WCEM (AM)
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| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
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| Branding | Sports Radio 1240 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| History | |
First air date | November 11, 1947 |
Last air date | November 2024 |
Former call signs | WCMD (1947–1949) |
Call sign meaning | Cambridge, Maryland |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46939 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°35′3.4″N 76°4′52.8″W / 38.584278°N 76.081333°W |
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Public license information | |
WCEM (1240 kHz) was an AM radio station broadcasting a sports format and was an affiliate of Infinity Sports Network. The station was licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, and owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust. WCEM was a sister station to CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD (channel 42), and sister radio stations WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WAAI, and WTDK.
History
WCEM originally signed on the air on November 11, 1947. Its original call sign was WCMD and was known as "The Voice of the Shoremen". It became WCEM on December 2, 1949.[2]
The station was previously owned by MTS Broadcasting Stations before being bought by Draper in 2018.[3] It formerly broadcast nostalgic standards and talk radio before switching to the sports radio format in February 2019. Under the sports radio format the station broadcast Baltimore Orioles games, Baltimore Ravens games, University of Maryland football and basketball games, local high school football games, and the powerboat races on the Choptank River.
In October 2024, the station went silent after losing its tower site.[4] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on November 20, 2025.[5]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCEM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WCEM history cards" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2025.
- ^ "Draper Media to Acquire MTS Broadcasting Stations". Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 3, 2024). "FCC Report 11/3: Audacy Preps Combined Dallas Antenna". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
- ^ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. November 20, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 46939 (WCEM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WCEM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database