WPOC


WPOC is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It airs a country music format and is owned by iHeartMedia. The radio studios and offices are 1 W Pennsylvania Ave
Suite 200 Towson, MD 21204
The transmitter, with an effective radiated power of 16,000 watts, is off North Rolling Road in Catonsville, Maryland. It has a height above average terrain of 264 meters, providing WPOC with a wide coverage area from Washington, D.C. to the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, and from Annapolis to Frederick. It broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries iHeartRadio's "TikTok Radio" service.
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History

On February 4, 1960, the station signed on as WFMM-FM. It was owned by the Commercial Radio Institute with studios at 44 West Biddle Street. It was a rare stand-alone FM station, not associated with an AM station or a newspaper.
In 1974, the station was acquired by Nationwide Communications, a division of Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide decided to put a country music format on 93.1 on September 2 of that year. The call sign was switched from WFMM-FM to WPOC, standing for "Pride of the Chesaspeake", because the station covers much of Chesapeake Bay. The station affiliated with the ABC Directions Network for national news.
In 1999, the station was acquired by Clear Channel Communications, which maintained the country music format. Clear Channel later became iHeartMedia, the current owner. Until at 2022 the studios were on the second floor of The Rotunda Shopping Center, on West 40th Street, in Baltimore.

Airstaff and honors

WPOC is one of the format’s most consistently
successful stations according to Country Aircheck. The station had seen "49 total No. 1 books and an unparalleled 104 years worth of combined tenure among its airstaff" as of 2024.
The station's on-air line up as of January 2026 consists of Michael J. in morning drive, Bob Delmont handles middays. Since November 2025 Ty Bailey voice tracks afternoon drive sister station WMZQ.
Premiere Networks' syndicated The Bobby Bones Show is carried in the evening and Granger Smith's syndicated show is heard overnight.
Weekends consist of local voice tracking and syndicated programing, such as "Country House Party" and "Women of iHeart Country" as well as local specialty programing such as "Maryland Today", a public affairs show.
From 1988-2024, the station was home to "The Laurie DeYoung Morning Show." Host Laurie DeYoung was the first female to lead a major market Country morning show. For the majority of the show's run she was joined by three co-hosts who also respectively handled traffic, news and weather. DeYoung is two-time CMA Personality of the Year and was inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame in 2010. She was the longest-running Country morning show talent in a major market when the show concluded in December 2024.
In 2025, Laurie hosted a special one-hour show Sunday mornings titled "Sunday Brunch with Laurie" in which she played an hour of music centered around a specific theme that changed week to week. She hosted her last show December 22, 2025, marking the end of a 40-year career at WPOC. She holds the record as the longest tenured radio talent at a single station in Baltimore radio.

Past personalities

  • Laurie DeYoung
  • Marty Bass
  • Mark Williams
  • Bill "Aaron" Rehkof
  • Bill Vanko
  • Mary Street-
  • Pat Nason
  • Mike Fast
  • Lee Dennis
  • Gail Svenson
  • Ted Patterson
  • Fran Severn
  • Jen Phoenix
  • Jerry Houston
  • Justin Cole
  • Diane Lyn
  • Trish Hennessey
  • Libby Cole
  • Jeff Michaels
  • Carol Mason
  • Tom Conroy
  • Bob Raleigh
  • Todd Grimsted
  • Scott Lawrence
  • Danny Reese
  • Brenda Bissett
  • Greg Cole
  • Jim Conway
  • Ken Boesen
  • Scott Lindy
  • Bethany Linderman