WXMD running on backup transmitter

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026

Our main transmitter finally did fail, so, thanks to the team their at WXMD, we are running on the backup transmitter now.   The main unit has been sent to the manufacturer for them to debug what went wrong inside.  It's very heavy.  Our CE and team pulled each individual power supply out, marked their location and packed them separately.   How long it will take is a good quesiton, but we don't have the answer to yet.  

Meanwhile, we are on the air at about 61% normal power.  

Thanks for your prayers for us!  

WXMD transmitter is down

Friday, May 22nd, 2026

Our transmitter is currently down at WXMD.   We are aware and will be working on it!  

WXMD back to full power

Friday, May 8th, 2026

The transmitter issue is resolved and we are back to full power at WXMD now.   Thanks for your patience!    

WXMD backup transmitter activated - back on air

Monday, May 4th, 2026

The backup transmitter at WXMD is on the air now.    Its not quite the power output of the main transmitter, but it will hardly be noticed.  Meanwhile we are waiting to hear from support.   Thanks for yuor patience. 

WXMD transmitter fail...

Monday, May 4th, 2026

WXMD took a failure Monday night at 7:56PM      We are heading over to the site.  

WXMD has been repaired and is at full power.

Friday, March 6th, 2026

I forgot to update this section!    We had a great work day at WXMD.   It is fully operational at high power.  

WXMD will be off the air for good part of day

Tuesday, February 17th, 2026

WXMD 89.7 FM has tower climbers on site and our team of George, Paul and Tim.   The signal will be shut down when tower climbers get near the antenna, so as to protect the climbers.   Return here for more status later in day.  

WXMD work towards end of week - 2/12 or 2/13

Sunday, February 8th, 2026

We plan to replace our damaged antenna on either Thursday or Friday of this week.   During that time that climbers are on the tower we will have to shut power down to zero.   Expect an announcement in Southern Maryland over WXMD with details.   

Winter storm - bracing

Friday, January 23rd, 2026

All stations will be seeing lots of weather Saturday Night throuhg Sunday night.   We expect power outages.  So please take precautions to prepare now,

Each local station will be airing WX reports.  

WXMD will be off air for periods of time today 1/15

Thursday, January 15th, 2026

We have tower work at WXMD today.  During the time roughly that climbers are on the tower, we have to shut down our signal. Thank you for your patience!   God willing, we will be back up once it gets dark outside. 

WXMD listeners will hear this PSA locally:

Dear listener, we are working at WXMD today.  We will soon have tower climbers up in the air and will need to turn off our transmitter.   Today is our tower workday – despite a West wind of 10 to 17 mph, and gusts as high as 30 mph.  So please pray for the safety of our climbers.  How long we are off the air depends on what we find as we take apart jumpers and coax and insert test equipment - plus perform a visual inspection.  We could be off for most of the day when there is light.  It just depends on what we find.  We expect to be on the air later once it gets dark.  Check our website under the news section for updates.  Thank you.