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In April 2020, WMAL took the #1 spot in the ratings for the first time since the fall of 1986, beating competitors WAMU and WTOP-FM, while achieving a 10% audience share. The figure counts WMAL's history on 630 AM, then its transfer to FM, not the ratings on 105.9 FM at the time. [31]
In 1927, Leese left his optical business to focus full-time on running the station, and the following year the Federal Radio Commission's national frequency allocation plan assigned WMAL the AM 630 frequency. WMAL was a CBS Radio Network affiliate from 1928 until October 19, 1932, and then was briefly unaffiliated until joining the NBC Blue ...
WMAL-FM, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, United States; WSBN, a radio station (630 AM) licensed to Washington, District of Columbia, United States, which held the call sign WMAL from 1925 to 2019; WLVW, a radio station (107.3 FM) licensed to Washington, D.C., United States, which held the call sign WMAL-FM from 1949 ...
WTOP (1500 AM) was the Capitals' first radio home through the 1986–87 season. After nine years on WMAL (630 AM), the games returned to 1500 AM for the 1996–97 season. [3] Ron Weber was the first announcer, and he never missed a game through his retirement at the end of the 1996–97 season. [4]
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.
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In 1977, Beatrice joined WMAL as host of Sports Call, the station's nightly sports show, and the Washington Redskins pregame show. He became one of the city's most prominent and highest-rated radio hosts. On February 20, 1981, Beatrice admitted to The Washington Star that he had made "exaggerations" about his accomplishments on the air. He ...