WVMD

For the Midland, Maryland radio station that held the call sign WVMD at 99.5 FM from 2007 to 2012, see WDZN.

WVMD
City	Romney, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Romney, West Virginia Cumberland, Maryland
Branding	"100.1 The Wolf"
Slogan	"The Biggest Hits and The Biggest Stars"
Frequency	100.1 MHz
Translator(s)	99.9 W260BP (Cumberland, MD)
First air date	1988 (as WJJB)
Format	Country
ERP	900 Watts
HAAT	251 Meters
Class	A
Facility ID	10657
Transmitter coordinates	39°25′20.0″N 78°47′25.0″W / 39.422222°N 78.790278°W / 39.422222; -78.790278
Former callsigns	WPBB (1985-1988) WJJB (1988-1998) WDZN (1998-2012)
Owner	West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations	WCMD, WDYK, WDZN, WKLP, WQZK
Webcast	WVMD Webstream
Website	WVMD Online

WVMD is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Romney, West Virginia, serving the Romney/Cumberland area. WVMD is owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation.

History

The genesis of WVMD was WPBB, originally intended as a service for the blind. It was founded by Martin John Fenik and Peter Keim Hons of Pisces Broadcasting in 1984.^[1] WVMD was formerly WJJB and played an Adult Contemporary format under the name "Jib 100". Their top-of-the-hour ID would be as follows: "WJJB-FM...Romney, West Virginia...", followed by the striking of a ship's bell that would tell the time at that hour. The "Jib" name and the bells on-the-hour were due in part to the owner, at that time, being a former sailor. WJJB switched their call letters to WDZN and their format to Radio Disney on September 4, 1998.

Logo used when WVMD broadcast on 99.5 FM.

WVMD also broadcasts on translator W260BP, on 99.9 FM, for Downtown Cumberland, where WVMD's main signal is blocked by the many hills.

WVMD was owned by Charter Equities, Inc. until March 2007, when it was sold to Grandview Media, LLC. WVMD's studios are located in Downtown Cumberland.

In May 2011, Grandview Media, LLC sold the then-WDZN and translator W260BP to West Virginia Radio Corporation for $220,000. On July 15, 2011, WDZN switched to Active Rock as "Z100".

On August 10, 2012, the station changed its call sign to WVMD and its format to Country as part of a swap with its Midland, Maryland-based sister station, 99.5 FM.

References

↑ "Broadcasting magazine" (PDF). January 9, 1984.

External links

100.1 The Wolf Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVMD

Radio-Locator information on WVMD

Radio stations in the Cumberland, Maryland market

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By AM frequency	560 690 1040 1230 1270 1390 1450

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

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West Virginia Radio Corporation

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FM Radio Stations:	WAJR-FM WBRB WBTQ WDNE-FM WDYK WDZN WELK WFBY WFGM-FM WICL WJLS-FM WKAZ-FM WKKW WKWS WLTF WQZK-FM WRVZ WSWW-FM WVAF WVAQ WVMD WWLW

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