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WFBR

GLEN BURNIE MD

AM BROADCAST

1590 kHz

WAY BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC
50 Broad Street
2nd Floor
New York NY 10004
2124314300
Facility ID: 19673
Licensed

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Correspondence
FRN: 0010216687

MOD BZ-19991112ACK

Granted

08/22/2000

MOD BZ-19991112ACK

Superceded

07/28/2000

MOD BZ-19890424AM

Granted

01/22/1990

L2C BL-19810914AK

Granted

08/05/1982

REC Application ID: 33924 (LMS)
Legacy CDBS Application ID: 33924
Record Type: Full Service AM
Application Purpose: License to Cover
FRN: 0010216687
Community of license: GLEN BURNIE, MD, US
NAD83 Coordinates: 39 10' 36.0" N / 76 37' 20.0" W
Frequency: 1590 kHz
FCC Station Class: B

Daytime | View Towers

Primary Tower Coordinates: 39 10' 36.4" N / 76 37' 18.9" W
Power: 1 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 283.24 mV/m at 1km

Twr	Field Ratio	Elec. Ht.	Phas- ing	Spac- ing	Orien- tation	Tower Ref	Top Load	Sw A	Sw B	Sw C	Sw D	Tower Height
A	1	81.5	0	0	0	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
B	0.763	81.5	78.16	110	127	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
C	1.008	81.5	-75.28	248.008	292.58	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
D	0.609	81.5	82.39	151.383	272.61	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
E	0.887	81.5	100.37	192.853	242.56	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m

Display pattern of directional antenna.

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Nighttime | View Towers

Primary Tower Coordinates: 39 10' 36.4" N / 76 37' 18.9" W
Power: 1 kW
Directional Antenna: Y
RMS Standard: 312.7 mV/m at 1km

Twr	Field Ratio	Elec. Ht.	Phas- ing	Spac- ing	Orien- tation	Tower Ref	Top Load	Sw A	Sw B	Sw C	Sw D	Tower Height
A	1	81.5	0	0	0	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
B	0.8	81.5	-126	145	175	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
C	0.48	81.5	-156	297.7	235.85	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m
D	0.6	81.5	-20	260	265	N	N	0	0	0	0	42.7m

Display pattern of directional antenna.

Display directional pattern in tabular form.

L2C SMOV-19810914AK

Granted

01/01/1978

CALL SIGN HISTORY

WJRO - 00/00/0000 (CDBS)
WFBR - 11/30/2004 (CDBS)
Where this call sign has been:
11/01/1924 - .1270 kHz in BALTIMORE MD RSB - now WJZ
00/00/0000 on 1300 in BALTIMORE MD - now WJZ (CDBS)
07/25/1990 on 94.3 in ST. MICHAELS MD - now WINX-FM (CDBS)
12/04/2002 on 95.3 in MT WASHINGTON KY - now DDWFBR-LP (CDBS)
12/04/2002 on 95.3 in MT WASHINGTON KY - now DDWFBR-LP (LMS)
00/00/0000 on in ST. MICHAELS MD - now WFBR (LMS)
00/00/0000 on in CAMBRIDGE MD - now WFBR (LMS)

APPLICATION HISTORY

	SMOV-19810914AK	License to Cover	Granted 01/01/1978
	BAPL-19801203HT	Assign License/CP	Granted 03/13/1981
	BL-19810914AK	License to Cover	Granted 08/05/1982
	BR-19810601VZ	Renewal	Granted 08/16/1982
	BR-19880603US	Renewal	Granted 09/29/1988
	BZ-19890424AM	Modification	Granted 01/22/1990
	BR-19950601UI	Renewal	Granted 09/22/1995
	BSTA-19980310YA	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 04/17/1998
	BSTA-19980610YE	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 08/05/1998
	BSTA-19981105YB	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 01/11/1999
	BSTA-19990412YA	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 05/11/1999
	BSTA-19990811Y1	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 10/12/1999
	BZ-19991112ACK	Modification	Granted 08/22/2000
	BR-20030529AQR	Renewal	Granted 09/25/2003
	BAL-20040129AML	Assign License/CP	Granted 05/04/2004
	BAL-20050413ACC	Assign License/CP	Granted 06/01/2005
	BSTA-20060710ADW	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 07/31/2006
	BR-20110527AIL	Renewal	Granted 09/27/2011
	BSTA-20151223BFZ	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 01/05/2016
	BESTA-20160705ACO	Extension Request	Granted 07/29/2016
	BESTA-20170127ADB	Extension Request	Granted 02/16/2017
	BESTA-20170816ABH	Extension Request	Granted 09/20/2017
	BESTA-20180320ABG	Extension Request	Granted 04/13/2018
	BESTA-20181011ABD	Extension Request	Granted 11/07/2018
	BESTA-20190506AAS	Extension Request	Granted 05/30/2019
	0000073924	Renewal	Granted 10/23/2019
	BESTA-20191127AAT	Extension Request	Granted 12/13/2019
	BESTA-20200612AAP	Extension Request	Granted 06/25/2020
	BESTA-20201224AAA	Extension Request	Granted 01/11/2021
	BESTA-20210709AAH	Extension Request	Granted 07/23/2021
	BESTA-20220120AAI	Extension Request	Granted 02/02/2022
	BESTA-20220801AAA	Extension Request	Granted 08/11/2022
	BESTA-20230209AAA	Extension Request	Granted 02/23/2023
	0000219321	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 08/24/2023
	0000239127	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 03/01/2024
	0000252650	Special Temporary Auth.-engineering	Granted 03/10/2025
	0000267362	Extension Request	Granted 09/10/2025
	0000277941	Extension Request	Granted 03/10/2026
	0000290650	Extension Request	Granted 03/10/2026
	0000299073	Administrative Update	Received 06/12/2026
A red arrow means this application has additional transaction log history since July 1, 2014. Click the arrow to expand.
A blue arrow means that some details may be available through public notice data. Click the arrow to expand. (Provided by the REC Radio History Project)

IMPORTED LETTERS

Imported Letter	BESTA-20230209AAA	02/23/2023
Imported Letter	BESTA-20230209AAA	02/23/2023
Imported Letter	BESTA-20230209AAA	02/09/2023
Imported Letter	BESTA-20220801AAA	08/11/2022
Imported Letter	BESTA-20220801AAA	08/11/2022
Imported Letter	BESTA-20220801AAA	08/01/2022
Incoming letter or scanned document	BESTA-20220120AAI	02/02/2022
Incoming letter or scanned document	BESTA-20220120AAI	01/20/2022
STA related	BESTA-20210709AAH	07/23/2021
STA related	BESTA-20201224AAA	01/11/2021
STA related	BESTA-20200612AAP	06/25/2020
STA related	BESTA-20191127AAT	12/13/2019
STA related	BESTA-20190506AAS	05/30/2019
STA related	BESTA-20181011ABD	11/07/2018
STA related	BESTA-20180320ABG	04/13/2018
STA related	BESTA-20170816ABH	09/20/2017
STA related	BESTA-20170127ADB	02/16/2017
STA related	BESTA-20160705ACO	07/29/2016
STA related	BSTA-20151223BFZ	01/05/2016
History card		01/01/1980