WTBO

WTBO
City Cumberland, Maryland
Broadcast area Cumberland, Maryland
Frostburg, Maryland
Keyser, West Virginia
Branding 97.9/1450 WTBO
Slogan The Best Oldies
Frequency 1450 kHz
Translator(s) 97.9 W250CM (Cumberland)
105.7 W289BR (Cumberland)
First air date December 13, 1928[1]
Format Oldies[2]
Power 1,000 watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 74082
Transmitter coordinates 39°38′45.0″N 78°45′8.0″W / 39.645833°N 78.752222°W / 39.645833; -78.752222
Callsign meaning The Best Oldies
Owner Forever Media
(FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations WFRB, WFRB-FM, WRQE
Webcast WTBO Webstream
Website WTBO Online

WTBO is an oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Cumberland, Maryland, serving Cumberland and Frostburg in Maryland and Keyser in West Virginia.[2] WTBO is owned and operated by Forever Media.[3]

History

On December 13, 1928, WTBO signed on for the first time.[1]

On December 26, 2006, Chazz Offutt collapsed and died, at the age of 66, during his daily morning show on WTBO and sister-station WFRB.[4]

On April 1, 2015, WTBO (after six hours of stunting with various versions of "Proud Mary") changed their format to Adult Contemporary, branded as "105.7 The River".[5] WTBO and sister stations WFRB, WFRB-FM, and WKGO were sold by Dix Communications to Forever Media for $4 million on September 3, 2015.[6][7] On March 8, 2016 WTBO changed their format to top 40/CHR, branded as "Happy 105-7".[8] As with many other stations owned by Forever their programming comes from Westwood One Hot AC Local.

On April 18, 2018 WTBO changed their format from hot adult contemporary to oldies, branded as "The Best Oldies".[9]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WTBO is relayed by two FM translators to widen its broadcast area.[10]

Broadcast translators of WTBO
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		Height
m (ft)		ClassFCC info
W250CM97.9Cumberland, Maryland2012982500 m (0 ft)DFCC
W289BR105.7Cumberland, Maryland718671000 m (0 ft)DFCC

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-267. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "WTBO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Sawyers, Michael A. (December 27, 2006). "Radio personality dies". Cumberland Times-News. Cumberland, Maryland: Community Newspaper Holdings. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Venta, Lance (April 6, 2015). "River Launches In Cumberland". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 30, 2015). "Forever Media Acquires Cumberland, MD Cluster". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Deal Digest for Thursday, September 3, 2015". InsideRadio. September 3, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 8, 2016). "Forever Gets Happy in Cumberland". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ WTBO Flips to Oldies Radioinsight - April 18, 2018
  10. ↑ "W289BR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  11. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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