▁an ▁adult ▁contemporary ▁format , ▁dro pping ▁talk ▁ab rupt ly . ▁ ▁After ▁several ▁months , ▁it ▁began ▁playing ▁old ies ▁music , ▁with ▁a ▁play list ▁of ▁ ▁hits ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁radio ▁broadcast ▁rights ▁for ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁Ori oles ▁baseball ▁team ▁became ▁available , ▁W CB M ▁surprising ly ▁out bid ▁both ▁W B AL ▁and ▁W F BR ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁radio ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁Ori oles ▁for ▁the ▁previous ▁eight ▁years . ▁ ▁Consider ed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁major ▁coup ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁W CB M ' s ▁ten ure ▁as ▁the ▁Ori oles ▁flags hip ▁last ed ▁only ▁one ▁season , ▁as ▁the ▁station ▁faced ▁severe ▁financial ▁difficulties . ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁W CB M ▁had ▁file d ▁Chapter ▁ 1 1 ▁bank rupt cy , ▁went ▁dark ▁soon ▁after , ▁and ▁was ▁put ▁up ▁for ▁sale . ▁ ▁At ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁W CB M ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁bank rupt cy , ▁rival ▁AM ▁station ▁ 1 3 0 0 ▁W F BR ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁and ▁changed ▁its ▁format ▁from ▁news / t alk ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 0 ' s ▁rock ▁& ▁roll . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁format ▁f lip , ▁W F BR ▁let ▁go ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁station ' s ▁talk ▁show ▁hosts ▁that ▁summer .