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1590 WFBR "Famous 1590" format flip?

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I only saw it on radio-locator as I am not near Baltimore but apparently it is now a talk station? Do they still play oldies at all?
 
It's still urban oldies at night... During the day it's brokered.. I have even heard some Russian..

WFBR does stream so you can test the audio waters..
 
It’s brokered radio with urban oldies for filler, though Sundays I usually hear urban gospel all day (may be brokered also, or maybe not). Checking in sometimes I’ll catch foreign language programming or very amateur talk radio shows here and there.

Down the dial WOLB 1010 does urban talk during the day, and urban oldies at night.
 
In 2018-2019 I was driving past their transmitter (and maybe studios?) in Glen Burnie, several times a week. From appearances...and listening...shoestring all the way. I did admire the fact they were around at all.
 
DelmarvaDX said:
In 2018-2019 I was driving past their transmitter (and maybe studios?) in Glen Burnie, several times a week. From appearances...and listening...shoestring all the way. I did admire the fact they were around at all.
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For some time now they've been operating under STA citing copper theft of their ground radials. I kind of wonder with some investment (ha!) if they could boost power, or at least lose a few towers, with Dover's 1600 and Ocean City's 1590 gone? They're still limited to the west by Rockville's 1600 though. With 5 towers at 1,000 watts the station was really wedged in there :)
 
I agree with your comments about improving the WFBR coverage now that two interferers are gone. I once talked to the contract engineer at WFBR (happened to stop by WTRI at the time...). The engineer noted the WFBR five-tower array was a nightmare to proof. WTRI saw the light when the 1520 in Bel Air went silent; WTRI upgraded their facility subsequently.

Similarly, now that Alejandro Carrasco has sold off WACA he should spend a few dollars on an engineering study to upgrade WCLM AM 900... this would make sense as WJWL Georgetown downgraded to one tower as a kilowatt daytimer. WCLM show now be able to throw a better signal towards Baltimore and Annapolis. Perhaps Carrasco might get lucky and be able to eliminate one tower, selling some of that bottom land afterwards..
 
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