Religious Broadcaster to Take Over 100.7 The Bay Airwaves

Religious Broadcaster to Take Over 100.7 The Bay Airwaves

WZBA-FM, known locally as 100.7 The Bay, has been sold to Educational Media Foundation. The buyer operates the nationwide K-LOVE network of Christian contemporary stations. Once the deal closes, the station’s classic rock format is expected to end. Station staff learned of the pending sale this week. No purchase price or exact date for the format change has been announced. Educational Media Foundation is one of the largest religious broadcasters…

Baltimore Loses Classic Rock Outlet As K-Love Buys WZBA.

Baltimore’s only full-time classic rock station is headed for the exit as Times-Shamrock sells “100.7 The Bay” WZBA to K-Love. The deal will bring Christian programming to the frequency while ending the station’s nearly 30-year run, leaving the market without…

K-Love to Acquire 100.7 FM in Baltimore

100.7 WZBA’s Longley-Rice depicted coverage area, from the RadioLand app. Click to enlarge. The K-Love Christian contemporary radio network is set to enter the Baltimore market for the first time. Shamrock Communications will sell Class B 100.7 WZBA(FM), licensed to Westminster, Md., and its two translators, the two-watt 100.1 W261CD(FM) in Baltimore and 250-watt 107.5 W298CG(FM) in Bel Air, to K-Love, according to a release, with an FCC applica…

K-LOVE To Arrive In Baltimore With ‘Bay’ Buy

In the Mid-Atlantic Region, K-LOVE entered the Washington, D.C., DMA in a significant way with the respective acquisitions of WINC-FM in Winchester, Va., and WRQX-FM in Washington, D.C., in recent years. Now, the Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) noncomm network has found a home in Baltimore, and it is thanks to Diane Sutter — who has signed off on a deal brokered by Kalil & Co. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

Shamrock Selling WZBA/Baltimore To K-Love, Inc.

• RAMP has learned that Times-Shamrock Classic Rock WZBA (100.7 The Bay)/Baltimore is being spun off to Christian broadcaster K-Love Inc. Station staffers were informed of this development yesterday. Here is the official word: “A contract has been signed and an application is being filed with the FCC for the transfer of WZBA-FM/Westminster, MD, W261CD-FX/Baltimore, MD, and W298CG-FX/Bel Air, MD from Shamrock Communications, Inc. to K-LOVE, Inc. …

K-Love Inc. To Acquire 100.7 The Bay Baltimore

K-Love Inc. is entering the largest market it had yet to find an outlet as it will purchase Classic Rock "100.7 The Bay" WZBA Westminster/Baltimore MD from Shamrock Communications.