{"id":2774,"date":"2017-03-05T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T18:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2017-03-05T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T18:01:32","slug":"berkeley-springs-community-radio-station-wdhc-92-9-sold-will-broadcast-spanish-music-and-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2774","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Springs Community Radio Station WDHC 92.9 Sold, Will Broadcast Spanish Music and Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Berkeley Springs&#8217; terrain is shifting &#8212; and it&#8217;s just this side of seismic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2775\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wtnt-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"wtnt\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wtnt-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wtnt.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Circa 33 closed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairfax Coffee House closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonards\u2019 Fairfax Thai Fusion closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambrae House closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Dog closing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berkeley Springs\u2019 only community radio station WDHC 92.9 FM &#8212; sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From country music to rock and roll to Spanish adult contemporary music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capper Broadcasting has sold the local community station to a Washington, D.C. area conglomerate &#8212; Metro Radio &#8212; for $365,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up until now, you\u2019ve heard friendly voices broadcasting from community events, playing ads for community restaurants and other businesses, warning residents of traffic accidents and fires, and broadcasting local weather reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting next week, 92.9 will simulcast sister station WTNT, which broadcasts Spanish adult contemporary music and talk 24\/7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No more local weather, local news, local community events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 1, the staff at the station was fired on the spot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One DJ who worked there for 17 years and was fired via text message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dave Houston of Metro Radio did not return calls seeking comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The community had no say in the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Berkeley Springs&#8217; terrain is shifting &#8212; and it&#8217;s just this side of seismic. Circa 33 closed. Fairfax Coffee House closed. Leonards\u2019 Fairfax Thai Fusion closed. Ambrae House closed. Earth Dog closing. Berkeley Springs\u2019 only community radio station WDHC 92.9 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2774\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2776,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2774\/revisions\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}