WWFD
Radio station in Frederick, Maryland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WWFD (820 AM HD Radio) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Frederick, Maryland. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting through licensee Washington DC FCC License Sub, LLC and simulcasts the freeform programming branded as The Gamut originating on the HD3 subchannel of sister station WTOP-FM. The Gamut programming is also available on the HD3 subchannels of sister stations WTLP and WWWT-FM.
Frequency | 820 kHz (HD Radio) (digital only) |
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Branding | The Gamut |
Programming | |
Format | Freeform, Federal News Network sports programming |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WTOP-FM/WTLP/WWWT-FM, WBQH, WFED | |
History | |
First air date | December 15, 1960; 63 years ago (1960-12-15) (as WMHI at 1370) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 1370 kHz (1960–1987) |
Call sign meaning | "Federal" (disambiguation of WFED) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 74104 |
Class | B |
Power | 4,300 watts day 430 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°24′42.37″N 77°28′1.0″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WWFD also carries Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, and Navy Midshipmen sports programming originating on sister station WFED.[2] Sunday syndicated programming on The Gamut includes Music and the Spoken Word (with WFED),[3] Anything Anything with Rich Russo and Little Steven's Underground Garage.
WWFD was the first licensed radio station in the United States to discontinue its traditional analog signal and operate solely in digital HD Radio, which it began under experimental authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2018.[4] WWFD's experiments with digital-only operation led to the FCC authorizing it on a voluntary basis for AM stations nationwide in 2020.[5]