(Updated) Radio Station fire

1950's- Young Choppy Layton on the air at WDMV:

                         (submitted photo/Salisbury Daily Times)

       (WBOC)

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Longtime Pocomoke City radio station destroyed by fire - Shore Daily News

(Earlier Pocomoke Public Eye postings)

(Thursday, 8/18/22)

The building that was home to Pocomoke's radio station on Dun Swamp Road was declared a total loss as a result of a fire Thursday that reportedly started from an electrical problem in the attic area. 

Above photo is from 1964. The building was constructed in 1955 when WDVM went on the air. Call letters were changed later in the 1950's to WDMV "Wonderful Delmarva."  After operating for decades with the WDMV call letters ownership changed the call to WGOP.

Photos below from the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company.

Comments from a Pocomoke Fire Company member who was a former announcer at WDMV:

" - sad day for a Pocomoke landmark today. A fire gutted the former WDMV studios. We received the call at around 11:40 AM and first unit on scene had smoke showing from roof and all sides of the building. It took about 2 hours to bring fire under control. Besides Pocomoke, mutual aid companies included Stockton, Snow Hill, Girdletree, New Church, and Princess Anne. Atlantic Fire Company stood by at the Pocomoke Firehouse. Support was provided by Pocomoke City EMS and Worcester County Emergency Services. The Worcester County Fire Marshal's office is investigating origin and cause. Side note: Ironically WDMV (as WDVM) signed on the air this week in 1955."