WCEM (AM)

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.

WCEM

Cambridge, Maryland United States
Frequency	1240 kHz
Branding	Sports Radio 1240
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Infinity Sports Network Baltimore Orioles Radio Network Baltimore Ravens Maryland Terrapins
Ownership
Owner	Draper Holdings Business Trust (WBOC, Inc.)
Sister stations	Radio: WAAI WBOC-FM WCEM-FM WTDK TV: WBOC-TV WBOC-LD WRDE-LD WSJZ-LD WRUE-LD
History
First air date	November 11, 1947 (1947-11-11)
Last air date	November 2024 (2024-11)
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
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

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]