WTOP-FM
WTOP-FM (103.5 FM) – branded "WTOP Radio" and "WTOP News" – is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, the station serves the Washington metropolitan area, extending its reach through two repeater stations: WTLP (103.9 FM) in Braddock Heights, Maryland, and WWWT-FM (107.7) in Manassas, Virginia. The WTOP-FM studios, referred to on-air as the "WTOP Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center", are located on Wisconsin Avenue in the Washington D.C. suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland, while the station transmitter is located on the American University campus. Besides a standard analog transmission, WTOP-FM broadcasts over three HD Radio channels, and is available online.
| Broadcast area | Washington metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 103.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WTOP Radio; WTOP News |
| Programming | |
| Format | All-news radio |
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| History | |
First air date | September 12, 1948 |
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Former frequencies | 101.7 MHz (1948) |
Call sign meaning | carried over from 1500 AM, which was regarded as "the top of the dial" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11845 |
| Class | B |
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| HAAT | 158 meters (518 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°56′10.6″N 77°05′31.5″W |
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| Webcast | |
| Website | wtop |
WTOP-FM is the successor to the original WTOP, an AM station at 1500 kHz, which held the WTOP call sign from 1943 until 2006, and adopted an all-news format in March 1969.