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Nov 18, 2022

Slew Of Longtime Local Radio Voices Take Buyouts At WTOP

The station’s general manager cited economic reasons for offering the buyouts.

Oct 28, 2013

Dexter Manley Insults Troy Aikman On WTOP, Apologizes

Dexter Manley runs his mouth again, promptly gets banned from appearing on WTOP.

May 13, 2013

WTOP Says Its Website Is Now Malware Free After Attack

WTOP first reported the hack on Tuesday, and informed users by email Sunday.

Jan 28, 2013

NBC4 Poaches Mark Segraves Away From WTOP

Washington’s news and traffic station is about to get a whole lot less newsy with the announcement that WTOP’s District reporter Mark Segraves is moving to NBC4.

Nov 05, 2012

WTOP Thinks Traffic Reports Should Be Home-Grown, But Does It Matter?

Two of the D.C. area’s leading radio station disagree on how a very fundamental portion of big-city news radio should be delivered: Traffic reports.

Oct 04, 2012

Ticket Scalpers: Cathy Lanier is Gonna Get You

If you’ve got Nats playoff tickets that you want to sell, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier wants you to know that she’ll find you if you try to scalp them out in the open.

Sep 06, 2012

Roll Through a Stop Sign? There’s a Camera for That

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said that D.C. would install between eight and 10 Stop sign cameras before the end of the year.

Jul 31, 2012

McDonnell Defends Chick-fil-A’s Right to Sell Chicken, Waffles and Traditional Values

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell waded into the still-simmering debate over Chick-fil-A today, saying that he didn’t think that the fried chicken purveyor should be denied permits because of its donations to organizations that oppose same-sex marriage, a threat some elected officials have made in recent weeks.

Jun 05, 2012

Kwame Brown Gets Pushy With Local Reporter

Things seem to be getting a little testy down at the Wilson Building these days.

Feb 28, 2012

Pre-Abortion Ultrasounds Are About Dignity, Says McDonnell

Speaking on WTOP today, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell insisted that a bill that would mandate ultrasounds “protects the dignity of women” by “providing them with all the information” before they choose to get an abortion.

 
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