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colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 1925<span class="noprint"> (99 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1925-10-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data">WMAL (1925–2019)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">73250</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">B</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transmitter_power_output" title="Transmitter power output">Power</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a> day<br />2,700 watts night</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Transmitter coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WSBN&params=39_8_2_N_77_18_14_W_type:landmark_region:US-DC_source:FCC"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°8′2″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°18′14″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.13389°N 77.30389°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.13389; -77.30389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/WSBN">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=73250">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sportscapitoldc.com">Listen live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sportscapitoldc.com">sportscapitoldc.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WSBN</b> (630 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">kHz</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Commercial_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercial radio">commercial</a> <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a> <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio station</a> <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">licensed</a> to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and serving the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Metropolitan Area">Washington metro area</a>. It operates with 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a> in the daytime and 2,700 watts at night using a <a href="/wiki/Directional_antenna" title="Directional antenna">directional antenna</a> around the clock. WSBN's studios are on Jenifer Street in Northwest Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter">transmitter</a> is located off Black Rock Road in <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown, Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WSBN is owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media" title="Cumulus Media">Cumulus Media</a> and is <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">affiliated</a> with <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a>. It is one of the oldest radio stations in the Washington <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media market</a>, continuously on the air from 1925. For most of its history, the station operated as <b>WMAL</b>; on July 1, 2019, its <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk</a> programming was moved exclusively to co-owned <a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">WMAL-FM</a> at 105.9 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">MHz</a>, which had simulcast with 630 am since 2011. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WSBN has two local hosts on weekdays, Andy Pollin in late mornings and Bram Weinstein in afternoon <a href="/wiki/Drive_time" title="Drive time">drive time</a>. The rest of the schedule is largely made up of programs from <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a>. </p><p>As of 2022, WSBN broadcasts the games of the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia Cavaliers football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_men%27s_basketball" title="Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball">men's basketball</a>. It announced on March 24, 2021, that it joined the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_Radio_Network" title="Baltimore Orioles Radio Network">Baltimore Orioles Radio Network</a> as an affiliate station beginning with the <a href="/wiki/2021_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="2021 Baltimore Orioles season">upcoming season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station first went on the air, as WMAL, on October 12, 1925, using <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call letters</a> incorporating the initials of Martin A. Leese, a local <a href="/wiki/Optician" title="Optician">optician</a> who began selling radio sets at 720 11th Street NW in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started WMAL as a low-power station. The shutdown of station <a href="/wiki/WCAP_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="WCAP (Washington, D.C.)">WCAP</a> left Washington with WRC (now <a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">WTEM</a>) as its only high-power station, so local business leaders affiliated with the City Club of Washington banded together to create a second high-powered station. Their original plan was to buy WCAP and convert it to a municipal station, but instead they worked with Leese to boost WMAL's signal and make it the city's second large station.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new high-power WMAL went on the air from studios at 710-712 11th Street NW on October 2, 1926, with former WCAP announcer William T. Pierson as director and with a policy of encouraging young broadcasting talent in hopes of creating "a people's forum".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1927, Leese left his optical business to focus full-time on running the station, and the following year the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Radio_Commission" title="Federal Radio Commission">Federal Radio Commission</a>'s national frequency allocation plan assigned WMAL the AM 630 frequency. WMAL was a <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Network affiliate</a> from 1928 until October 19, 1932, and then was briefly unaffiliated until joining the <a href="/wiki/NBC_Blue_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Blue Network">NBC Blue Network</a> in January 1933. The Blue Network later became <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, with which WMAL was affiliated for many years, and which owned WMAL for several decades. </p><p>By mid-1932, M. R. Baker had been appointed manager of the station, and Kenneth H. Berkeley was appointed station director of WMAL in 1933. While still owned by the Leese family, WMAL was eventually leased to the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">National Broadcasting Company</a> in 1934, joining it with <a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">owned-and-operated station</a> WRC. </p><p>NBC's Washington vice president Frank M. Russell supervised the operation of both WMAL and WRC by 1935 when studios were moved from the National Press Building to the Trans-Lux Theatre Building, 724 14th Street NW. Transmitting facilities continued to be located at 712 Eleventh Street NW. </p><p>In the late months of 1937, the lease to NBC was terminated, with station operation reverting to the Leese Family interests. NBC, however, continued to operate it under a managerial agreement executed in fall 1937. Norman Leese was president of WMAL's licensee at that time. On May 1, 1938, the M.A. Leese Radio Corporation was acquired by publishers of the now-defunct <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Star">Washington Evening Star</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a>, a family-owned concern headed by board chairman and president Samuel H. Kauffman. Norman Leese remained president and K. H. Berkeley continued as general manager of WMAL. </p><p>The operating arrangement between NBC and the M.A. Leese Radio Corporation ended in February 1942. The station then reverted to the direct control of the Evening Star Broadcasting Company, of which K. H. Berkeley was executive vice president. Berkeley was also WMAL's general manager. In October 1947, WMAL-TV signed on as the first <a href="/wiki/Band_III" title="Band III">high-band</a> <a href="/wiki/VHF" class="mw-redirect" title="VHF">VHF</a> <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> station in the United States. It became an ABC Network affiliate a year later. </p><p>By 1946, S. H. Kauffman, president and part owner of the <i>Evening Star</i>, was given additional duties as president of its broadcasting subsidiary, the Evening Star Broadcasting Company, until his resignation in August 1954. His replacement as general manager was Frederick S. Houwink. </p><p>Also in 1954, John W. Thompson Jr. replaced S. H. Kauffman as president of Evening Star Broadcasting Co. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ockershausen" title="Andy Ockershausen">Andrew Martin Ockershausen</a> was appointed station manager of WMAL in 1960. One of Ockershausen's first moves was to team <a href="/wiki/Frank_Harden" title="Frank Harden">Frank Harden</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Weaver" title="Jackson Weaver">Jackson Weaver</a> for WMAL's morning drive show after the duo had a successful tryout hosting an evening comedy show patterned after <a href="/wiki/Bob_and_Ray" title="Bob and Ray">Bob and Ray</a>; <i>Harden and Weaver</i> took off in popularity and quickly became the top-rated morning show in the Washington market, featuring a blend of news, interviews, light music and comedy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washington_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sillier_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sillier-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1962, Fred Houwink became a company vice president while continuing as WMAL's general manager. In 1965 Houwink was named vice president of Evening Star Broadcasting and Ockershausen was elevated to general manager of WMAL. </p><p>In 1970 Houwink retired and Ockershausen was named vice president, operations. Also in 1970 Richard S. Stakes was named general manager and Harold L. Green was named station manager. In 1974 Charles A. Macatee became WMAL's general manager. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ABC_years">ABC years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: ABC years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early January 1976, the Evening Star Broadcasting Company's WMAL, <a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">WMAL-FM</a> and <a href="/wiki/WJLA" class="mw-redirect" title="WJLA">WMAL-TV</a> and majority control of the ailing newspaper were acquired from the Kauffman, Noyes and Adams families by publisher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Allbritton" title="Joe Allbritton">Joseph L. Albritton</a>’s Perpetual Corporation and Albritton became board chairman and chief owner of WMAL's license. On January 21, 1976, WMAL's licensee name was changed to <i>Washington Star Communications of Delaware, Inc.</i> Richard S. Stakes became station president, but resigned in December 1976. Mr. Albritton then assumed the presidency, with Robert Nelson becoming president of the broadcasting division. General Manager Charles Macatee resigned in January 1977. </p><p>A requirement of the purchase of the Evening Star properties included the sale of the radio or television properties. In March 1977, WMAL and WMAL-FM were spun off to ABC Radio, while the TV station was retained and became <a href="/wiki/WJLA" class="mw-redirect" title="WJLA">WJLA-TV</a>, named after Albritton's initials. ABC paid $16 million for WMAL and WMAL-FM, a record price for radio properties at that time. Andrew Ockershausen was appointed executive vice president. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMAL_630_old.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/WMAL_630_old.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="123" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="123" /></a><figcaption>WMAL logo used until 2009.</figcaption></figure><p>On January 3, 1986, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Cities_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Cities Communications">Capital Cities</a> and <a href="/wiki/ABC,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="ABC, Inc.">ABC, Inc.</a> merged in a $3.52 billion deal. Thomas S. Murphy was chairman and CEO of the new firm. Frederick Weinhaus became president and general manager following the resignation of Andrew Ockershausen in March 1986. Weinhaus was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Citadel Media">ABC Radio</a> New York in January 1988. His replacement in May 1988 was Thomas Bresnahan, who continued in that role until his retirement in 2002. </p><p>WMAL morning co-host Jackson Weaver died on October 20, 1992, with <i>Harden and Weaver</i> still at or near the top of the local ratings; Weaver also garnered fame nationally as the first voice of <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Bear" title="Smokey Bear">Smokey Bear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frank Harden continued the morning show with co-hosts <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a> and Andy Parks until his retirement in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-washington_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washington-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brant and Parks continued until Brant's departure in May 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his replacement would be former congressman <a href="/wiki/Fred_Grandy" title="Fred Grandy">Fred Grandy</a>. </p><p>In 1996, WMAL won a <a href="/wiki/Alfred_I._duPont%E2%80%93Columbia_University_Award" title="Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award">Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award</a> for its reporting on <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_America" title="Disney's America">Disney's America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the late 1990s, WMAL transitioned its talk lineup into one similar to sister station <a href="/wiki/WABC_(AM)" title="WABC (AM)">WABC</a> in New York City, with an emphasis on conservative talk. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMAL_(AM)_former_logo_(2009-2011).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png/200px-WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png/300px-WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png/400px-WMAL_%28AM%29_former_logo_%282009-2011%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>WMAL logo, 2009-2011</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chris_Berry_(broadcaster)" title="Chris Berry (broadcaster)">Chris Berry</a> was named president and general manager November 19, 2002. Prior to joining WMAL, Berry was vice president, radio for <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a>, based in New York. In August 2005, host <a href="/wiki/Michael_Graham_(radio_personality)" title="Michael Graham (radio personality)">Michael Graham</a> was fired after refusing to apologize for calling the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a "terrorist organization." </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citadel_and_Cumulus_years">Citadel and Cumulus years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citadel and Cumulus years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ABC sold its non-<a href="/wiki/Radio_Disney" title="Radio Disney">Radio Disney</a> and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a> stations, including WMAL, to <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Broadcasting" title="Citadel Broadcasting">Citadel Broadcasting</a> in 2007; Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-abj-citadelcumulus_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abj-citadelcumulus-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Longtime Washington broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Chris_Core" title="Chris Core">Chris Core</a> was dismissed from WMAL in 2008 as part of a broad cost-cutting move; his replacement, Austin Hill was dropped in February 2009 due to Levin's show expanding and Sliwa's show moving up an hour. Plante, a popular talk host who hosted evenings and later middays, was yanked in favor of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Joe" title="Morning Joe">Morning Joe</a></i> in April 2009, only to return to middays six months later after Scarborough's show was cancelled. </p><p>By late 2009, WMAL's morning-drive through midnight weekday format was uninterrupted conservative talk, with a lineup of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Grandy" title="Fred Grandy">Fred Grandy</a> and Andy Parks, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Plante" title="Chris Plante">Chris Plante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sean_Hannity" title="Sean Hannity">Sean Hannity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Sliwa" title="Curtis Sliwa">Curtis Sliwa</a>. Weekends include gardening host Jos Roozen, investing adviser <a href="/wiki/Ric_Edelman" title="Ric Edelman">Ric Edelman</a> and lawyer Michael Collins. <a href="/wiki/John_Batchelor" title="John Batchelor">John Batchelor</a> replaced Sliwa in November 2009. In April 2010, Parks was laid off from the station, resulting in Plante's and Grandy's shows being merged. At the same time, Scarborough's show was put on extended hiatus. Austin Hill began filling in the middays for the time being, while Mark Simone handled Scarborough's shift. Grandy left WMAL in March 2011. </p><p>On September 19, 2011, WMAL began simulcasting its AM signal on 105.9 FM, now <a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">WMAL-FM</a>. The former WMAL-FM, renamed WRQX in 1977, has since become <a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">WLVW</a>; it remained co-owned with WMAL until 2019. </p><p>In 2017, WMAL started broadcasting games from the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a>, then named the Washington Redskins, as an affiliate station for the first time since the team's <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVI" title="Super Bowl XXVI">Super Bowl XXVI</a> win in 1992. WMAL previously carried the team's games from 1942 to 1956, and again from 1963 to 1991. <a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">WTEM</a> (570 AM), a new sports station at the time, acquired the radio broadcast rights from WMAL for the <a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_season" title="1992 NFL season">1992 NFL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of January 3, 2017, WMAL's weekday lineup consisted of local talent <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_(news_correspondent)" title="Brian Wilson (news correspondent)">Brian Wilson</a> and Mary Walter in the morning, then Chris Plante, followed by the syndicated Rush Limbaugh, then <a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Connor_(radio_host)" title="Larry O'Connor (radio host)">Larry O'Connor</a> hosts a local afternoon drive show, followed by the syndicated shows of <a href="/wiki/Mark_Levin" title="Mark Levin">Mark Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Batchelor" title="John Batchelor">John Batchelor</a>, and overnight the syndicated show <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Eye_Radio" title="Red Eye Radio">Red Eye Radio</a></i>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Harley" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Harley">Eric Harley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_McNamara" class="mw-redirect" title="Gary McNamara">Gary McNamara</a>. Brian Wilson was released in May 2017. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg/250px-Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg/330px-Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg/500px-Wmal_20090125_133755.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2622" data-file-height="2845" /></a><figcaption>The former WMAL radio tower site in Bethesda, Maryland</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2015, Cumulus announced that it was planning to sell the station's 75 acre (30 hectare) <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a> transmitter site, in use since 1941, so it could be redeveloped for high-end housing.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 12, 2016, WMAL was granted a <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Construction_permit" class="mw-redirect" title="Construction permit">construction permit</a> for a transmitter site relocation.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Transmissions from Bethesda ceased on the afternoon of May 1, 2018, with operations switched to the replacement facility at <a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown, Maryland</a>, northwest of the original site and now diplexed with an existing station, WSPZ (later <a href="/wiki/WWRC" title="WWRC">WWRC</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although daytime power remained at 10,000 watts, this relocation resulted in a nighttime power reduction from 5,000 to 2,700 watts. In 2020, the decommissioned Bethesda site was sold to <a href="/wiki/Toll_Brothers" title="Toll Brothers">Toll Brothers</a> for $74.1 million,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Bethesda towers were demolished on November 4, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flip_to_sports_talk">Flip to sports talk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flip to sports talk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 13, 2019, it was announced that WMAL would break away from the simulcast with WMAL-FM and flip to <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a> on July 1, 2019, as <i>ESPN 630</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WMAL replaced WTEM as ESPN Radio's Washington, D.C., affiliate, though both stations continue to share Redskins games, with WTEM as flagship.<sup id="cite_ref-wp-wmalamsports_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-wmalamsports-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Concurrent with the format change, WMAL changed its call letters to WSBN;<sup id="cite_ref-fcc-callsigns_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcc-callsigns-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prior to the change, it had been Washington's oldest station to be operating under its original call letters. WSBN signed a four-year radio broadcast rights agreement on June 15, 2022, to broadcast <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> games.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studios">Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WMAL broadcast from various facilities in Washington, D.C., and suburban <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> until July 25, 1973, when it settled in at its current studio facility at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. </p><p>WMAL's former transmitting facility, located in the Bradley Hills section of suburban <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a>, once housed studios for WMAL and WMAL-FM. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personalities">Personalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/WSBN" title="Special:EditPage/WSBN">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Among the WMAL broadcasters over the years have been <a href="/wiki/Frank_Harden" title="Frank Harden">Frank Harden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Weaver" title="Jackson Weaver">Jackson Weaver</a>, who co-hosted WMAL's morning show for more than four decades until Weaver's death in the early 1990s; Tom Gauger, who also spent several decades at WMAL on the mid-day shift from 10am-3pm; Bill Trumbull was the afternoon drivetime host and paired with several others through two decades, Felix Grant's evening show featured traditional jazz. Grant is credited with introducing Brazil's "bossa nova" music to the US. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey" title="Arthur Godfrey">Arthur Godfrey</a>, a national radio and early-TV personality who briefly broadcast on WMAL in 1933 as "Red" Godfrey; Bill Mayhugh, a mellow-voiced overnight broadcaster; and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Beatrice" title="Ken Beatrice">Ken Beatrice</a>, a sports talk radio pioneer who hosted a call-in show from 1977 to 1995. </p><p>The station also kept a local following for a time by broadcasting <a href="/wiki/Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports">sports</a> games featuring the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a> Terrapins. Legendary jazz authority <a href="/wiki/Felix_Grant" title="Felix Grant">Felix Grant</a> broadcast on WMAL for decades. </p><p>Support of the local community has been a tradition for WMAL, which founded such innovative fund-raisers as the Leukemia Radiothon and the Gross National Parade, which supported the D.C. Police Boys & Girls Club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="News">News</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: News"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to providing talk programming, WMAL provided local news coverage. With morning anchor Bill Thompson,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> afternoon anchor Mark Weaver<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the team covers news stories affecting the Washington, D.C., area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jerry_Klein's_2006_radio_experiment"><span id="Jerry_Klein.27s_2006_radio_experiment"></span>Jerry Klein's 2006 radio experiment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jerry Klein's 2006 radio experiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output 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The hoax was revealed at the end of the program. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSBN&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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id="Radio_stations_in_the_Washington,_D.C._metropolitan_area1453" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Radio stations in the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWRC" title="WWRC">570</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">630</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTNT_(AM)" title="WTNT (AM)">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVA_(AM)" title="WAVA (AM)">780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACA_(AM)" title="WACA (AM)">900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WURA" title="WURA">920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTN" title="WCTN">950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWGB" title="WWGB">1030</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBQH" title="WBQH">1050</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUST" title="WUST">1120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMET" title="WMET">1160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSD_(AM)" title="WTSD (AM)">1190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAX" title="WFAX">1220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCW" title="WRCW">1250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQOF" title="WQOF">1260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCT" title="WDCT">1310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCB" title="WYCB">1340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZHF" title="WZHF">1390</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">1450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKDV_(AM)" title="WKDV (AM)">1460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPWC" title="WPWC">1480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFED" title="WFED">1500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDON_(AM)" title="WDON (AM)">1540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK_(AM)" title="WJFK (AM)">1580</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLXE" title="WLXE">1600</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDCN-LD" title="WDCN-LD">87.7</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAMU" title="WAMU">88.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPFW" title="WPFW">89.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPIR_(FM)" title="WPIR (FM)">89.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCSP-FM" title="WCSP-FM">90.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMUC-FM" title="WMUC-FM">90.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WETA_(FM)" title="WETA (FM)">90.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGTS" title="WGTS">91.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCJ" title="WDCJ">92.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKYS" title="WKYS">93.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZV" title="WLZV">94.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIAD" title="WIAD">94.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPGC-FM" title="WPGC-FM">95.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM" title="WHUR-FM">96.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASH_(FM)" title="WASH (FM)">97.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMZQ-FM" title="WMZQ-FM">98.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCH-FM" title="WDCH-FM">99.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIHT" title="WIHT">99.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFRE" title="WFRE">99.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBIG-FM" title="WBIG-FM">100.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWDC_(FM)" title="WWDC (FM)">101.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMMJ" title="WMMJ">102.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">103.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRS-FM" title="WPRS-FM">104.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVA-FM" title="WAVA-FM">105.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">105.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK-FM" title="WJFK-FM">106.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">107.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">107.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZL" title="WLZL">107.9</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting" title="Low-power broadcasting">LPFM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WOWD-LP" title="WOWD-LP">94.3</a></li> <li>96.7 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WERA-LP" title="WERA-LP">WERA-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQER-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="WQER-LP">WQER-LP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJEV-LP" title="WJEV-LP">97.7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W225CN" class="mw-redirect" title="W225CN">92.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W228DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W228DI">93.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W240DJ" class="mw-redirect" title="W240DJ">95.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W248BN" class="mw-redirect" title="W248BN">97.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W249DX" class="mw-redirect" title="W249DX">97.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W251CH" class="mw-redirect" title="W251CH">98.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252DC" class="mw-redirect" title="W252DC">98.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W264DB" class="mw-redirect" title="W264DB">100.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W269DH" class="mw-redirect" title="W269DH">101.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W275BO" class="mw-redirect" title="W275BO">102.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W276DT" class="mw-redirect" title="W276DT">103.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W284CQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W284CQ">104.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W288BS" class="mw-redirect" title="W288BS">105.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W292BC" class="mw-redirect" title="W292BC">106.3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a><br />frequency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WNG736" class="mw-redirect" title="WNG736">162.45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHB36" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB36">162.55</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">Digital radio</a><br />by frequency & subchannel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAMU" title="WAMU">88.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAMU#Bluegrass_Country" title="WAMU">88.5-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPFW" title="WPFW">89.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WETA_(FM)" title="WETA (FM)">90.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WETA_(FM)" title="WETA (FM)">90.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKYS" title="WKYS">93.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">93.9-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIAD" title="WIAD">94.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIAD#HD_Radio" title="WIAD">94.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPGC-FM" title="WPGC-FM">95.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK-FM" title="WJFK-FM">95.5-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM" title="WHUR-FM">96.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">96.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">96.3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">96.3-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASH_(FM)" title="WASH (FM)">97.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air1" title="Air1">97.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMZQ-FM" title="WMZQ-FM">98.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMZQ-FM" title="WMZQ-FM">98.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIHT" title="WIHT">99.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Radio" title="Pride Radio">99.5-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBIG-FM" title="WBIG-FM">100.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUST" title="WUST">100.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWDC_(FM)" title="WWDC (FM)">101.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSD_(AM)" title="WTSD (AM)">101.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMMJ" title="WMMJ">102.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">102.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMMJ" title="WMMJ">102.3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">103.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM#Translators_and_HD_Radio" title="WTOP-FM">103.5-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSHE_(AM)" title="WSHE (AM)">103.5-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRS-FM" title="WPRS-FM">104.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">104.1-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVA-FM" title="WAVA-FM">105.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVA_(AM)" title="WAVA (AM)">105.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWRC" title="WWRC">105.1-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK-FM" title="WJFK-FM">106.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">106.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK_(AM)" title="WJFK (AM)">106.7-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">107.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">107.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">107.3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">107.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">107.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSHE_(AM)" title="WSHE (AM)">107.7-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">107.7-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">107.7-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZL" title="WLZL">107.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK_(AM)" title="WJFK (AM)">107.9-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">call sign</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHB36" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB36">KHB36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W225CN" class="mw-redirect" title="W225CN">W225CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W228DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W228DI">W228DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W240DJ" class="mw-redirect" title="W240DJ">W240DJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W248BN" class="mw-redirect" title="W248BN">W248BN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W249DX" class="mw-redirect" title="W249DX">W249DX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W251CH" class="mw-redirect" title="W251CH">W251CH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252DC" class="mw-redirect" title="W252DC">W252DC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W264DB" class="mw-redirect" title="W264DB">W264DB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W269DH" class="mw-redirect" title="W269DH">W269DH</a></li> <li><a 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title="WBIG-FM">WBIG-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBQH" title="WBQH">WBQH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCSP-FM" title="WCSP-FM">WCSP-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTN" title="WCTN">WCTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCH-FM" title="WDCH-FM">WDCH-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCJ" title="WDCJ">WDCJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCT" title="WDCT">WDCT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDCN-LD" title="WDCN-LD">WDCN-LD</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDON_(AM)" title="WDON (AM)">WDON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WERA-LP" title="WERA-LP">WERA-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WETA_(FM)" title="WETA (FM)">WETA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WETA_(FM)" title="WETA (FM)">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAX" title="WFAX">WFAX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFED" title="WFED">WFED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFRE" title="WFRE">WFRE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGTS" title="WGTS">WGTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM" title="WHUR-FM">WHUR-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">HD3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHUR-FM#HD_and_satellite_radio" title="WHUR-FM">HD4</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIAD" title="WIAD">WIAD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WIAD#HD_Radio" title="WIAD">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIHT" title="WIHT">WIHT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Radio" title="Pride Radio">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJEV-LP" title="WJEV-LP">WJEV-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK_(AM)" title="WJFK (AM)">WJFK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK-FM" title="WJFK-FM">WJFK-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFK_(AM)" title="WJFK (AM)">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKDV_(AM)" title="WKDV (AM)">WKDV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKIK_(FM)" title="WKIK (FM)">WKIK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKYS" title="WKYS">WKYS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLVW" title="WLVW">WLVW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLXE" title="WLXE">WLXE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZL" title="WLZL">WLZL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZV" title="WLZV">WLZV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">WMAL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMET" title="WMET">WMET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMMJ" title="WMMJ">WMMJ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMUC-FM" title="WMUC-FM">WMUC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMZQ-FM" title="WMZQ-FM">WMZQ-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WUST" title="WUST">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNG736" class="mw-redirect" title="WNG736">WNG736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">WOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWD-LP" title="WOWD-LP">WOWD-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPFW" title="WPFW">WPFW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPGC-FM" title="WPGC-FM">WPGC-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WPGC-FM#HD_Programming" title="WPGC-FM">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPIR_(FM)" title="WPIR (FM)">WPIR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRS-FM" title="WPRS-FM">WPRS-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WOL_(AM)" title="WOL (AM)">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPWC" title="WPWC">WPWC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQER-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="WQER-LP">WQER-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQOF" title="WQOF">WQOF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCW" title="WRCW">WRCW</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTEM" title="WTEM">WTEM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTNT_(AM)" title="WTNT (AM)">WTNT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">WTOP-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM#Translators_and_HD_Radio" title="WTOP-FM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSHE_(AM)" title="WSHE (AM)">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSD_(AM)" title="WTSD (AM)">WTSD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WURA" title="WURA">WURA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUST" title="WUST">WUST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWDC_(FM)" title="WWDC (FM)">WWDC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWDC_(FM)#HD_radio_and_translators" title="WWDC (FM)">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWGB" title="WWGB">WWGB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWRC" title="WWRC">WWRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">WWWT-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSHE_(AM)" title="WSHE (AM)">HD3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">HD4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">HD5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCB" title="WYCB">WYCB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZHF" title="WZHF">WZHF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Internet Only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowie_State_University#Media" title="Bowie State University">WBSU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCUA_(Catholic_University_of_America)" title="WCUA (Catholic University of America)">WCUA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGMU_Radio" title="WGMU Radio">WGMU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGTB" title="WGTB">WGTB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_College#Media" title="Montgomery College">WMCR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRGW_(student_radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="WRGW (student radio)">WRGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAMU#WVAU" title="WAMU">WVAU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAA_(Arlington,_Virginia)" title="NAA (Arlington, Virginia)">NAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOF_(radio_station)" title="NOF (radio station)">NOF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCAP_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="WCAP (Washington, D.C.)">WCAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDM_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="WDM (Washington, D.C.)">WDM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDW_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="WDW (Washington, D.C.)">WDW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGMS_(Washington)" class="mw-redirect" title="WGMS (Washington)">WGMS (103.5 FM, 104.1 FM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGTB" title="WGTB">WGTB (90.1 FM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHFS_(historic)" title="WHFS (historic)">WHFS (102.3 FM, 99.1 FM, 105.7 FM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJH" title="WJH">WJH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKIK_(AM)" title="WKIK (AM)">WKIK (1560 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOOK_(AM)" title="WOOK (AM)">WOOK (1340 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQAW_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WQAW (AM)">WQAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post_Radio" title="Washington Post Radio">WTWP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWZZ" class="mw-redirect" title="WWZZ">WWZZ (104.1 FM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>Radio stations in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Washington_Radio" title="Template:Washington Radio">Washington, D.C.</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Frederick_Radio" title="Template:Frederick Radio">Frederick, Maryland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Fredericksburg_Radio" title="Template:Fredericksburg Radio">Fredericksburg, Virginia</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div> <dl><dt>Other nearby regions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Baltimore_Radio" title="Template:Baltimore Radio">Baltimore</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro_Radio" title="Template:Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro Radio">Hagerstown</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:NorthernNeck_Radio" title="Template:NorthernNeck Radio">Northern Neck</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Salisbury-Ocean_City_Radio" title="Template:Salisbury-Ocean City Radio">Salisbury-Ocean City</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Winchester_Radio" title="Template:Winchester Radio">Winchester</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Washington,_D.C." title="List of radio stations in Washington, D.C.">List of radio stations in Washington, D.C.</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of radio stations in Virginia">List of radio stations in Virginia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Maryland" title="List of radio stations in Maryland">List of radio stations in Maryland</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Mass media in Washington, D.C.">Mass media in Washington, D.C.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Radio_stations_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Radio stations in Washington, D.C.">Radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Television_stations_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Television stations in Washington, D.C.">TV stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Newspapers_published_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Category:Newspapers published in Washington, D.C.">Newspapers</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">1. <a href="/wiki/Channel_6_radio_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 6 radio stations in the United States">Audio from channel 6 TV station</a></span></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cumulus_Media622" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KAAY" title="KAAY">KAAY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KABC_(AM)" title="KABC (AM)">KABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAOK" title="KAOK">KAOK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARN_(AM)" title="KARN (AM)">KARN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBED" title="KBED">KBED</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBGG" title="KBGG">KBGG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBOI_(AM)" title="KBOI (AM)">KBOI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCMO_(AM)" title="KCMO (AM)">KCMO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCSF" title="KCSF">KCSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCUB_(AM)" title="KCUB (AM)">KCUB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KESP" title="KESP">KESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFAY" title="KFAY">KFAY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFOG_(AM)" title="KFOG (AM)">KFOG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFRU" title="KFRU">KFRU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIKR" title="KIKR">KIKR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKAT_(AM)" title="KKAT (AM)">KKAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKOB_(AM)" title="KKOB (AM)">KKOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKOH" title="KKOH">KKOH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLIF_(AM)" title="KLIF (AM)">KLIF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLIK" title="KLIK">KLIK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMAJ_(AM)" title="KMAJ (AM)">KMAJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMJ_(AM)" title="KMJ (AM)">KMJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNBR_(AM)" title="KNBR (AM)">KNBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNML" title="KNML">KNML</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPUR_(AM)" title="KPUR (AM)">KPUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRMD_(AM)" title="KRMD (AM)">KRMD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFO" title="KSFO">KSFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTBL" title="KTBL">KTBL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTCK_(AM)" title="KTCK (AM)">KTCK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTCT" title="KTCT">KTCT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTIK_(AM)" title="KTIK (AM)">KTIK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTOP_(AM)" title="KTOP (AM)">KTOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTUC" title="KTUC">KTUC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUGN" title="KUGN">KUGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVOR" title="KVOR">KVOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWPN_(AM)" title="KWPN (AM)">KWPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZAC" title="KZAC">KZAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYNG_(AM)" title="KYNG (AM)">KYNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAAV" title="WAAV">WAAV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAPI_(AM)" title="WAPI (AM)">WAPI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WARM_(AM)" title="WARM (AM)">WARM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAYS_(AM)" title="WAYS (AM)">WAYS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBAP_(AM)" title="WBAP (AM)">WBAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBBF" title="WBBF">WBBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBBW" title="WBBW">WBBW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCOA_(AM)" title="WCOA (AM)">WCOA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDUZ" title="WDUZ">WDUZ</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAS_(AM)" title="WFAS (AM)">WFAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNC_(AM)" title="WFNC (AM)">WFNC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTW" title="WFTW">WFTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGOC" title="WGOC">WGOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGOK" title="WGOK">WGOK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGOW_(AM)" title="WGOW (AM)">WGOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGPC" title="WGPC">WGPC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHGB" title="WHGB">WHGB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHLD" title="WHLD">WHLD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WICC_(AM)" title="WICC (AM)">WICC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WISW" title="WISW">WISW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJBC_(AM)" title="WJBC (AM)">WJBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJCW" title="WJCW">WJCW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJOX_(AM)" title="WJOX (AM)">WJOX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJR" title="WJR">WJR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJRW" title="WJRW">WJRW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKY" title="WKY">WKY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAW_(AM)" title="WLAW (AM)">WLAW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLBY" title="WLBY">WLBY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLS_(AM)" title="WLS (AM)">WLS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLWI_(AM)" title="WLWI (AM)">WLWI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZR" title="WLZR">WLZR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAC" title="WMAC">WMAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMSP" title="WMSP">WMSP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNAM" title="WNAM">WNAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNML_(AM)" title="WNML (AM)">WNML</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOSH" title="WOSH">WOSH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPIC" title="WPIC">WPIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRO_(AM)" title="WPRO (AM)">WPRO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRV" title="WPRV">WPRV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRQX_(AM)" title="WRQX (AM)">WRQX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRIE" title="WRIE">WRIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSBA_(AM)" title="WSBA (AM)">WSBA</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSBN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSKO_(AM)" title="WSKO (AM)">WSKO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSSO" title="WSSO">WSSO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTKA" title="WTKA">WTKA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTMA" title="WTMA">WTMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTRX" title="WTRX">WTRX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUMP" title="WUMP">WUMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVEL" title="WVEL">WVEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVLK_(AM)" title="WVLK (AM)">WVLK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNN_(AM)" title="WVNN (AM)">WVNN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWCK_(AM)" title="WWCK (AM)">WWCK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXLM" title="WXLM">WXLM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXNT" title="WXNT">WXNT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXOK" title="WXOK">WXOK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXQW" title="WXQW">WXQW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXSM" title="WXSM">WXSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYMB" title="WYMB">WYMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYNN_(AM)" title="WYNN (AM)">WYNN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM radio</a><br /> stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K279BI" class="mw-redirect" title="K279BI">K279BI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAMO-FM" title="KAMO-FM">KAMO-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARN-FM" title="KARN-FM">KARN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARX_(FM)" title="KARX (FM)">KARX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KATC-FM" title="KATC-FM">KATC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KATM" title="KATM">KATM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KATT-FM" title="KATT-FM">KATT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAYD-FM" title="KAYD-FM">KAYD-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBBM" title="KBBM">KBBM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBBQ-FM" title="KBBQ-FM">KBBQ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBBY-FM" title="KBBY-FM">KBBY-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBCY" title="KBCY">KBCY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBEE" title="KBEE">KBEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBER" title="KBER">KBER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBIU" title="KBIU">KBIU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBOI-FM" title="KBOI-FM">KBOI-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBUL-FM" title="KBUL-FM">KBUL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBXR" title="KBXR">KBXR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCDD" title="KCDD">KCDD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCFX" title="KCFX">KCFX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCHZ" title="KCHZ">KCHZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCJK" title="KCJK">KCJK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCMO-FM" title="KCMO-FM">KCMO-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDJK" class="mw-redirect" title="KDJK">KDJK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDRF" title="KDRF">KDRF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDVV" title="KDVV">KDVV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEHK" title="KEHK">KEHK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KENZ_(FM)" title="KENZ (FM)">KENZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGGO" title="KGGO">KGGO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHAY" title="KHAY">KHAY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHKI" title="KHKI">KHKI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHKK" title="KHKK">KHKK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHOP" title="KHOP">KHOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHTB" title="KHTB">KHTB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHXS" title="KHXS">KHXS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KHYT" title="KHYT">KHYT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIIM-FM" title="KIIM-FM">KIIM-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIPR" title="KIPR">KIPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIZN" title="KIZN">KIZN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJJY" title="KJJY">KJJY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJMO" title="KJMO">KJMO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJOY" title="KJOY">KJOY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKEG" title="KKEG">KKEG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKFM" title="KKFM">KKFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKGB" title="KKGB">KKGB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKGL" title="KKGL">KKGL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKMG" title="KKMG">KKMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKND_(FM)" title="KKND (FM)">KKND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKOB-FM" title="KKOB-FM">KKOB-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKPK" title="KKPK">KKPK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKWD" title="KKWD">KKWD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLAL" title="KLAL">KLAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KLUR" title="KLUR">KLUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMAJ-FM" title="KMAJ-FM">KMAJ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMCK-FM" title="KMCK-FM">KMCK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMEZ_(FM)" title="KMEZ (FM)">KMEZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMGA" title="KMGA">KMGA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMGV" title="KMGV">KMGV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMJ-FM" title="KMJ-FM">KMJ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMJJ-FM" title="KMJJ-FM">KMJJ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMJK" title="KMJK">KMJK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNBR-FM" title="KNBR-FM">KNBR-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNEK-FM" title="KNEK-FM">KNEK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNEV" title="KNEV">KNEV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNRQ" title="KNRQ">KNRQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNSH" title="KNSH">KNSH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOBQ" title="KOBQ">KOBQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOLI" title="KOLI">KOLI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOMS" title="KOMS">KOMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOQL" title="KOQL">KOQL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPLA" title="KPLA">KPLA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPLX" title="KPLX">KPLX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPUR-FM" title="KPUR-FM">KPUR-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQFC" title="KQFC">KQFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQHN" title="KQHN">KQHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQIZ-FM" title="KQIZ-FM">KQIZ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQLK" title="KQLK">KQLK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQRS-FM" title="KQRS-FM">KQRS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQSM-FM" title="KQSM-FM">KQSM-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQXC-FM" title="KQXC-FM">KQXC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQXL-FM" title="KQXL-FM">KQXL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQXY-FM" title="KQXY-FM">KQXY-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRBE" title="KRBE">KRBE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRMD-FM" title="KRMD-FM">KRMD-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRMW" title="KRMW">KRMW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRRQ" title="KRRQ">KRRQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRST" title="KRST">KRST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRUZ_(FM)" title="KRUZ (FM)">KRUZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSAN_(FM)" title="KSAN (FM)">KSAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSCS" title="KSCS">KSCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSKS" title="KSKS">KSKS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSMB_(FM)" title="KSMB (FM)">KSMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSZR" title="KSZR">KSZR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTCK-FM" title="KTCK-FM">KTCK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTCX" title="KTCX">KTCX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTLT" title="KTLT">KTLT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTOP-FM" title="KTOP-FM">KTOP-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUBL-FM" title="KUBL-FM">KUBL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUJZ" title="KUJZ">KUJZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KURB" title="KURB">KURB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVMA-FM" title="KVMA-FM">KVMA-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVYB" title="KVYB">KVYB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWIC_(FM)" title="KWIC (FM)">KWIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWIN" title="KWIN">KWIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWNN" class="mw-redirect" title="KWNN">KWNN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWQW" title="KWQW">KWQW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWYE" title="KWYE">KWYE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWYL" title="KWYL">KWYL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXKC" title="KXKC">KXKC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXXR" title="KXXR">KXXR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYIS" title="KYIS">KYIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYKZ" title="KYKZ">KYKZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYYI" title="KYYI">KYYI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZEL-FM" title="KZEL-FM">KZEL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZJF" title="KZJF">KZJF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZRK-FM" title="KZRK-FM">KZRK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WABD" title="WABD">WABD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAOA-FM" title="WAOA-FM">WAOA-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAQX-FM" title="WAQX-FM">WAQX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WARM-FM" title="WARM-FM">WARM-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBAP-FM" title="WBAP-FM">WBAP-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBHD" class="mw-redirect" title="WBHD">WBHD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBHT" title="WBHT">WBHT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBLX-FM" title="WBLX-FM">WBLX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBNQ" title="WBNQ">WBNQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBSX" title="WBSX">WBSX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBWN" title="WBWN">WBWN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBZE" title="WBZE">WBZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBZF" title="WBZF">WBZF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCMG" title="WCMG">WCMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTO" title="WCTO">WCTO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAI" title="WDAI">WDAI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDEN-FM" title="WDEN-FM">WDEN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDLT-FM" title="WDLT-FM">WDLT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDUZ-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WDUZ-FM">WDUZ-FM</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDVD" title="WDVD">WDVD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDZZ-FM" title="WDZZ-FM">WDZZ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAN-FM" title="WEAN-FM">WEAN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAS-FM" title="WEAS-FM">WEAS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEBE" title="WEBE">WEBE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEDG" title="WEDG">WEDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEMX" title="WEMX">WEMX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFBE" title="WFBE">WFBE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFMS" title="WFMS">WFMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTK" title="WFTK">WFTK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFYR" title="WFYR">WFYR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGFX" title="WGFX">WGFX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGKX" title="WGKX">WGKX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGLF" title="WGLF">WGLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGLO" title="WGLO">WGLO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNI" title="WGNI">WGNI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGOW-FM" title="WGOW-FM">WGOW-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGRF" title="WGRF">WGRF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGRR" title="WGRR">WGRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGVX" title="WGVX">WGVX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHBX" title="WHBX">WHBX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHHY-FM" title="WHHY-FM">WHHY-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHKR" title="WHKR">WHKR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHNN" title="WHNN">WHNN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHOT-FM" title="WHOT-FM">WHOT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRP" title="WHRP">WHRP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHTS" title="WHTS">WHTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHTT-FM" title="WHTT-FM">WHTT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WILZ" title="WILZ">WILZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIOG" title="WIOG">WIOG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIOV-FM" title="WIOV-FM">WIOV-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIVK-FM" title="WIVK-FM">WIVK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIWF" title="WIWF">WIWF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIXO" title="WIXO">WIXO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIXV" title="WIXV">WIXV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJBC-FM" title="WJBC-FM">WJBC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJCL-FM" title="WJCL-FM">WJCL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJEZ" title="WJEZ">WJEZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJJK" title="WJJK">WJJK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJOX-FM" title="WJOX-FM">WJOX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJQX" title="WJQX">WJQX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJTQ" title="WJTQ">WJTQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKDF" title="WKDF">WKDF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKHX-FM" title="WKHX-FM">WKHX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKIM" title="WKIM">WKIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKKO" title="WKKO">WKKO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKLQ_(FM)" title="WKLQ (FM)">WKLQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKOR-FM" title="WKOR-FM">WKOR-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKOS" title="WKOS">WKOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQX_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WKQX (FM)">WKQX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQZ" title="WKQZ">WKQZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKRU" title="WKRU">WKRU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKSM" title="WKSM">WKSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKXS-FM" title="WKXS-FM">WKXS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAV-FM" title="WLAV-FM">WLAV-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAW-FM" title="WLAW-FM">WLAW-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLCS" title="WLCS">WLCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLEV" title="WLEV">WLEV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLFF" title="WLFF">WLFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLLF" title="WLLF">WLLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLS-FM" title="WLS-FM">WLS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLTO" title="WLTO">WLTO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGVX" title="WGVX">WLUP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLWI-FM" title="WLWI-FM">WLWI-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLXC" title="WLXC">WLXC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLXX" title="WLXX">WLXX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLZN" title="WLZN">WLZN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">WMAL-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMDH-FM" title="WMDH-FM">WMDH-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMEZ" title="WMEZ">WMEZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMGB" title="WMGB">WMGB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMGL" title="WMGL">WMGL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMGS" title="WMGS">WMGS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMGU" title="WMGU">WMGU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMIM" title="WMIM">WMIM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMNX" title="WMNX">WMNX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMOS" title="WMOS">WMOS</a>³</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMXS" title="WMXS">WMXS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMXT" title="WMXT">WMXT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMXU" title="WMXU">WMXU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCV" title="WNCV">WNCV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNDX" title="WNDX">WNDX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKT" title="WNKT">WNKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNML-FM" title="WNML-FM">WNML-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNMQ" title="WNMQ">WNMQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNNF" title="WNNF">WNNF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNNK-FM" title="WNNK-FM">WNNK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNNX" title="WNNX">WNNX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNTQ" title="WNTQ">WNTQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNTR" title="WNTR">WNTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOFX-FM" title="WOFX-FM">WOFX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOGB" title="WOGB">WOGB</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOGT" title="WOGT">WOGT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOKI" title="WOKI">WOKI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOMG" title="WOMG">WOMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WORC-FM" title="WORC-FM">WORC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEZ" title="WPEZ">WPEZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPKR" title="WPKR">WPKR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPRO-FM" title="WPRO-FM">WPRO-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQGN-FM" title="WQGN-FM">WQGN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQHZ" title="WQHZ">WQHZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQKL" title="WQKL">WQKL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQLH" title="WQLH">WQLH</a>¹</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQPD_(FM)" title="WQPD (FM)">WQPD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQQK" title="WQQK">WQQK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQQO" title="WQQO">WQQO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQSM" title="WQSM">WQSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQUT" title="WQUT">WQUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQXA-FM" title="WQXA-FM">WQXA-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQXK" title="WQXK">WQXK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRBO" title="WRBO">WRBO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCQ" title="WRCQ">WRCQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRKN_(FM)" title="WRKN (FM)">WRKN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WROK-FM" title="WROK-FM">WROK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRQN" title="WRQN">WRQN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRQQ" title="WRQQ">WRQQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRRM" title="WRRM">WRRM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRRX" title="WRRX">WRRX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSEA" title="WSEA">WSEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSJR" title="WSJR">WSJR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSKZ" title="WSKZ">WSKZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSM-FM" title="WSM-FM">WSM-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSMS" title="WSMS">WSMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOX" title="WSOX">WSOX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSSX-FM" title="WSSX-FM">WSSX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSYN" title="WSYN">WSYN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTCB" title="WTCB">WTCB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTNR_(FM)" title="WTNR (FM)">WTNR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTPA-FM" title="WTPA-FM">WTPA-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTYB" title="WTYB">WTYB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUHT" title="WUHT">WUHT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBO" title="WVBO">WVBO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVIB" title="WVIB">WVIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVLK-FM" title="WVLK-FM">WVLK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVNN-FM" title="WVNN-FM">WVNN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWCK-FM" title="WWCK-FM">WWCK-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWFF-FM" title="WWFF-FM">WWFF-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWFN-FM" title="WWFN-FM">WWFN-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWFX" title="WWFX">WWFX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWIZ" title="WWIZ">WWIZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWKI" title="WWKI">WWKI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWKL_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WWKL (FM)">WWKL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWKX" title="WWKX">WWKX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWLD" title="WWLD">WWLD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWLI" title="WWLI">WWLI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWLS-FM" title="WWLS-FM">WWLS-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWWM-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WWWM-FM">WWWM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWQQ-FM" title="WWQQ-FM">WWQQ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWSN_(FM)" title="WWSN (FM)">WWSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWTN" title="WWTN">WWTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWWQ" title="WWWQ">WWWQ</a></li> <li><a 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