Deliver high-quality, unbiased news that shapes our region and connects our community across all media platforms. Eight veteran WTOP staffers have accepted voluntary buyouts and will leave the company at the end of December, according to a memo from the station’s general manager sent to all staff on Monday and obtained by Axios. Sign up for alerts: breaking news; weather; traffic; mass transit; closings & delays; also get special contest, promotion & event alerts now through the app.

RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award (National) for Best Radio Large Market Spot News Coverage - "Serial Sniper" Senior digital editor, Colleen Kelleher and mid-day producer, Joslyn Chesson work from the editor’s desk inside the WTOP studios headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD. (IMG/Gensler)

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The station debuted in the late 1940s as WQQW-FM, licensed to Washington, D.C., as a companion to an existing AM station, WQQW in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1951, the two stations changed their call letters to WGMS and WGMS-FM. They operated with a commercial fine arts and classical music format until 2006. WTOP won three National Headliner Awards in 2018, adding to its list of 25 total for on-air and web products. In 2019, WTOP received six regional Edward R. Murrow Awards: Best Newscast, Overall Excellence, Feature Report, Hard News Report, Podcast and Excellence in Social Media. RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award (National) for Best Radio Large Market Feature Hard News - "Hidden Hunter"The big picture: It’s a blow for listeners and the station, as economic headwinds begin to hit the media industry. Digital editor Colleen Kelleher came to WTOP in 1996, and has worn many hats throughout her time. She came in as a writer and then moved on to producing before taking a “leap of faith” to the web. WTOP.com launched in 1999 and has since gone through a number of iterations. It can be even more challenging, she said, to get that information across amid breaking news, when there’s a “fire hose of information” and you are trying to arrange sentences in a way that makes sense to people.

Voice of D.C.-area traffic reluctantly leaves WTOP". Washingtonexaminer.com . Retrieved December 3, 2011. RADIO ONLINE ®". radio-online.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014 . Retrieved December 10, 2014. WTOP (Washington's News Station) ist eine Nachrichten-Radiostation aus Washington, D.C., USA. Übertragen werden nonstop (Finanz-)Nachrichten, Verkehrsmeldungen, Wetterberichte, Sport, insbesondere Baseball von den Baltimore Orioles. Gesendet wird auf UKW 103.5 MHz. Bis Anfang der 2000er Jahre gab es WTOP-AM auf Mittelwelle als Simulcast.Schwesterstation ist WFED. (de) It’s been amazing chronicling our history: locally, nationally, all over the world. I’ve loved every minute of it,” Alan said.

W275BO Facility Data". FCCData. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018 . Retrieved January 30, 2018. In addition to its news and information programming, WTOP 103.5 Top News also features a variety of talk shows that cover a wide range of topics, from health, to technology, to politics and more. The station also provides live coverage of important events such as elections, public forums, speeches by local, national, and international leaders. Find sources: "WTOP-FM"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) 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. [10] Programming Winds will ease this evening under mainly clear skies for the metro and areas to the east. Winds will be slower to ease far west, especially western Maryland where a wind advisory has been posted by the National Weather Service. Gusts at higher elevations may exceed 40 miles per hour.

WTOP 103.5 Top News is a news radio station that serves the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The station provides a mix of local and national news, traffic updates, and weather forecasts. It is well known for its coverage of breaking news, as well as its in-depth coverage of local issues and events. RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award (National) for Best Radio Large Market Feature Reporting - "Scary Clown"In 2011, WTOP-FM brought their traffic reporting in-house, ending their relationship with Metro Networks. This meant that Lisa Baden, the longtime "voice of D.C.-area traffic" and a Metro Networks employee, was forced to leave the station in what WTOP's Vice President of News and Programming Jim Farley said was strictly a business decision. Farley said WTOP tried to bring Baden and other Metro Networks employees to WTOP, but they have clauses in their contracts prohibiting them from working for competitors for one year. Baden said she was "devastated". [23] Shortly after that, Baden joined rival radio station WMAL. [24] Imagine the person behind the wheel. Imagine you’re talking to them” and trying to get across a piece of information, Jones said. Sign up for “My Traffic” alerts to receive audio/text notifications direct from the WTOP Traffic Center when something major will impact YOUR commute. My Traffic alerts are the most custom traffic alerts available in the Washington D.C. region. In 2018, WTOP received the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Award for News/Talk Station of the Year. It marked the sixth Marconi for WTOP.