WDZN is a Active Rock

Active rock

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 formatted broadcast

Broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Romney, West Virginia

Romney, West Virginia

Romney is a city in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the city's ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 18th century...

, serving the Romney

Romney, West Virginia

Romney is a city in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the city's ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 18th century...

/Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

 area. WDZN is owned by West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprising exclusively radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia.The company is controlled by Greer Industries, and the Greer Family.-Radio markets:...

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History

WDZN was formerly WJJB-FM and played an Adult Contemporary format under the name "Jib 100". Their top-of-the-hour ID, would be as follows, "WJJB-FM...Romney, West Virginia..." followed by the striking of a ship's bell which would tell the time at that hour. The "Jib" name and the bells on-the-hour due in part to the owner, at that time, being a former sailor. WJJB switched their call letters to WDZN and their format to Radio Disney

Radio Disney

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 on September 4, 1998.

WDZN broadcasts on translator W260BP, on 99.9 FM, for Downtown Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

, where WDZN's main signal is blocked by the many hills.

WDZN was owned by Charter Equities, Inc. until March 2007 when it was sold to Grandview Media, LLC. WDZN's studios are located in Downtown Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

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In May 2011, Grandview Media, LLC sold WDZN and translator W260BP to West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprising exclusively radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia.The company is controlled by Greer Industries, and the Greer Family.-Radio markets:...

 for $220,000. On July 15, 2011, WDZN switched to Active Rock

Active rock

Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...

as "Z100".