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WTOP picks up 10 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
WTOP has been honored with ten 2019 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including an award in Overall Excellence by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). With stories on subjects like Tangier Island, the D.C. riots and football’s concussion crisis, see what other awards WTOP’s coverage won.
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Bruce Reese, radio ‘pioneer’ and former leader of WTOP’s parent company, dies
Reese was at the helm of WTOP’s former owner, Bonneville International, when the station was purchased by Hubbard Radio in early 2011 in a deal that included 16 other radio stations.
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‘You turn us on and we’re there’: Looking back at 50 years of news on WTOP
As Washington’s Top News marks 50 years of all news on the radio, some of the journalists who helped make it what it is today are looking back at their experiences and at the stories that have touched the nation’s capital.
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Chillum firefighters honored for work on Boundary Stone after WTOP report
Following a WTOP report on the stones and the state of disrepair one in particular was suffering from, Chillum Fire/EMS Station 844 took action.
2 months ago -
WATCH: How WTOP moved an entire radio station overnight
You’ve most likely heard by now that WTOP has moved. But how did a whole radio station make the transition while continuously broadcasting around the clock?
4 months ago -
PHOTOS: Washington’s Top News gets a top-notch new home
It’s the start of a new age for WTOP, which bid adieu to its old Idaho Avenue location for a shiny, space-age pasture just up the street in Maryland. See photos and video of the Wisconsin Avenue newsroom.
4 months ago -
So long and farewell: WTOP says goodbye to longtime DC home
Accumulate enough good memories in one place, and the bond is hard to sever. After 30 years at 3400 Idaho Ave. NW, WTOP is moving on to a state-of-the-art newsroom and studios in Friendship Heights over the weekend. Throughout the day, familiar voices and other journalists in the WTOP newsroom will reflect on an era’s end — and look ahead to the next chapter.
4 months ago -
WTOP Flashback: How we handled a telephone learning curve on Sept. 11, 2001
A new phone system provided a technical challenge during WTOP’s coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the Pentagon.
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WTOP Flashback: What do you mean there’s no script?
In one week, WTOP’s news operation will be running from its brand-new Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center in Maryland. This week, as we get set to make the move, we’re flashing back on some memorable moments in the WTOP’s D.C. newsroom. Today, what happens when the computer system crashes.
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We still have that? The funny, nostalgic (and totally random) stuff WTOP staffers found during building move
As WTOP packs up for our move to Chevy Chase, Maryland, we’re finding a lot of stuff we didn’t know we still own. See photos.
5 months ago -
U.Md. president due for performance review from board pushing him out
It’s that time of year when nerves run high around annual performance reviews — but for a certain area university president, things could get particularly awkward.
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WTOP named News/Talk Station of the Year at 2018 NAB Marconi Radio Awards
WTOP was named News/Talk Station of the Year at the 29th annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards in Orlando, Florida, Thursday night.
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WTOP moving to new headquarters in Maryland
The Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center is moving at the end of 2018 from its current D.C. newsroom to a new office space in Maryland. See photos.
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WTOP wins 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence
WTOP has won the Murrow Award for Overall Excellence, one of the most prestigious awards in broadcast and digital news, for the second time in a row, and the fourth time since 2009.
11 months ago -
WTOP reporter wins distinguished national defense reporting award
WTOP’s national security correspondent J.J. Green took home the 31st annual Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense.
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