WVMD

Infobox Radio station
name = WVMD


city = Midland, Maryland
area = Cumberland, Maryland
Frostburg, Maryland
branding = "99.5 The Wolf"
slogan =
airdate = April 1, 2008
frequency = 99.5 MHz
format = Country
power =
erp = 920 watts
haat = 254 meters
class = A
callsign_meaning = West Virginia MarylanD
former_callsigns =
owner = West Virginia Radio Corporation
licensee = West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies
sister_stations = WCMD, WDYK, WKLP, WQZK,
webcast =
website = [http://www.tristateswolf.com/ WVMD Online]
affiliations = John Boy and Billy

WVMD is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Midland, Maryland, serving the Frostburg/Cumberland area. WVMD is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.

History

WVMD was scheduled to come on the air sometime in early 2007, but finally launched with a smooth jazz format on April 1, 2008 at 12:00 midnight. Later that afternoon, a man named "Stu" claimed to have broken into and taken the radio station "hostage", playing only Country and demanding that the owner of the station bring back the John Boy and Billy show. John Boy and Billy had previously aired on WQZK, then an active rock station, which West Virginia Radio Corporation purchased in December 2006 and subsequently changed the format to Contemporary Hit Radio.

On the afternoon of April 2, it was announced that the smooth jazz format and the man named "Stu" were part of an April Fools' Day joke and that the station "would" in fact, carrying a country music format.

The 99.5 frequency was previously home to a translator of Cumberland area radio station WCBC-FM.

Locally produced "Sunday Morning Bluegrass", which was previously heard on WROG (which is moving to Chambersburg, PA), moved to WVMD on September 7th, 2008.

Transmission

WVMD's transmitter is located near Frostburg and the station's main signal has trouble reaching Downtown Cumberland.

As such, West Virginia Radio Corporation has applied for an FM booster, WVMD-1, to be located in Cumberland. The booster's antenna will be located off Virginia Avenue, near Queen Street near the center of the city. This central location will allow the booster to provide complete coverage of Cumberland.

External links

* [http://www.tristateswolf.com/ 99.5 The Wolf Online]
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* [http://www.greerindustries.com/radio.html West Virginia Radio Corporation]