WFWM
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Radio Station WFWM is a public broadcast radio station headquartered at Frostburg State University
in the Stangle Building. WFWM provides 24 hours of cultural and educational programming to the western most area of Maryland and adjacent areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. WFWM's main transmitter is located on Dans Mountain
in Midland, Maryland
and operates at a frequency of 91.9 MHz. A secondary transmitter is located in Oakland, Maryland
and operates at a frequency of 96.3 MHz.
Some of WFWM's daily programming includes: locally producted programming and news as well as the public syndicate network of National Public Radio (NPR), the Associated Press
, and National Weather Service
. WFWM's musical programming includes: Classical, Jazz
, Big Band
, Blues
, Celtic
, Bluegrass
, World
, and Alternative, but most of its time is devoted to NPR and PRI news and talk programming and classical music. All of the student-run programming has been pushed off the station and onto an intranet radio station identified by the WFWM web site as XFSR. XFSR is an intranet radio station only broadcasting over the Frostburg State University network and not on the internet.
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State University is a four-year university located on a campus in Frostburg, Maryland, in Western Maryland, and is part of the University System of Maryland. FSU is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.-History:...
in the Stangle Building. WFWM provides 24 hours of cultural and educational programming to the western most area of Maryland and adjacent areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. WFWM's main transmitter is located on Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain
Dans Mountain is located in Allegany County, Maryland, USA between Georges Creek and the North Branch Potomac River. The highest point on Dans Mountain is called Dan's Rock which has an elevation of . The mountain rises above the town of LaVale and the summit is the highest point in Allegany County...
in Midland, Maryland
Midland, Maryland
Midland is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 473 at the 2000 census....
and operates at a frequency of 91.9 MHz. A secondary transmitter is located in Oakland, Maryland
Oakland, Maryland
Oakland is a town in the west-central part of Garrett County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 1,925 according to United States Census 2010 figures, it is the most populated community in Garrett County...
and operates at a frequency of 96.3 MHz.
Some of WFWM's daily programming includes: locally producted programming and news as well as the public syndicate network of National Public Radio (NPR), the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, and National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
. WFWM's musical programming includes: Classical, Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, Big Band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
, Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, Celtic
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
, Bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
, World
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
, and Alternative, but most of its time is devoted to NPR and PRI news and talk programming and classical music. All of the student-run programming has been pushed off the station and onto an intranet radio station identified by the WFWM web site as XFSR. XFSR is an intranet radio station only broadcasting over the Frostburg State University network and not on the internet.