Presses To Airwaves

DCRTV has heard some rumblings about the debut in March of WTWP, the Washington Post’s radio station:

A number of Washington Posties are running around the newspaper’s downtown DC HQ preparing themselves for their new radio careers. “They think they’re going to be great on the radio. I hope they’re right, and I’m really rooting for them,” a Post reporter tells DCRTV. That’s why, some area radio execs insist, it would be smart for Bonneville radio honcho Jim Farley‘s radio people to host the shows on new talker WTWP, Washington Post Radio, and use the newspaper people as “regular guests” or “co-hosts.” Frank Herzog, David Burd, Ira Melman, and Nathan Roberts could host shows on WTWP – providing on air “guidance” to the Posties. These radio-TV vets have the broadcast media instincts to keep the shows “moving,” “keep it fresh,” and “flesh them out,” we’re told.

It’ll probably take some time to put together a decent team and some talented voices for the new venture. As the website says: “Could WTOP put out a really great newspaper if the Washington Post handed them its presses tomorrow?”

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