It’s been closed to the general public for nearly 50 years.

Quick show of virtual hands: how many of you knew that WTOP, one of the largest radio stations in the country, was wholly owned and operated by a for-profit arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Anyone? I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that it took today’s news that said conglomerate — Deseret Management Corporation — has sold WTOP and seventeen other stations to Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. to come to that realization. Taking…