WCEM (AM)

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WCEM
Frequency1240 kHz
Ownership
Owner
WAAI, WBOC-FM, WBOC-LD, WBOC-TV, WCEM-FM, WRDE-LD, WRUE-LD, WSJZ-LD, WTDK
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
46939
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
38°35′3.4″N 76°4′52.8″W / 38.584278°N 76.081333°W / 38.584278; -76.081333

WCEM (1240 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, that operated from 1947 until 2024. Last owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, the station featured a sports format at its closure.

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.[1]

The station was previously owned by MTS Broadcasting Stations before being bought by Draper in 2018.[2] 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.[3] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on November 20, 2025.[4]

References

  1. "WCEM history cards" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  2. "Draper Media to Acquire MTS Broadcasting Stations". Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. Venta, Lance (November 3, 2024). "FCC Report 11/3: Audacy Preps Combined Dallas Antenna". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  4. "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. November 20, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.