Media in Cumberland, Maryland explained

Cumberland, Maryland, has several media outlets, most carrying some form of satellite programming. WCBC-AM and the Cumberland Times-News actively collect their local news content, while WFRB-FM has some local news content, but do not actively collect it.

Aside from some local news programming, virtually no mass media content originates from Cumberland. The local media tends to rebroadcast Hagerstown, Baltimore and Washington, DC, television stations for news coverage.

Commercial Media is available from such companies as Allegany Media, and Commercial Video. Both companies as based out of Cumberland, Maryland.

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Radio

Cumberland is served by 18 radio stations, 14 FM and 4 AM. Most are owned by local companies, such as WTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC, which owns WFRB 560/WFRB-FM 105.3, WRQE 106.1 and WTBO-AM 1450; Cumberland Broadcasting Company owns two stations, WCBC-AM 1270/FM 107.1. Others are owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation out of nearby Morgantown, WV.

FM band

Call LettersFrequencyCityFormatOwnerNotes
WAIJ90.3Grantsville, MarylandReligiousHe's Alive, Inc.simulcasts on WLIC-FM/Frostburg
WFWM91.9Frostburg, MarylandPublic Radio/NPRFrostburg State Universitysimulcasts on 96.3 in Oakland
WQZS93.3Meyersdale, PennsylvaniaOldiesRoger Wahlbranded as "QZ-93"
WQZK94.1Keyser, West VirginiaContemporary Hit RadioWest Virginia Radio Corporationswitched to CHR on 01/09/07
WLIC97.1Frostburg, MarylandReligiousHe's Alive, Inc.simulcasts WAIJ-FM/Grantsville
W253AB98.5Cumberland, MarylandCountryWTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLCsimulcasts WFRB-FM/Frostburg
WDZN99.5Midland, MarylandCountryWest Virginia Radio Corporationbranded as "The Wolf"
WVMD100.1Romney, West VirginiaActive RockWest Virginia Radio Corporationsimulcasts on 99.9 in Cumberland
WDYK100.5Ridgeley, West VirginiaAdult ContemporaryWest Virginia Radio Corporationbranded as Magic 100.5
WWPN101.1Westernport, MarylandContemporary ChristianErnest F. Santmyirebranded as "Spirit 101"
W271AT102.1Cumberland, MarylandContemporary Hit RadioWest Virginia Radio Corporationsimulcasting WQZK to Cumberland proper
W280CF103.9Cumberland, MarylandReligiousCedar Ridge Children's Home & School, Inc.re-broadcasts on WCRH-FM/Williamsport, MD
WVXS104.1Romney, West VirginiaClassic CountryWest Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
WFRB-FM105.3Frostburg, MarylandCountryWTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLCmarket's #1 station
WRQE106.1Cumberland, MarylandClassic Rock/Modern RockWTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLCbranded as "Rocky 106"
WCBC-FM107.1Keyser, West VirginiaOldiesCumberland Broadcasting Corporationbranded as "Oldies 107"

AM band

Call LettersFrequencyCityFormatOwnerNotes
WFRB560Frostburg, MarylandNews/Talk/SportsWTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC
WCMD1230Cumberland, MarylandAll Sports/ESPNWest Virginia Radio Corporationswas top 40 WCUM in the '60s
WCBC1270Cumberland, MarylandFull ServiceCumberland Broadcasting Corporation
  1. 1 AM Station
WTBO1450Cumberland, MarylandStandards/SportsWTBO-WKGO Corporation, LLC

Television

Cumberland and the surrounding area are part of the Washington, D. C. television market.

Cumberland is home to TBN translator, W43BP, broadcast from nearby Cresaptown, Maryland. Channel 43 covers Cumberland and Frostburg with a city-grade signal simulcasting TBN's main signal. W43BP has requested a "construction permit" to broadcast as a digital (or HD) low-power translator. This will be done "flash-cut" when it does happen. W43BP is carried on Atlantic Broadband cable channel 49 for Cumberland, Frostburg, and Keyser. W43BP is owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Local TV news is provided by Hagerstown station, WDVM-TV 25. Rarely though is Cumberland or any part of Western Maryland featured unless it is a large story.

Cable television

Atlantic Broadband provides cable service to Cumberland. Nearby communities Frostburg, Maryland, Keyser, West Virginia and Grantsville, Maryland are served Comcast (formerly Adelphia).

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