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'''Washington Post Radio''' was a short-lived attempt by [[Bonneville Broadcasting]] and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' to create a commercial long-form [[all-news radio]] network in the style of [[National Public Radio]]. The small network of stations based in the [[Washington, D.C.]], area occupied the AM 1500 frequency, which up to the point of the founding of ''WPR'' was the home of Bonneville's all-news [[WTOP-FM|WTOP]], and is set to be given to [[WFED]].

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WTWP-AMFM, WTWT and W282BA all were former frequencies and simulcasts of sister station [[WTOP-FM|WTOP]]. WTWP-AM-FM were spun off the WTOP simulcast on March 30, 2006 with the sign-on of "Washington Post Radio" as WTWP-AM-FM. The primary AM station had been WTOP since 1943 (and dates its history back to [[Brooklyn, New York]], station [[WTRC (Brooklyn radio station)|WTRC]] in 1926), while WTWP-FM had been a simulcast of WTOP since 1998. WWWB had simulcast WTOP since 2001, before switching to a simulcast of WTWP as WTWT on June 28, 2007.

During the weekday hours, WTWP provided news and commentary in a long-form style similar to that of [[National Public Radio]], but on a commercial station staffed and programmed jointly by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and [[WTOP-FM|WTOP]]. From 8 PM to 5 AM ET, the station was programmed as a general interest [[talk radio]] station, featuring hosts such as [[Clark Howard]], [[Larry King]] and [[Jim Bohannon]]. On weekends, WTWP rebroadcast programs produced by [[Radio Netherlands]] and [[George Washington University]] along with original long-form content such as a call-in show with ''Post'' automotive columnist Warren Brown [https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/warren-brown/].

''[[The Tony Kornheiser Show]]'', hosted by ''Post'' columnist, host of [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'', and ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' analyst [[Tony Kornheiser]], moved to WTWP on February 20, 2007. [http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=1041038]  The program aired weekday mornings from 8:30 to 10:30, and was replayed from 10:30 to 12:30 pm and at other times of the day.  Kornheiser left the program at the end of June, 2007 to resume his Monday Night Football duties (Post Radio anchor David Burd, among others, will fill in the post until Kornheiser returns after the 2007–08 season).{{update needed|date=November 2023}}

WTWP, like WTOP and WWWT, was a member of the [[CBS Radio Network]], and retransmitted the audio portion of the CBS television shows [[Face the Nation]] and [[60 Minutes]].

==Demise==
The Washington Post reported that they would discontinue the ''Washington Post Radio'' service after Bonneville decided to pull the plug, citing financial losses and low ratings. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701332.html]

Bonneville International officially launched personality driven talk format ''Talk Radio 3WT,'' with the '''[[WWWT]]''' callsign on September 20, 2007. Kornheiser's show, still produced in agreement with the Post, returned to the station in January 2008 and ran again through June 2008. 3WT, in turn, was closed in fall 2008, and its frequencies were given back to [[WFED]] and [[WTOP-FM|WTOP]]. The overnight talk programming will remain on WFED, since the original WFED was a daytime-only station with no programming in that time slot.

Kornheiser's show ended up on [[WTEM]]. The WTWT calls now reside on a [[WTWT|Christian rock radio station]] in the [[Twin Tiers]].

==External links==
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostradio/ Official site]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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