List of radio stations in Washington, D.C.

The Washington metropolitan area is currently the seventh-largest radio market in the United States. 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:

Broadcast radio

AM stations

FM stations

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)
• WRCW/Warrenton, Virginia (1957-2025)

References

Bibliography

External links

• Maryland, DC, Delaware Broadcasters Association