WFMD
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| Broadcast area | Frederick, Maryland Hagerstown, Maryland |
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| Frequency | 930 kHz |
| Branding | "Free Talk 930 WFMD" |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WFRE | |
| History | |
First air date | 1936 |
Call sign meaning | W Frederick MarylanD |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 31136 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 2,500 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°24′55.0″N 77°27′41.0″W / 39.415278°N 77.461389°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WFMD Webstream |
| Website | WFMD Online |
WFMD is a News/Talk/Sports-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Frederick, Maryland, serving the Frederick/Hagerstown area.[1] WFMD is owned and operated by Connoisseur Media.[2]
Sale
WFMD, along with its sister station WFRE, were put into a trust by owner Clear Channel Communications with the intention to sell the stations in August 2008.[3]
On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would acquire WFMD and sister station WFRE from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its Erie, Pennsylvania cluster to iHeartMedia.[4][5] The sale closed on May 20, 2019.[6]
References
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ "WFMD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ Waters Jr., Ed (August 7, 2008). "WFMD, WFRE put on the market". Frederick News-Post.
- ^ "iHeartMedia & Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick & Erie". RadioInsight. 27 March 2019.
- ^ cjfairfield@newspost.com, CJ Fairfield. "Two Frederick radio stations acquired by Connoisseur Media". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ No New Station Sales In FCC Database Tuesday Morning
External links
- Free Talk 930 WFMD Online
- Facility details for Facility ID WFMD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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