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Radio station in Frostburg, Maryland, United States

WFWM Frostburg, Maryland United States Broadcast area Frostburg, Maryland Cumberland, Maryland Frequency 91.9 MHz Programming Format Public radio Affiliations National Public Radio Ownership Owner Frostburg State University History Former call signs WGTK (1984–1984) Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 22791 Class B1 ERP 1,300 watts HAAT 434 meters (1,424 ft) Transmitter coordinates 39°34′54.00″N 78°53′53.00″W / 39.5816667°N 78.8980556°W / 39.5816667; -78.8980556 Links Public license information Public file LMS Website wfwm.org

**WFWM** is a public broadcast radio station headquartered at the campus of [Frostburg State University](/source/Frostburg_State_University) inside the Gira Center for Communications and Information Technology (also known as the Gira Center or CCIT) on Braddock Road. WFWM provides 24 hours of cultural and educational programming to the westernmost area of Maryland and adjacent areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. WFWM's main transmitter is located on [Dans Mountain](/source/Dans_Mountain) in [Midland, Maryland](/source/Midland%2C_Maryland) and operates at a frequency of 91.9 MHz. A secondary transmitter is located in [Oakland, Maryland](/source/Oakland%2C_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](/source/National_Public_Radio) (NPR), the [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press), and [National Weather Service](/source/National_Weather_Service). WFWM's musical programming includes: [Classical](/source/European_classical_music), [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [Big Band](/source/Big_Band), [Blues](/source/Blues), [Celtic](/source/Celtic_music), [Bluegrass](/source/Bluegrass_music), [World](/source/World_Music), and [Alternative](/source/Alternative_Music), 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.[2]

## Translators

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

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info W242AD 96.3 FM Oakland, Maryland 22792 100 D LMS

## See also

- [Campus radio](/source/Campus_radio)

- [List of college radio stations in the United States](/source/List_of_college_radio_stations_in_the_United_States)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-22791_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WFWM"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=22791). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WFWM Call Sign History"](https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=22791&Callsign=WFWM). *United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

## External links

- [Facility details for Facility ID 22791 (WFWM)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=22791) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WFWM](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=fm&callLetter=WFWM) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Cumberland micropolitan area (Maryland/West Virginia) By AM frequency 560 690 1230 1270 1390 1450 By FM frequency 88.3 89.5 90.3 91.9 93.3 94.1 97.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.7 103.7 104.1 104.3 105.3 106.1 107.1 LPFM 98.7 Translators 97.9 99.9 102.1 103.1 103.5 105.7 106.7 By callsign W250CM W260BP W271AT W276DQ W278BL W289BR W294CF WAIJ WCBC WCBC-FM WCMD WDYK WDZN WELD WELD-FM WFRB WFRB-FM WFWM WHMG-LP WKLP WLIC WLVV WQWV WQZS WQZK-FM WRQE WSKE WTBO WVDS WVMD WVXS WWPN Defunct WZSK (1040 AM) Nearby regions Altoona Bedford Frederick Hagerstown Morgantown Johnstown Winchester See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in West Virginia

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v t e 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-FM (Mount St. Marys College) WMUC-FM (University of Maryland) WSCL (Salisbury University) WXSU-LP (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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