WTOP to Lease 103.9 FM to K

Deal Digest: K-Love Expands On Both Coasts.

K-Love continues to be an active radio buyer, as this week it files to add a Bay Area station while also closing a deal to buy a Connecticut FM. Also

WTOP to lease 103.9 FM to K

Starting Saturday, Aug. 1, at 12:01 a.m., WTOP’s 24/7 news programming will no longer be heard on 103.9 FM in Frederick County, Maryland. WTOP has leased the frequency to K-LOVE, an adult contemporary Christian music station. WTOP will continue to broadcast on 103.5 FM, 107.7 FM and 103.5 HD-1, and is available for streaming on WTOP.com, Apple and Android apps, YouTube and on Alexa using the command, “Alexa, Open WTOP.” WTOP’s app is also CarPla…

WTOP Ends 19-Year Simulcast, Leases Signal To K-LOVE

The highest-billing station in the US is signing away one of its three Washington-area repeater signals, as Hubbard Media that Connects ends WTLP's simulcast of WTOP, leasing the Maryland frequency to Christian broadcaster K-LOVE through 2029.

A WTOP Signal Is Being Leased To K-LOVE

Thirty-five years ago, one could hear Top 40 programming focused specifically on a Maryland city that was quickly becoming a bedroom community to the greater Washington, D.C., area. It competed, in a way, against a Top 40 FM out of D.C., and a Hot Adult Contemporary FM also serving the National Capital Region. In nearby Winchester, Va., a big FM straddled the line between Top 40 and Hot AC formats. As of Saturday, each one of these stations will…