WFRB (AM)

WFRB

City	Frostburg, Maryland
Broadcast area	Western Maryland Potomac Highlands
Branding	"Talk Radio 560"
Slogan	"Left on the Dial, Right on the Issues"
Frequency	560 kHz
First air date	1958
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 55 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	71868
Transmitter coordinates	39°41′2.0″N 78°57′57.0″W / 39.683889°N 78.965833°W / 39.683889; -78.965833
Callsign meaning	W FRostBurg
Owner	Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WFRB-FM, WRQE, WTBO
Webcast	WFRB Webstream
Website	WFRB Online

WFRB is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Frostburg, Maryland, United States.

Due to WFRB's low position on the dial, it covers most of Western Maryland, the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, and parts of Southern Pennsylvania. WFRB is owned and operated by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC.

Programming

Mornings are led by Quinn and Rose from nearby Pittsburgh station WPGB. Syndicated programs from Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Dennis Miller are also heard. Saturday programming, and programming after 7PM on weekdays consists of shows syndicated from the Fox Radio Network such as John Gibson, Alan Colms, and "Kilmeade and Friends". On Sundays, religious broadcasts are aired from 7AM to Noon, followed and preceded by talk shows from the Fox Radio Network.

Sports broadcasts by WFRB-AM are syndicated from their sister station WTBO and consist of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Orioles. In addition to these major league teams, WFRB serves as the home station for Mountain Ridge High School Football, broadcasting all home and away games during the season. All sports broadcasts override the normal talk show programming, but are not available when you are listening online.

External links

Talk Radio 560 Online

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Radio-Locator Information on WFRB

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Radio stations in the Cumberland, Maryland market

By AM frequency	560 690 1040 1230 1270 1390 1450

By AM frequency	89.5 90.3 91.9 93.3 94.1 97.1 98.5 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.7 103.9 104.1 104.3 105.3 106.1 107.1

By callsign	W253AB W260BP W271AT W280CF WAIJ WCBC WCBC-FM WCMD WDYK WDZN WELD WELD-FM WFRB WFRB-FM WFWM WHMG-LP WKLP WLIC WQWV WQZS WQZK-FM WRQE WSKE WTBO WVDS WVMD WVSB WWPN WZSK

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in West Virginia

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Maryland

News & Talk	WARK – Hagerstown WBAL – Baltimore WCBC – Cumberland WCBM – Baltimore WCTR – Chestertown WFMD – Frederick WFRB – Frostburg WICO – Salisbury WILC – Laurel WOLB – Baltimore WTNT – Bethesda WWFD – Frederick

All News	WDCH-FM – Bowie WTLP – Braddock Heights

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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