WRDE-FM

Radio station in Maryland, United States

38°22′59″N 75°18′58″W / 38.383°N 75.316°W / 38.383; -75.316Translator(s)

HD2: 104.3 W282AW (Salisbury)
HD2: 105.1 W286BB (Ocean City)

Repeater(s)106.3 WCEM-FM (Cambridge)Links

Public license information

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WebcastListen LiveWebsitecoastcountry.com

WRDE-FM (103.9 MHz) is an American radio station in the Delmarva region of Maryland. The station is licensed to serve Berlin, Maryland, although its studios and main offices are located in the larger nearby city of Salisbury. WRDE-FM is owned by Draper Holdings Business Trust. The station, along with WCEM-FM (106.3) in Cambridge, broadcasts a country music format.

History

On March 1, 2022, the then-WOCQ dropped its "OC104" top 40 format and began stunting with a loop directing listeners to hot adult contemporary-formatted WBOC-FM 102.5.^[2]

WOCQ changed its call sign to WRDE-FM on March 3, 2022. On March 4, 2022, at 12 noon, WRDE-FM ended stunting and launched a country music format, branded as "Coast Country 103.9/106.3" (with a simulcast on WCEM-FM 106.3 in Cambridge).^[3]

Its transmitter tower stands 348 feet (106 meters) and is located in Whaleyville.

Air personalities

The station features Big D and Bubba in the morning and April Brilliant and Gary John during the day, both who have broadcast on Delmarva radio for decades.

Transmitter

The transmitter is a class A transmitter, 6,000 watts, HAAT 100 meters, located in Whaleyville, Maryland, located at coordinates 38.383°N 75.316°W.^[4]

WOCQ-HD2

On April 3, 2017, WOCQ-HD2 launched an oldies format, branded as "Kool Oldies 104.3 & 105.1", simulcasting on translators W282AW (104.3 FM) in Salisbury and W286BB (105.1 FM) in Ocean City.^[5] On March 1, 2022, WOCQ-HD2 and its translators changed their format from oldies to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WTDK (107.1 FM), branded as "The Duck".^[2]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WRDE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ ^a ^b Draper Media Makes Multiple Changes In Salisbury/Ocean City As OC104 Signs Off Radioinsight - March 1, 2022
^ Coast Country 103.9/106.3 Debuts In Delmarva Radioinsight - March 3, 2022
^ "FM Query Results – Audio Division (FCC) USA". transition.fcc.gov. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ "Kool Oldies Debuts in Delmarva". Radioinsight. 5 April 2017.

External links

Adams Radio Stations
WRDE in the FCC FM station database
WRDE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
W282AW in the FCC FM station database
W282AW at FCCdata.org
W286BB in the FCC FM station database
W286BB at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in Salisbury/Ocean City, Maryland, and the central Delmarva Peninsula

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WGBG (1590 AM)
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Nearby regions: Atlantic City-Cape May; Baltimore; Dover; Eastern Shore (Virginia); Northern Neck; Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton; Washington, D.C.; Wilmington

See also: List of radio stations in Delaware; List of radio stations in Maryland

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