WMDM

WMDM

City	Lexington Park, Maryland
Broadcast area	Southern Maryland Northern Neck
Branding	97-7 The Rocket
Slogan	Southern Maryland's Rock Station
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	1976
Format	Classic rock
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	61314
Former callsigns	WMDM-FM (1976-2006) WYRX (2006-2007) WRKZ (2007-2008) WYRX (2008-2009)
Owner	Somar Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WKIK, WKIK-FM, WPTX, WSMD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	977therocket.com

WMDM is a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Lexington Park, Maryland, serving Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck. WMDM is owned and operated by Somar Communications, Inc.

History

Logo used from March 2009 to December 2009, during their Contemporary Hit Radio format.

Logo used from December 2009 to March 2011, during their Easy Listening/Soft AC format.

WMDM aired an oldies music format prior to May 31, 2006.

On May 31, 2006, the station switched their callsign from WMDM-FM to WYRX and their format to Modern Rock under the branding "The Rocket".

On September 17, 2007, WYRX changed their call sign to WRKZ. The WRKZ calls had been attached to a Pittsburgh rock station until April 2007. The format has evolved into an active rock music format with the addition of artists like Aerosmith, Def Leppard, and Led Zeppelin to the playlist.

On January 22, 2008, WRKZ changed their call letters back to WYRX. Joe Sanchez was the Morning Show host and Program Director until February 2009.

On March 4, 2009, WYRX switched its call sign back to WMDM. On March 21, 2009, WMDM dropped its Active Rock format for adult contemporary and picked up the branding "Magic 97.7".

On April 21, 2009, WMDM brought back "The Rocket" branding and switched its format to Contemporary Hit Radio.

On November 30, 2009, WMDM switched formats to Easy Listening, branded as "Easy 97-7". The new format consists mainly of vocals (as opposed to the original instrumental-oriented Beautiful Music format).

On March 11, 2011, WMDM again changed formats to classic rock and again re-branded themselves as "97-7 The Rocket."

External links

97-7 The Rocket Online

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Radio stations in the Northern Neck (VA/MD) market

By AM frequency	1420 1560 1690

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.7 89.9 89.9 92.3 92.7 97.7 98.3 99.1 101.7 102.1 102.9 104.9 105.5 106.1 107.5 107.9

By callsign	WBQK WCNV WGWS WHRG WHRJ WIGO-FM WKIK WKIK-FM WKWI WMDM WMJS-LP WNNT-FM WPTX WRAR-FM WSMD WTYD WUSH WWXT WXGM WXGM-FM WXMD WXTR

Defunct	WRAR (1000 AM) WSUV-LP (102.3 FM)

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Maryland

By frequency	97.7 100.7 106.1 106.1 107.7

By callsign	WKHI WMDM WRQE WXSH WZBA

By city	Cumberland Fruitland Lexington Park Pocomoke City Westminster

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

Coordinates: 38°16′59″N 76°33′40″W / 38.283°N 76.561°W / 38.283; -76.561

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