WTOP FM 103.5 is a radio station in Washington DC, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.
WTOP FM 103.5 provides local news, traffic and weather 24 hours a day in Washington, D.C. and can be heard on 107.7 FM in Virginia and 103.9 FM in Frederick, Maryland. The station calls itself "Washington's Top News."
The station first went on the air in September 1926 and bgan using the call letters WTOP in 1943. The new call letters were inherited from a police radio station in Tiffen, Ohio, abbreviated as TOP for Tiffen Ohio Police. The station began using an all-news format on March 9, 1969. In April 2011, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. purchased a group of radio stations including WTOP from Bonneville International Corporation, a business of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hubbard Broadcasting is a family-owned company based in Minnesota.
This radio station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
For WTOP FM 103.5 contact information, see the Washington DC news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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WTOP FM named USA's Best News Radio Station
-- May 29, 2013: A panel of radio experts has named WTOP FM 103.5 in Washington DC as the best news radio station in the USA. The panel was put together by Radio Ink magazine, a trade publication covering radio management and marketing.
Radio Ink says that the success of WTOP demonstrates that "well-run radio news organizations cannot only survive, they can produce big money." See the full...
Hubbard Broadcasting Buys WTOP FM from Bonneville International
-- January 19, 2011: Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), a for-profit arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell 17 of its Bonneville International (BIC) radio stations to Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. Under the terms of the asset purchase agreement, Hubbard Broadcasting will acquire the radio stations as part of a cash...
-- November 8, 2010 -- Neal Augenstein is now reporter at WTOP FM 103.5. He was previously reporter/producer at UPI Radio. "Barry From D.C."
The Blinded Vets Foundation will honor U.S. Senator Jim Webb and WTOP's J.J. Green
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-- As In, "Barack From The White House" -- Calls In To WTOP
-- Media Life Magazine reported on December 24, 2009:
“Barry from D.C., you’re on the air.” On Tuesday morning "Barry from D.C." was actually President Barack Obama, who called in to Washington, D.C., radio station WTOP’s “Ask the Governor” for Gov. Tim Kaine’s final appearance.
After making a...
-- U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and WTOP correspondent J.J. Green are among those being honored at The Blinded American Veterans Foundation (BAVF) at its June 16, 2009 annual Congressional Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
"We're honored to recognize Senator Webb for his outstanding service to the residents of Virginia and support of the nation's defense programs," said BAVF President John Fales of Silver Spring, MD. "We're...Also in Washington DC...
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