WCEM-FM

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WCEM-FM
Simulcasting WRDE-FM Berlin
Frequency 106.3 MHz
BrandingCoast Country 103.9/106.3
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 29, 1968
Former call signs
WCEM-FM (1968-1981)
WESP-FM (1981-1983)
Call sign meaning
W CambridgE Maryland
Technical information
Facility ID 46940
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 99 meters
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website coastcountry.com

WCEM-FM (106.3 MHz, "Coast Country 103.9/106.3") is a radio station playing a country music format. It broadcasts from Cambridge, Maryland. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD (channel 42), and sister radio stations WBOC-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI and WRDE-FM. [1] The station broadcasts from its studios in Cambridge Marketplace. WCEM-FM's transmitter is located in Cambridge.

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In addition to its usual music programming, WCEM-FM broadcasts Baltimore Ravens games and little league baseball all-star games during the summer.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WCEM-FM on 1968-01-29. On 1981-06-01, the station changed its call sign to WESP-FM. On 1983-11-01, the station changed its call sign to the current WCEM-FM. [2]

On March 4, 2022, WCEM rebranded as "Coast Country 103.9/106.3", with a simulcast of WRDE-FM 103.9 FM Berlin. [3]

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References

  1. "Draper Media to Acquire MTS Broadcasting Stations" . Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  2. "WCEM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Coast Country 103.9/106.3 Debuts In Delmarva Radioinsight - March 3, 2022