WTOP is an all-news formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., serving Metropolitan Washington, DC area. WTOP is owned by Bonneville Holding Company and operated by Bonneville International Corporation, a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
WTOP is one of two all-news stations in the Washington, D.C. area, the other being sister station WFED, which is aimed at federal governme...
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WTOP is an all-news formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., serving Metropolitan Washington, DC area. WTOP is owned by Bonneville Holding Company and operated by Bonneville International Corporation, a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
WTOP is one of two all-news stations in the Washington, D.C. area, the other being sister station WFED, which is aimed at federal government employees.
The station's primary signal is at 103.5, with simulcasts on WTLP 103.9 FM from Braddock Heights, Maryland and 107.7 FM from Manassas, Virginia. WTOP is also carried on Leesburg, Virginia translator W282AD broadcasting at 104.3 FM. All stations in the WTOP "network" broadcast in monaural to increase their coverage areas.
WTOP's origins trace back to Brooklyn, New York, as station WTRC (operated by the Twentieth [District] Republican Club), going to air September 25, 1926, on 1250 kilocycles with a power of 50 watts. The...
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