List of radio stations in Washington, D.C.

The Washington metropolitan area is currently the seventh-largest radio market in the United States.^[1] While most stations originate within Washington, D.C. proper, this list includes also stations that originate from Northern Virginia and Annapolis, Maryland.

Currently, radio stations that primarily serve the Washington metropolitan area include:^[2]^[3]

Broadcast radio

AM stations

Call sign	Frequency	Band	City of license	Format	Notes
WGOP	540	AM	Pocomoke City, MD	Adult standards/MOR
WWRC	570	AM	Bethesda, MD	Conservative talk
WSBN	630	AM	Washington, D.C.	Sports
WDMV	700	AM	Walkersville, MD	Regional Mexican	²
WTNT	730	AM	Alexandria, VA	Spanish adult hits
WAVA	780	AM	Arlington, VA	Christian	²
WACA	900	AM	Laurel, MD	Spanish talk
WURA	920	AM	Quantico, VA	Tejano
WCTN	950	AM	Potomac, MD	Spanish contemporary
WTEM	980	AM	Washington, D.C.	Sports
WWGB	1030	AM	Indian Head, MD	Spanish religious	²
WBQH	1050	AM	Silver Spring, MD	Regional Mexican
WUST	1120	AM	Washington, D.C.	Black Information Network	²
WMET	1160	AM	Gaithersburg, MD	Guadalupe-EWTN
WTSD	1190	AM	Leesburg, VA	Sports
WFAX	1220	AM	Falls Church, VA	Regional Mexican/reggaeton
WRCW	1250	AM	Warrenton, VA	WWRC simulcast
WQOF	1260	AM	Washington, D.C.	Relevant Radio
WDCT	1310	AM	Fairfax, VA	Korean
WYCB	1340	AM	Washington, D.C.	Gospel
WZHF	1390	AM	Arlington, VA	Radio Sputnik
WOL	1450	AM	Washington, D.C.	Urban talk
WKDV	1460	AM	Manassas, VA	Regional Mexican
WPWC	1480	AM	Dumfries, VA	Spanish Christian
WFED	1500	AM	Washington, D.C.	Government talk	¹
WDON	1540	AM	Wheaton, MD	Spanish Catholic	²
WJFK	1580	AM	Morningside, MD	Sports/betting
WLXE	1600	AM	Rockville, MD	Spanish

¹ clear-channel station

² daytime-only station

FM stations

Call sign	Frequency	Band	City of license	Format	Notes
WDCN-LD	87.7	FM	Fairfax, VA	Spanish tropical
WAMU	88.5	FM	Washington, D.C.	NPR/talk	*
WPFW	89.3	FM	Washington, D.C.	Pacifica/jazz	*
WPIR	89.9	FM	Culpeper, VA	Contemporary Christian	*
WCSP-FM	90.1	FM	Washington, D.C.	C-SPAN	*
WMUC-FM	90.5	FM	College Park, MD	College/freeform	*
WETA	90.9	FM	Washington, D.C.	NPR/classical	*
WGTS	91.9	FM	Takoma Park, MD	Contemporary Christian	*
WDCJ	92.7	FM	Prince Frederick, MD	WMMJ simulcast
WKYS	93.9	FM	Washington, D.C.	Urban contemporary
WLZV	94.3	FM	Buckland, VA	K-Love	*
WOWD-LP	94.3	FM	Takoma Park, MD	Community Radio
WIAD	94.7	FM	Bethesda, MD	Classic hits
WPGC-FM	95.5	FM	Morningside, MD	Urban contemporary
WHUR-FM	96.3	FM	Washington, D.C.	Urban AC
WASH	97.1	FM	Washington, D.C.	Adult contemporary
WMZQ-FM	98.7	FM	Washington, D.C.	Country
WDCH-FM	99.1	FM	Bowie, MD	Bloomberg Radio
WIHT	99.5	FM	Washington, D.C.	Contemporary hit radio
WBIG-FM	100.3	FM	Washington, D.C.	Classic rock
WWDC	101.1	FM	Washington, D.C.	Alternative rock
WMMJ	102.3	FM	Bethesda, MD	Urban AC
WTOP-FM	103.5	FM	Washington, D.C.	All-news
WTLP	103.9	FM	Braddock Heights, MD	WTOP-FM simulcast
WPRS-FM	104.1	FM	Waldorf, MD	Gospel
WAVA-FM	105.1	FM	Arlington, VA	Christian
WMAL-FM	105.9	FM	Woodbridge, VA	Conservative talk
WJFK-FM	106.7	FM	Manassas, VA	Sports
WLVW	107.3	FM	Washington, D.C.	K-Love	*
WWWT-FM	107.7	FM	Manassas, VA	WTOP-FM simulcast
WLZL	107.9	FM	Annapolis, MD	Spanish tropical

Asterisk (*) indicates a non-commercial (public radio/campus/educational) broadcast.

Defunct

NAA/Arlington, VA (1913–41)
NOF/Naval Air Station, Anacostia (1920–23)
WCAP/Washington, D.C. (1926–26; merged into WRC, now WTEM)
WDM/Washington, D.C. (1921–25)
WDW/Washington, D.C. (1921–22)
WINX—WOOK—WFAN/Washington, D.C. (1940–78)
WHFS/Washington, D.C./Baltimore, MD (1961–2005)
WJH/Washington, D.C. (1921–24)
WQAW/Washington, D.C. (1923–24)

References

^ "True Market | Radio Audience Ratings". www.rab.com. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ AM Query – AM Radio Technical Information – Audio Division (FCC) USA Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ FM Query – FM Radio Technical Information – Audio Division (FCC) USA Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "District of Columbia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive
Chas. A. Alicoate, ed. (1957), "Amplitude Modulation Stations - AM: Dist. of Columbia", Radio Annual and Television Yearbook, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206 – via Internet Archive
"AM Stations in the U.S.: Dist. of Columbia", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive