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Hey. it’s always fun to write about good news on the Salem front. This just went out a few minutes ago, announcing that our flagship radio station in Washington DC will add Sean Hannity to its lineup: CAMARILLO, CA–(Marketwired - December 17, 2013) - Salem Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:SALM), a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and conservative opinion content, announced today that it is adding iconic talk radio super star show host Sean Hannity to its lineup at 1260 WWRC in Washington DC, effective January 1st, 2014. Hannity, who...

Notable Quotable - 2/27 - "They ought to change their name to 'Where America'." That's WMAL's Fred Grandy this morning on the 38th place finish of lefty Air America's DC talk station, WWRC, in the January radio ratings, out yesterday. WWRC has since flipped to business news. Righty talker WMAL placed 16th..... TOP Tops Jan DC Radio Ratings - 2/26 - The Portable People Meter radio ratings January monthly "book" for DC. Full-week, age 12+ numbers: (snip) 16) WMAL [G&A 13th, Rush 7th, Hannity 17th] 38) WWRC and WILC

The air seems a little cleaner in the nation’s capitol today. Lib talk radio is dead in the District of Columbia. WWRC-AM had marketed itself as “Obama 1260,” proving that the FCC doesn’t consider stupidity to be sufficient grounds for revocation of a broadcast license. The station has now flipped to a business talk/news format. Losing affiliates is nothing new for Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Bill Press, Ron Reagan, Rachel Maddow and Lionel. But the loss of the Washington, DC market is a particularly harsh blow for liberal talk radio, because the format is rapidly running out off major markets...

Arbitron Ratings Data Return to market selection page for Washington, DC AQH Share for Persons 12+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid Click on any column heading to sort by that field—station, format or survey period.  Station    Format   FA04   WI05   SP05   SU05  WMMJ-FM Urban Adult Contemporary 5.9 5.9 5.8 7.0 WPGC-FM Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.6 WHUR-FM Urban Adult Contemporary 4.1 4.9 5.6 5.5 WGMS-FM Classical 5.1 4.3 5.6 5.3 WKYS-FM Urban Contemporary 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.7 WASH-FM Adult Contemporary 5.0 3.8 3.5 3.6 WMZQ-FM Country 3.5 3.2 4.0 3.5 WIHT-FM Pop Contemporary Hit Radio 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 WJZW-FM...