon, a man named "Stu" claimed to have broken into and taken the radio station "hostage", playing only Country and demanding that the owner of the station bring back the John Boy and Billy show. John Boy and Billy had previously aired on WQZK, then an active rock station, which West Virginia Radio Corporation purchased in December 2006 and subsequently changed the format to Contemporary Hit Radio.

On the afternoon of April 2, it was announced that the smooth jazz format and the man named "Stu" were part of an April Fools' Day joke and that the station would in fact, be carrying a country music format.

The 99.5 frequency was previously home to a translator of Cumberland area radio station WCBC-FM.

Locally produced "Sunday Morning Bluegrass", which was previously heard on WROG, moved to WVMD on September 7, 2008.

On August 10, 2012, the station changed its call sign and its format to WDZN as part of a swap with its Romney, West Virginia-based sister station, 100.1 FM.

On October 3, 2016 WDZN changed their format from active rock to classic hits.[1]

FM Booster

WDZN's transmitter is located near Frostburg and the station's main signal has trouble reaching downtown Cumberland.

As such, West Virginia Radio Corporation applied for an FM booster, WDZN-FM1, located in Cumberland. The booster's antenna is located off Virginia Avenue, near Queen Street near the center of the city. This central location allows the booster to provide complete coverage of Cumberland.

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license ERP
W 		Class FCC info
WDZN-FM1 99.5 Cumberland, Maryland 750 watts D FCC

References

  1. ↑ WDZN Moves to Classic Hits Radioinsight - October 3, 2016


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