WXDC

WXDC is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, serving Berkeley Springs in West Virginia and Hancock in Maryland.[1][2] WXDC is owned Metro Radio, Inc. and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.[3][7]

WXDC
CityBerkeley Springs, West Virginia
Broadcast areaBerkeley Springs, West Virginia
Hancock, Maryland[1]
Frequency92.9 FM MHz
Branding92.9 WXDC
SloganGood Times, Great Country
Programming
FormatCountry[2]
AffiliationsWest Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
OwnerMetro Radio, Inc.
(sale to West Virginia Radio Corporation pending)[3][4]
OperatorWest Virginia Radio Corporation[3][4]
WCST
History
First air date
December 1965[5]
Former call signs
WCST-FM (1965-1996)
WDHC (1996-2017)[6]
Former frequencies
93.5 MHz (1965-2005)
Technical information
Facility ID68204
ClassA
Power3,200 Watts
HAAT139 meters (456 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°37′0.0″N 78°13′3.0″W
Links
WebcastWXDC Webstream
WebsiteWXDC Online

West Virginia Media Corporation began operating WXDC and sister-station WCST on May 1, 2019, as they begin the process of buying the two stations from Metro Radio, Inc.[3]

History

The station came on the air as WCST-FM in 1965, but later changed to WDHC with the "Down Home County" branding in 1996.[5] WDHC was originally on 93.5 FM and moved to 92.9 FM in 2005 with a taller tower and twice the original size and double the original power of 93.5. WXDC's distant grade signal can be heard in Winchester, Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia.[1]

In April 2009, WDHC DJ Travis Lee, 27, known on the air as "Mr. T", was killed by a train while camping with friends in Morgan County, West Virginia.[8][9]

In 2011, WDHC switched their branding from "Down Home Country" to "Country 92-9" and to a more mainstream Country format, as well as updating their website. In March 2014, WDHC dropped its longtime Country format for a hybrid Classic Hits/Classic Top 40 format as "Max 92-9".

In January 2017, WDHC was sold to Metro Radio of Fairfax, Virginia, who owns WTNT in the Washington market. The purchase was consummated on March 1, 2017, at a price of $365,000. Metro fired the entire staff, changed the callsign to WXDC, and began simulcasting WTNT's Spanish-language programming on March 8. Due to community backlash, Metro Radio entered into a local marketing agreement with Hancock, Maryland restaurant owner Diane Smith, who flipped the station back to English-language classic hits "Max 92-9" on May 1.[10] On January 1, 2018, WXDC changed to oldies from classic hits.

On May 1, 2019, West Virginia Radio Corporation began operating WXDC and sister station WCST as it began the process of buying the stations from Metro Radio.[3][4] The local marketing agreement with Diane Smith ended on April 30, 2019.[3] At 9:00am, on May 1, 2019 WXDC relaunched their Oldies format as "Cool 92.9". On October 11, 2019, WXDC shifted back from Oldies to Classic Hits. On March 1, 2020, WXDC changed formats from Classic Hits back to their longtime Country music format.

References
  1. "WXDC-FM 92.9 MHz - Berkeley Springs, WV". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  2. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Venta, Lance (April 30, 2019). "West Virginia Radio Corporation To Acquire WCST/WXDC". RadioInsight/RadioBB. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  4. "WXDC-WCST Broker Agreement" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 3, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  6. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  7. "WXDC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  8. Morgan Messenger Story
  9. Obit from Morgan Messenger
  10. Strader, Tricia (18 April 2017). "Station switching back to English". Martinsburg Journal.
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