WFRE

WFRE

City	Frederick, Maryland
Broadcast area	Central Maryland Northern Virginia
Branding	"Free Country 99.9 WFRE"
Slogan	Frederick's Free Country
Frequency	99.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1961
Format	Country HD2: Rockin' Country
ERP	7,600 watts
HAAT	355 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	31139
Callsign meaning	FREE, as in Free Country or Free State or FREderick, Maryland
Owner	iHeartMedia (Aloha Station Trust, LLC (As Trustee))
Sister stations	WFMD
Webcast	WFRE Webstream
Website	WFRE Online

WFRE (99.9 FM) is a radio station located in Frederick, Maryland, in the United States. It plays Country music and is owned by iHeartMedia along with its sister station 930 WFMD. Despite the station being located approximately 45 miles (72 kilometers) away from the two closest major cities (Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.), its strong signal (7,600 watts) reaches both major markets.

The WFRE call sign can mean either "Free Country" which is WFRE's branding or "Free State", which is one of the state's nicknames because Maryland never passed a prohibition enforcement act in the 1920s.

Along with analog, WFRE broadcasts in HD Radio simulcasting in digital quality on HD-1, and a rocking country music feed on HD-2.

WFRE along with its sister station WFMD were put into a trust by owner Clear Channel Communications with the intention to sell the stations.^[1] Today these two stations are in a trust under the name "Aloha Station Trust, LLC".^[2]

References

↑ Waters Jr., Ed (August 7, 2008). "WFMD, WFRE put on the market". Frederick News-Post.
↑ http://www.wfre.com, WFRE Official website

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFRE

Radio-Locator information on WFRE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFRE

Radio stations in the Frederick, Maryland market

By AM frequency	700 820 930 1450 1520

By FM frequency	88.1 90.5 97.5 99.9 103.1 103.9 104.7 106.9

By callsign	WAFY WAYZ WCRH WDMV WFMD WFRE WLTF WTLP WTHU WTRI WWEG WWFD WYPF

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in Maryland Washington, D.C. Metro Markets Fredericksburg, Virginia

Radio stations in the Hagerstown–Chambersburg–Waynesboro–Martinsburg market

By AM frequency	800 820 930 1240 1380 1410 1490 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.7 89.1 90.5 92.1 93.3 93.5 93.7 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.7 97.5 99.9 101.5 102.9 103.7 104.7 106.9

By callsign	WARK WAYZ WBHB-FM WCBG WCHA WCRH WDLD WEEO-FM WFMD WFRE WFSI WGMS WHAG WHGT WICL WIKZ WJEJ WLTF WNUZ WQCM WRGG-LP WRZO-LP WSYC-FM WWCF WWEG WWFD WYPF WYPM

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Country radio stations in the state of Maryland

Stations	WAAI – Hurlock WAYZ – Hagerstown WBEY-FM – Crisfield WFRB-FM – Frostburg WFRE – Frederick WICL – Williamsport WINX-FM – Cambridge WKHI - Fruitland WKIK – La Plata WKIK-FM – California WKTQ – Oakland WKTT – Salisbury WPOC – Baltimore WWFG – Ocean City WXCY – Havre de Grace

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maryland

Coordinates: 39°30′00″N 77°29′56″W / 39.500°N 77.499°W / 39.500; -77.499

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.