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WCBC (AM)

Field	Value
name	WCBC
logo	WCBC AM1270-103.1FM logo.png
logo_upright	.8
city	Cumberland, Maryland
country	US
area	Cumberland Metro
branding	1270 WCBC
frequency
translator
airdate
languages	English
format	Full service talk radio
power
class	B
facility_id	14717
callsign_meaning	Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation
affiliations
owner	Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation
sister_stations	WCBC-FM
webcast
website
licensing_authority	FCC

WCBC (1270 kHz) is a AM radio station that serves the greater area of Cumberland Metro. WCBC provides news coverage: locally, regionally, and nationally; weather forecasts; participation in major community events to promote the area and its organizations by way of remote broadcasts and community service announcements.

WCBC's programming includes the long running Dave Norman Morning Program, and network affiliations with ABC Radio Network (Network news and Sean Hannity), the Westwood One Radio Network (Jim Bohannon), Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Premiere Networks (Coast to Coast AM with George Noory), Talk Radio Network (Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage), and the Focus on the Family Radio Network.

The station's sports programming includes coverage of local high school football and basketball, Allegany College of Maryland basketball, and West Virginia University football and basketball, Washington Commanders football, and area little league baseball.

WCBC also has an FM sister station, WCBC-FM at 107.1 in Keyser, West Virginia, playing a classic hits format.

History

The station was founded in 1953, as WKYR, licensed to Keyser, West Virginia. In 1965, the station was granted full-time status and changed its city of license to Cumberland. In 1976, the call letters became WCBC.

Lawsuit against Allegany County schools

On August 28, 2007, Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation, the owners and operators of WCBC-AM-FM, and "the Maryland Delaware DC Broadcasters Association filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Baltimore against each member of the Allegany County Board of Education, and the Superintendent of Allegany County Schools, Bill AuMiller", according to the WCBC (AM) website.

The reason for the lawsuit is "that the Board of Education has acted to deny WCBC its First Amendment rights", again quoting the WCBC website.

"Following criticism of the Board’s actions, WCBC was denied access to information provided to other media, denied access to press boxes at county schools, and denied information that would enable it to participate in a Board-endorsed scholarship program".{{cite web | access-date = August 30, 2007 | access-date = August 30, 2007

On August 31, 2007, the Allegany County Board of Education offered an olive branch{{cite web | access-date = September 6, 2007

According to a September 15, 2007, AP/WJZ-TV report:

A federal judge in Baltimore granted the temporary injunction requested by WCBC-AM.

The judge ruled the station's constitutional rights were violated by the ban, and the public would be served by an injunction.

The station claims the board's ban on access to a stadium press box was a result of unflattering news stories about the county schools.

In one story, a reporter was able to walk into five county schools without being questioned.

Allegany High School Attorneys says an agreement last week by the parties to seek mediation fell apart.}}

So, despite the previous "WCBC/BOE Agreement" signed on August 31, 2007, WCBC's lawsuit against the Allegany County (of Maryland) Board of Education remains in the courts.

References

(July 1, 1953). "Broadcasting Station License Record - WCBC".
WCBC. "WCBC / BOE Agreement - Signed August 31, 2007". WCBC.
AP/WJZ. "Station Will Broadcast Games While Fighting Ban". AP/WJZ.

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