WTOP-FM

WTOP-FM
Washington, D.C.; United States;
Broadcast area	Washington metropolitan area
Frequency	103.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	WTOP Radio; WTOP News
Programming
Format	All-news radio
Subchannels	HD2: Simulcast of WFED; HD3: Simulcast of WSHE (freeform);
Affiliations	CBS News Radio; ABC News Radio; WJLA-TV;
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting; (Washington, DC FCC License Sub, LLC);
Sister stations	WBQH, WFED, WSHE
History
First air date	September 12, 1948
Former call signs	WQQW-FM (1948–1951); WGMS-FM (1951–2006);
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
ERP	44,000 watts (analog); 2,110 watts (digital);
HAAT	158 meters (518 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°56′10.6″N 77°05′31.5″W / 38.936278°N 77.092083°W
Repeater(s)	103.9 WTLP (Braddock Heights); 107.7 WWWT-FM (Manassas);
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	WTOP Webstream; WTOP Webplayer;
Website	wtop.com

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.

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 on March 9, 1969.