WTNT Washington Flipping To Spanish AC

RadioInsight ^ | 9/29/13 | Lance Venta

[raccoonradio]

Not sure when; when I tuned into the _streams_ for WTNT’s site and “somos la capital” (am not in area; am in New England) they were running foreign language stuff but I guess it was a regular Ethiopian show. When I go to the somoslacapital site now, it still sounds like talk
even though the site sure looks like it will be Spanish stuff

http://somoslacapital.com/
(first thing I heard was a woman saying “get rid of that weaselly deal”— so maybe it’ll come a bit later, maybe Oct 1 aka tomorrow? Let me check with dctrv.com:

>>La Capital For WTNT? - 9/29 - If you go to somoslacapital.com you’ll see what looks like a new logo for DC area righty political talker WTNT (right). It sure looks like owner Metro Radio, based in Vienna VA, is planning to soon flip it to a Spanish language format. Metro already operates WKDV, 1460 AM/106.3 FM, as “La Ley,” featuring a Spanish language regional Mexican music format. Tom Taylor, who pens a daily radio biz newsletter, speculated that WTNT’s new format could be “Solo Exitos” or “Only The Hits” a la Spanish contemporary......

So maybe not yet...but soon

[raccoonradio]

UPDATE from radioinsight.com
WTNT and the FM repeater stations will
not flip to Spanish until Dec 1 as they
have contract obligations with various
shows to fill. So conserv talk etc continues
through Oct and November

[TBP]

The switch date is December 1.

Somebody is going to take advantage of the opening that this creates and start a good talk station with Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity (coming from WMAL), maybe Steve Deace, and some others.

[TBP]

TOO MANY SPANISH STATIONS!

[TBP]

http://dcrtv.com/

Confirmed: La Capital Coming To WTNT - 9/30 - Yesterday, DCRTV tipped you that WTNT, 730 AM/102.9 FM, might be dropping its English talk format for a Spanish language contemporary hits sound. Now, we get confirmation that the change will happen December 1st. According to Bruce Houston, who owns WTNT via Vienna VA-based Metro Radio, the delay in launching the new format is because there are pending programming contacts regarding the station’s current line-up of talkers, including DC radio veteran Mike O’Meara, who airs from 7 PM to 9 PM weekdays. Metro already operates WKDV, 1460 AM/106.3 FM, as “La Ley,” featuring a Spanish language regional Mexican music format.....