WCBM

The rest of the schedule is made up of nationally syndicated shows: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Todd Starnes, Bill O'Reilly and Frank Morano from WABC New York City.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, gardening, cars, movies, technology, travel, veterans affairs, real estate and religion.

[6] The original studios were in the Hotel Chateau, located at the northwest corner of Charles Street and North Avenue.

Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) in 1927, stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.

[7] In addition, they were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.

[8] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WCBM, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it.

WCBM was the NBC Blue Network affiliate for Baltimore, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports, during the "Golden Age of Radio".

[12] As network programming shifted from radio to television in the 1950s, WCBM gradually became a full service, middle of the road music and personality station.

"[13] But WCBM had a hard time competing with Hearst Corporation-owned WBAL, which also had a large news-gathering staff, as well as a powerful 50,000-watt signal.

The station was sold in 1987 to local owners using the corporate name "Magic 680 Inc."[14] WCBM returned to an adult contemporary format, dropping talk abruptly.

Considered to be a major coup at the time, WCBM's tenure as the Orioles flagship lasted only one season, as the station faced severe financial difficulties.

[citation needed] At about the same time that WCBM was in the middle of bankruptcy, rival AM station 1300 WFBR was sold in 1988 and changed its format from news/talk to 1950s' rock & roll.

In October 1988, WCBM was bought by Baltimore area businessman and philanthropist Nick Mangione, Sr. who resurrected it from bankruptcy.

Once he acquired the station, Mangione brought most of WFBR's former talk radio line-up to WCBM, including Frank Luber, Joe Lombardo, Tom Marr, Ken Maylath, Les Kinsolving and Stan "The Fan" Charles.

[citation needed] WCBM originally had The Rush Limbaugh Show on its weekday schedule in the early 1990s, but lost it to competitor 1090 WBAL in 1994.

On October 31, 2019, veteran personality Frank Luber retired after 31 years with WCBM, 27 of them hosting "Maryland's Wake Up Call.

[17] With the death of syndicated host Rush Limbaugh in February 2021, WCBM management decided to temporarily replace his popular early afternoon show with local programming.

Derek Hunter was moved to Limbaugh's early afternoon time slot, with Elliott relocated to late mornings and Casey remaining as the wake-up host.