WBOC-FM

For the former WBOC-FM at 104.7, see WQHQ.

WBOC-FM (102.5 MHz) is a radio station that broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format. Licensed to Princess Anne, Maryland, United States, the station is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD (channel 42), and sister radio stations WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI and WRDE-FM.

WBOC-FM

Princess Anne, Maryland United States
Broadcast area	Delmarva
Frequency	102.5 MHz
Branding	102.5 WBOC
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Draper Holdings Business Trust (WBOC, Inc.)
Sister stations	TV: WBOC-TV, WBOC-LD, WRDE-LD, WSJZ-LD, WRUE-LD Radio: WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI, WRDE-FM
History
First air date	December 24, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-12-24) (as WOLC)[1]
Former call signs	WOLC (1976–2015)
Call sign meaning	We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	39894
Class	B
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	152 meters (499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°06′43″N 75°39′14″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wboc1025.com

History

The station went on the air December 24, 1976,^[1] as WOLC, a religious station owned by Maranatha, Inc. (not to be confused with the unrelated Maranatha Broadcasting Company, the owners of WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania). In August 2015, Maranatha agreed to sell WOLC to Draper Holdings Business Trust, owner of WBOC-TV, and took the station off the air on August 18.^[3] Draper moved WOLC's studios from Princess Anne to the Salisbury studios of WBOC-TV, using the space formerly occupied by the former WBOC radio (now WTGM and WQHQ); it also announced that the station would introduce a format that, while not yet chosen, would include news, weather, and sports content from WBOC-TV.^[4] Draper also filed to change the station's call letters to WBOC-FM.^[5]

The sale was completed on November 10, 2015, at a purchase price of $650,000;^[6] the change to WBOC-FM took effect at that time.^[7] The station returned to the air on November 20,^[8] and aired Christmas music without commercials through the holiday season.^[9] WBOC-FM launched its eventual adult contemporary format on December 31, 2015.^[10]

WBOC-FM started leaning towards Top 40/CHR in March 2022 and rebranded as "Delmarva's Hit Music Station" to fill a CHR hole in the market when WOCQ flipped to country that month. Although WKZP also airs a similar format in Salisbury, the transmitter reach is not as wide as WOCQ.