WDZN

For the Romney, West Virginia radio station that held the call sign WDZN at 100.1 FM from 1998 to 2012, see WVMD.

WDZN

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City of license	Midland, Maryland
Broadcast area	Cumberland, Maryland Frostburg, Maryland
Branding	"Z100"
Slogan	"Western Maryland's Real Rock Station"
Frequency	99.5 MHz
First air date	April 1, 2008
Format	Active Rock
Power	1,050 watts
HAAT	240 meters (790 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	166026
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	disambiguation of "Disney" former WVMD callsign and format
Former callsigns	WVMD (2007-2012)
Owner	West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations	WCMD, WDYK, WKLP, WQZK, WVMD
Webcast	WDZN Webstream
Website	WDZN Online

WDZN is an Active Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Midland, Maryland, serving the Frostburg/Cumberland area. WDZN is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.

History

Originally known as WVMD, the station was scheduled to come on the air sometime in early 2007, but finally launched with a smooth jazz format on April 1, 2008 at 12:00 midnight. Later that afternoon, a man named "Stu" claimed to have broken into and taken the radio station "hostage", playing only Country and demanding that the owner of the station bring back the John Boy and Billy show. John Boy and Billy had previously aired on WQZK, then an active rock station, which West Virginia Radio Corporation purchased in December 2006 and subsequently changed the format to Contemporary Hit Radio.

On the afternoon of April 2, it was announced that the smooth jazz format and the man named "Stu" were part of an April Fools' Day joke and that the station would in fact, be carrying a country music format.

The 99.5 frequency was previously home to a translator of Cumberland area radio station WCBC-FM.

Locally produced "Sunday Morning Bluegrass", which was previously heard on WROG, moved to WVMD on September 7th, 2008.

On August 10, 2012, the station changed its call sign and its format to WDZN as part of a swap with its Romney, West Virginia-based sister station, 100.1 FM.

Translator

WDZN's transmitter is located near Frostburg and the station's main signal has trouble reaching downtown Cumberland.

As such, West Virginia Radio Corporation applied for an FM booster, WDZN-FM1, located in Cumberland. The booster's antenna is located off Virginia Avenue, near Queen Street near the center of the city. This central location allows the booster to provide complete coverage of Cumberland.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	FCC info
WDZN-FM1	99.5 FM	Cumberland, Maryland	1,200 watts	FCC

External links

• Z100 Online
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WDZN
• Radio-Locator information on WDZN
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDZN