WCEM (1240
kHz) is an
AM radio station
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broadcasting a
sports
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format and is an
affiliate of
Infinity Sports Network. The station is licensed to
Cambridge, Maryland, United States and owned by the
Draper Holdings Business Trust. WCEM is 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.
History
WCEM originally
signed on the air on November 11, 1947. Its original callsign was WCMD and was known as "The Voice of the Shoremen". The station was previously owned by MTS Broadcasting Stations before being bought by Draper in 2018.
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 broadcasts
Baltimore Orioles games,
Baltimore Ravens
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games,
University of Maryland football and basketball games, local
high school football
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games, and the
powerboat races on the
Choptank River.
As of October 2024, the station has gone dark.
References
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CEM
Sports radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1947
Cambridge, Maryland
1947 establishments in Maryland
Sports in Maryland
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