▁W CB M ▁air s ▁ 3 2 ▁hours ▁of ▁news ▁each ▁week . ▁" W CB M ▁listen ers ▁hear ▁it ▁first ! ▁ ▁W CB M ▁leg men ▁are ▁first ▁on ▁the ▁scene , ▁in ▁Baltimore , ▁surrounding ▁count ies ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁state ▁capital ▁of ▁Ann apolis ." ▁ ▁But ▁W CB M ▁had ▁a ▁hard ▁time ▁compet ing ▁with ▁H ear st ▁Corporation - owned ▁W B AL , ▁which ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁large ▁news - g ather ing ▁staff , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁powerful ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁w att ▁signal . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁W CB M ▁evol ved ▁into ▁more ▁of ▁an ▁Ad ult ▁Contempor ary ▁music ▁format . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁W CB M ▁began ▁running ▁talk ▁programming ▁in ▁the ▁evening , ▁while ▁keeping ▁its ▁music ▁and ▁news ▁in ▁the ▁day time . ▁ ▁As ▁fewer ▁people ▁listened ▁to ▁music ▁on ▁AM ▁radio , ▁W CB M ▁evol ved ▁to ▁all ▁talk ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁flags hip ▁radio ▁station ▁of ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁Col ts ▁football ▁team . ▁ ▁Ch uck ▁Thompson ▁and ▁V ince ▁Bag li ▁called ▁the ▁action ▁in ▁the ▁broadcast ▁bo oth . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁station ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁to ▁local ▁own ers ▁using ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁name ▁" Mag ic ▁ 6 8 0 ▁Inc ." ▁ ▁W CB M ▁returned ▁to