WFWM

WFWM
City	Frostburg, Maryland
Broadcast area	Frostburg, Maryland Cumberland, Maryland
Frequency	91.9 MHz
Format	Public radio
ERP	1,300 watts
HAAT	434.0 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	22791
Transmitter coordinates	39°34′54.00″N 78°53′53.00″W / 39.5816667°N 78.8980556°W / 39.5816667; -78.8980556
Former callsigns	WGTK (1984-1984)
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	Frostburg State University
Website	wfwm.org

Radio Station WFWM is a public broadcast radio station headquartered at Frostburg State University in the Stangle Building. WFWM provides 24 hours of cultural and educational programming to the western most area of Maryland and adjacent areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. WFWM's main transmitter is located on Dans Mountain in Midland, Maryland and operates at a frequency of 91.9 MHz. A secondary transmitter is located in Oakland, Maryland and operates at a frequency of 96.3 MHz.

Some of WFWM's daily programming includes: locally produced programming and news as well as the public syndicate network of National Public Radio (NPR), the Associated Press, and National Weather Service. WFWM's musical programming includes: Classical, Jazz, Big Band, Blues, Celtic, Bluegrass, World, and Alternative, but most of its time is devoted to NPR and PRI news and talk programming and classical music. To provide experiential learning opportunities in radio operations for students, WFWM also hosts a student-run station called XFSR, Frostburg Student Radio. XFSR is an intranet radio station only broadcasting over the Frostburg State University network and not on the internet.

History

The station went on the air as WGTK on 1984-05-17. On 1984-06-19, the station changed its call sign to the current WFWM.^[1]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WFWM is relayed by an additional translator to widen its broadcast area.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W242AD	96.3	Oakland, Maryland	100	D	FCC

References

↑ "WFWM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFWM

Radio-Locator information on WFWM

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFWM

Radio stations in the Cumberland, Maryland market

By AM frequency	560 690 1040 1230 1270 1390 1450

By AM 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 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

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in West Virginia

Radio stations in the Kingwood, West Virginia–Oakland, Maryland market

By AM frequency	1050 1560

By FM frequency	90.3 92.3 96.3 96.7 104.5 107.7

By callsign	W242AD WAIJ WFSP WFSP-FM WKHJ WKMM WMSG WWHQ

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in West Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland

NPR member stations in the state of Maryland

Stations	Baltimore WEAA Baltimore WYPR Frederick WYPF Frostburg WFWM Hagerstown WGMS Ocean City WRAU Ocean City WSDL Ocean City WYPO Princess Anne WESM Salisbury WSCL Towson WTMD Worton WKHS

See also List of NPR stations

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

Maryland college radio stations

WBJC (Baltimore Junior College) WEAA (Morgan State University) WESM (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) WFWM (Frostburg State University) WHFC (Harford Community College) WLOY (Loyola College) WMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) WMTB (Mount St. Marys College) WMUC (University of Maryland) WSCL (Salisbury University) WTMD (Towson University) WXSU (Salisbury University)

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

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