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WGTS is one of the most fascinating success stories in Washington radio. It’s a 23,000 watt non-commercial station, yet in the latest Nielsen ratings it pulled a 5.7 share, landing in the….

On the this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, former HFS morning host Wes Johnson and Creative Director Bill Glasser take you inside what was really going on as WHFS evolved from….

Few people have had a bigger influence on Washington radio than Dan Mason. Mason arrived in DC in the late 1970’s to program WPGC, helping shape…..

In 2012, CBS Radio made a bold move in Washington: launch an all-news station at 99.1 FM (WNEW) to go head-to-head with…

Weasel spent 33 years behind the mic at the legendary WHFS, and on this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, he will take us inside one of the most influential radio stations in DC history….

On October 12, 1925, WMAL signed on the air for the very first time. One hundred years later, we celebrate the station’s remarkable history with three longtime fixtures….

For 37 years, Barry Lee was the friendly voice waking up the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia on WINC-FM.

On this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, we sit down with Scott Woodside, half of the legendary Elliott and Woodside morning show that dominated Washington radio in the 1970s and ’80s…..

On this episode of the DCRTV Podcast, we sit down with Fred Manning, the man behind some of the most recognizable radio brands…

Jon Leiberman takes us behind the scenes of working at Baltimore’s FOX 45 and 98 ROCK and how he transitioned from Baltimore to the national stage as one of the main correspondents on America’s Most Wanted…

On the May episode of the DCRTV Podcast, we look back at the history of WAVA, one of the great Top 40 stations in Washington radio history…..

Uncle Johnny is a legend in DC radio. In the 1980s, he hosted nights at Q107 (WRQX).

On this episode, Uncle Johnny talks about working nights at Q107 for four or five years and tells the story of getting rehired after leaving for a brief period.

In 1996, a new Top 40 station launched in Washington. Z104 was upbeat and fun and did very well in the ratings for many years.….

Chris Core was on Washington radio for 44 years, including over 20 years co-hosting the Trumbull and Core show on WMAL….

The world was very different in 1991; there was no internet, no smartphones, and if you wanted local news, you had to wait for a live newscast from channels 4, 5, 7, or 9 or read it the next day in The Washington Post….

There was a unique period of radio from the 1930s to the 1950s called network radio, where shows similar to TV shows aired on radio stations…

On this episode, Joel takes us behind the scenes on the steps he took to convince the station ownership that moving to a full market FM signal, would be a good move

He also talks about some of the risks they faced, such as the possibility that the AM audience might not move to FM and that the extra revenue the station may generate from the move might not be enough to make up for the revenue they were going to lose by killing off the classical format that was on 103.5.

Steve shares his strategy to beat direct competitor Extra 104 (WXTR), how he hired the original airstaff before the station’s launch, and how they kept the new format a secret with two other radio stations in the building….