Engineers Need More Time To Repair Tower
The repairs on the Tenleytown broadcast tower were expected to be completed tomorrow (6/2).
DCRTV hears engineers need more time to complete the repairs…
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Trouble Isolated: Stations Continue To Be Off-Air
DCRTV has been reporting about the troubled Tenleytown broadcast tower for the last few days.
Engineers have made progress and identified the issue with…
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Tower Work Continues…
Here’s the latest on the tower work…
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The Rise And Fall Of WOOK With Mike Burke
In the days of AM radio, WOOK was a legendary urban radio station with huge ratings and a loyal local following.
In the 1970s, the station was involved in an illegal gambling scheme, and the station ended up losing its broadcast license…
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DCRTV’s Dan Lane Interviewed On Breakfast With Barry Lee
Dan Lane was recently interviewed on Breakfast With Barry Lee, hosted by former WINC-FM morning host Barry Lee. On the podcast, Barry asks Dan about…
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Mystery Solved: Why Channels 7 & 9 Are Going Off-Air
Yesterday, DCRTV reported that Channels 7 & 9’s broadcast signals were going to be going off-air between 9 – 5 this coming week. Today we learn why…
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Wells Bunyea – Mornings WJMD (1980)
From 1979 until he died in 1983, Wells Bunyea hosted mornings on 94.7 WJMD, which later became WLTT…
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WUSA Also Plans To Go Off-Air Next Week
DCRTV has learned that Channel 9 (WUSA) is also planning to sign off for a period next week….
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WJLA To Go Off-Air For 4 Days
The over-the-air broadcast signal of Channel 7 (WJLA) will be down from Tuesday, May 28 – Friday, May 31…
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Why A Radio Station Failed – The Rise And Fall Of WOOK
On the next DCRTV Podcast, we’ll figure out how WOOK went from being one of the most popular stations in DC to one of the lowest-rated…
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New Anchor At DC News Now
Susan Tran joins Nexstar’s DC News Now as the evening anchor for the 6, 7, and 9 newscasts and the 10 p.m. news on WDCW, DCW50…
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Barry Lee Signs Off After 37 Years At WINC
On June 30, 2021, Barry Lee ended is 37-year run doing the morning shift at Winchester’s WINC-FM.
This is his final break…
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WTOP Brings in Over $66 Million In 2023
WTOP is again the top billing radio station in the country with $66.3 million in revenue in 2023…
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Worst To First The True Story Of Z100 New York (Free To Watch)
Not local, but interesting…. This documentary has been available for purchase, but it’s now free on YouTube.
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DCRTV Featured In Washingtonian
A dormant URL sprung back to life last month when DCRTV.com relaunched. The blog, which covered Washington, DC-area media, especially radio and television, had laid dormant since its founder, Dave Hughes, died in 2021…
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Last Moments Of 102.3 FM WHFS
You may remember a cool Alt Rock station, 99.1 WHFS.
Before WHFS was on 99.1, it was on 102.3 FM…
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Bill Scanlan – DC101 (1980)
This week our aircheck of the week is a break from DC101 in 1980…
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Fox 45 Owner Looks To Sell Stations
Sinclair, one of the largest owners of broadcast stations in the U.S., is looking to sell more than 30% of its stations…
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DCRTV Memory: B-106
B-106 (WBMW) was a Top 40 station in the mid 1980’s.
This is a picture of a button worn by 7-11 employees to promote the stations, “Super Sticker Sweepstakes”.
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Tony Perkins To Emcee Valor Awards
NBC4 Anchors Tony Perkins and Juliana Valencia are set to emcee The Prince William Valor Awards this year. The Valor Awards recognize the brave actions of the community’s first responders…
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WDJY (HOT 100) 6/17/89
This week’s aircheck of the week is three quick breaks from John Horan and Natalie Stewart on WDJY, when they were known as Hot 100…
