In 2007, Clear Channel Communications was required to spin off stations to comply with ownership limits. The stations were placed in the trust while Clear Channel sought a buyer.[3]
On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would acquire WFRE and sister station WFMD from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its Erie, Pennsylvania cluster to iHeartMedia.[4][5] The sale closed on May 20, 2019.[6]
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^"Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 20, 1969. p. 105.
wfre, radio, station, located, frederick, maryland, united, states, plays, country, music, owned, connoisseur, media, along, with, sister, station, wfmd, despite, station, being, located, approximately, miles, away, from, closest, major, cities, baltimore, mar. WFRE 99 9 FM is a radio station located in Frederick Maryland in the United States It plays Country music and is owned by Connoisseur Media along with its sister station 930 WFMD Despite the station being located approximately 45 miles 72 km away from the two closest major cities Baltimore Maryland and Washington D C its signal reaches both markets WFREFrederick MarylandBroadcast areaCentral MarylandNorthern VirginiaFrequency99 9 MHz HD Radio BrandingFree Country 99 9 WFREProgrammingFormatCountry musicSubchannelsHD2 WFMD simulcast News talk sports AffiliationsWestwood OneOwnershipOwnerConnoisseur Media Connoisseur Media Licenses LLC Sister stationsWFMDHistoryFirst air date1961 63 years ago 1961 in radioFormer call signsWFMD FM 1961 1969 1 Call sign meaningFrederickTechnical information 2 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID31139ClassBERP7 600 wattsHAAT355 metersLinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebcastListen LiveWebsitewfre com In 2007 Clear Channel Communications was required to spin off stations to comply with ownership limits The stations were placed in the trust while Clear Channel sought a buyer 3 On March 27 2019 Connoisseur Media announced that it would acquire WFRE and sister station WFMD from the Aloha Station Trust in exchange for transferring its Erie Pennsylvania cluster to iHeartMedia 4 5 The sale closed on May 20 2019 6 References edit Call letters PDF Broadcasting October 20 1969 p 105 Facility Technical Data for WFRE Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Waters Jr Ed August 7 2008 WFMD WFRE put on the market Frederick News Post iHeartMedia amp Connoisseur Media Swap Frederick amp Erie RadioInsight 27 March 2019 Fairfield CJ Two Frederick radio stations acquired by Connoisseur Media The Frederick News Post No New Station Sales In FCC Database Tuesday Morning All Access External links editOfficial website WFRE in the FCC FM station database WFRE in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 39 30 00 N 77 29 56 W 39 500 N 77 499 W 39 500 77 499 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Maryland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WFRE amp oldid 1189171790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
