WDMV

WDMV
City	Walkersville, Maryland
Broadcast area	Metro Washington, D.C.
Branding	"La Jefa"
Frequency	700 kHz
First air date	1995
Format	Spanish
Power	5,000 watts (daytime only)
Facility ID	19235
Transmitter coordinates	39°46′22″N 77°11′34″W / 39.7727°N 77.1927°W / 39.7727; -77.1927
Callsign meaning	W District Maryland Virginia
Owner	Birach Broadcasting Corporation
Website	radiolajefa.com

WDMV is a broadcast radio station licensed to Walkersville, Maryland, serving the Metro Washington area. WDMV is owned and operated by Birach Broadcasting Corporation.

History

Until 2002, AM 700 had been WWTL with an Arabic music/talk format, but in the aftermath of 9/11 a quick change to conservative talk "WGOP" happened. This lasted for a few years when the WGOP calls moved to sister station AM 540 on the Maryland eastern shore, and AM 700 became WDMV. Since then WDMV's has gone brokered featuring various formats over the years including ethnic programming, business talk and Spanish programming.

Technical information

WDMV shuts down at sundown to protect clear channel WLW, which also broadcasts on AM 700. AM 700 has applied to increase power to 50,000 watts and move the transmitter site to Poolesville (along with sister station AM 540, which is currently on the eastern shore). But due to red tape, the application is still sitting and another application has been submitted to increase WDMV to 50,000 watts from its current Walkersville site. Nothing has happened on either application to date.

Shutdown

WDMV went off the air on February 6, 2009. Its operator, National Radio Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. WDMV came back on the air on January 11, 2010 with a Classic Oldies format. On January 26, 2010 the station switched to a Spanish Oldies format. On March 23, 2010 WDMV went silent (off the air). In April 2011 WDMV returned to the air with Spanish programming as "La Jefe".

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDMV

Radio-Locator Information on WDMV

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDMV

Radio stations in the Frederick, Maryland market

By AM frequency	700 820 930 1450 1520

By FM frequency	88.1 90.5 97.5 99.9 103.1 103.9 104.7 106.9

By callsign	WAFY WAYZ WCRH WDMV WFMD WFRE WLTF WTLP WTHU WTRI WWEG WWFD WYPF

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in Maryland Washington, D.C. Metro Markets Fredericksburg, Virginia

Birach Broadcasting Corporation

Radio stations	KJMU KOLE KTUV KXLQ WBRD WBVA WCAR WCXI WCXN WDMV WEW WGOP WIJR WKGE WMFN WMJH WNWI WNZK WOAP WPON WTOR WVAB WWCS

Television stations	KIJR-LP

Daytime-Only radio stations in Maryland

Stations	WACA - Wheaton WBMD - Baltimore WCTR - Chestertown WDMV - Walkersville WFSI - Baltimore WKDI - Denton WKIK - La Plata WTRI - Brunswick WWGB - Indian Head WYRE - Annapolis

Defunct	WBIS - Annapolis

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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