editorial direction. In 2010, WBAL switched its morning and afternoon drive time shows to an all-news format, titled Maryland's Morning News and Afternoon News Journal respectively. The shows were renamed to Maryland's News Now and later to "WBAL News Now." The all-news blocks included national newscasts from ABC News every 30 minutes. Previously, the national feed had been provided by CBS at the top of each hour until 2014. Also in 2014, the station was re-branded as WBAL News Radio 1090, to better reflect its status as Maryland's radio news leader. By the 2020s, the news blocks had been scaled back, with talk shows taking their place. HD Radio and Translator In addition to its analog 1090 kHz signal, WBAL is also heard on 97.9 WIYY-HD2. In 2021, the station added an FM translator at 101.5 MHz, W268BA, so the station could be heard on FM radios in and around Baltimore. Anchors, reporters, and hosts Bill Vanko Bryan Nehman (morning anchor) Steve Fermier Dan Joseph (evening host) Yuripzi Morgan (afternoon host) Anne Kramer Robert Lang (anchor & public affairs host) Clarence M. Mitchell, IV (C4) Jimmy Mathis Doug McIntyre Jim Russ (traffic reporter) Dana Loesch Scott Wykoff (morning reporter) Phil Yacuboski Troy Johnson Liz Drabick (traffic reporter) Stacy Lyn Brenda Carl Dave Gegorak Jacob Young Kristie McIntyre Bill Cunningham Notable former on-air staff Ron Smith – died, at the age of 70, on December 19, 2011, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Allan Prell - Along with Smith, the leading voice of WBAL in the 1980s and 90s. Left the station in 1999, died in 2016. Dave Durian - hosted the morning show from 1990 to 2012; died at age 72 on January 28, 2019, from complications of lung cancer and a stroke. "Detour Dave" Sandler - longtime traffic reporter, died in 2019. Dick Purtan - disc jockey and talk host, 1967-68. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he was in Detroit in 1965, then to Baltimore for a year. Returned to Detroit in 1968, ended career there in 2010. John V. Patti - Retired from WBAL after 38 years in 2022. Jim Russ, traffic reporter, died suddenly from cardiac arrest on August 18, 2021. His reporting career spanned 38 years in the Washington, D.C and Baltimore area. References External links WBAL website Isaacs, Stan. "The Orioles Play Stop The Music," Sports Illustrated, October 8, 1979. FCC History Cards for