WCEM (1240 AM) is a

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format and is an affiliate of

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. The station is licensed to

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, United States and owned by the

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. WCEM is a sister station to CBS/

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(channel 16),

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(channel 31),

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WBOC-LD WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Busin ...

(channel 42), and sister radio stations

WBOC-FM WBOC-FM (102.5 MHz) is a radio station that broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format. Licensed to Princess Anne, Maryland, United States, the station is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (c ...

WCEM-FM WCEM-FM (106.3 MHz, "Coast Country 103.9/106.3") is a radio station playing a country music format. It broadcasts from Cambridge, Maryland. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV ...

WAAI WAAI (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Its tower is in Hurlock, Maryland, but broadcasts emanate from its studios in Cambridge, Maryland. It is currently owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as ...

, and

WTDK WTDK (107.1 FM, "The Duck") is a radio station licensed to serve Federalsburg, Maryland. The station is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, as part of a cluster with CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (cha ...

History

WCEM originally signed on the air on November 11, 1947. Its original call letters were 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

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football and basketball games, local high school football games, and the powerboat races on the

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