WSHE (AM)
| Frequency | 820 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | The Gamut |
| Programming | |
| Format | Freeform, Federal News Radio Sports programming |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WTLP | |
| History | |
First air date | December 15, 1960 (as WMHI) |
Former call signs | WWWB (9/2007-2008) WTWT (5/2007-9/2007) WTOP (2006-5/2007) WXTR (1996-2006) WQSI (1988-1996) WZYQ (1975-1988) WMHI (1960-1975) |
Former frequencies | 1370 kHz (1960-1987) |
Call sign meaning | disambiguation of sister station, and a former simulcast of, WFED |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 74104 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 4,300 watts Day 430 watts Night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°24′42.0″N 77°28′20.0″W / 39.411667°N 77.472222°W |
| Translator(s) | 104.5 MHz W283CD |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/thegamut |
WWFD (820 AM) is a radio station in the Washington, D.C. region, licensed to Frederick, Maryland. The station simulcasts a freeform music format known as "The Gamut", which originates on the HD3 subchannels of WTOP and its full-power rebroadcasters (WTLP and WWWT). WWFD also carries Washington Capitals and Washington Nationals sports programming and some weekend specialty programming of Federal News Radio network flagship station 1500 WFED.[1]
Sunday evening syndicated programming on The Gamut includes American Standards By The Sea, Anything Anything with Rich Russo and Little Steven's Underground Garage.
History
WWFD simulcast the main signal of WTOP from December 18th, 2000 to June 27th, 2007, Washington Post Radio and its successor Talk Radio 3WT in 2007 and 2008, and Federal News Radio from 2008 to 2013. Prior to 2001, the station ran a country format.
WWFD was the first analog home of The Gamut, beginning its simulcast on March 20, 2013. The Gamut later added a translator on 104.3 (W282BA) in Leesburg, Virginia that was previously used to repeat the main signal of WTOP-FM. This translator was given a power boost, moved to 104.5 (prompting a callsign change to W283CD) and relocated to Sterling in 2015. In February 2016, independently-owned translator W252DC signed on from Great Falls, Virginia on 98.3.
Construction permits have been issued to move both translators to Bethesda, Maryland for metro-wide coverage, at which point W283CD would begin repeating WBQH under the FCC's AM revitalization program. [2][3]
WWFD has applied to move FM translator W255AQ from Lock Haven, PA to Frederick to carry WWFD's programming on the FM band.
Translators
The Gamut is also broadcast on the HD3 subchannels of WTOP-FM, WWWT, and WTLP.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W283CD | 104.5 FM | Sterling, Virginia | 138906 | 160 | D | LMS | Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting |
| W252DC | 98.3 FM | Reston, Virginia | 138737 | 250 | D | LMS | Owned by Reston Translator, LLC |
References
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WWFD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID W283CD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database