WTBO

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WTBO
WTBO 97.9-1450Oldies logo.png
Broadcast area
Frequency 1450 kHz
Branding97.9/1450 WTBO
Programming
Format Oldies [1]
Ownership
Owner
  • Forever Media
  • (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
History
First air date
December 13, 1928;95 years ago (1928-12-13) [2]
Call sign meaning
"The Best Oldies"
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 74082
Class C
Power 1,000  watts (day) and (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°38′45.0″N78°45′8.0″W / 39.645833°N 78.752222°W / 39.645833; -78.752222
Translator(s) 97.9 W250CM (Cumberland)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website Official website

WTBO is an oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Cumberland, Maryland, serving Cumberland and Frostburg in Maryland and Keyser in West Virginia. [1] WTBO is owned and operated by Forever Media. [4]

Contents

History

On December 13, 1928, WTBO signed on for the first time. [2] [5]

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. [6]

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". [7] WTBO and sister stations WFRB, WFRB-FM, and WKGO were sold by Dix Communications to Forever Media for $4 million on September 3, 2015. [8] [9] On March 8, 2016, WTBO changed their format to top 40/CHR, branded as "Happy 105-7". [10] 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". [11]

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References

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