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# WTOP-FM in D.C. remains top-billing radio station in US
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/wtop-fm-in-d-c-remains-top-billing-radio-station-in-us/
- Published: 2024-05-16T09:56:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-16T11:04:22.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, Insights, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**WTOP-FM in Washington, D.C., continued its winning streak** in 2023 and remains the top-billing radio station in the United States, according to BIA’s newly released [Investing in Radio 2024](https://shop.biakelsey.com/product/investing-in-radio-market-reports-2024?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), 1st Edition. If you’re keeping count, that’s 13 times in the last 14 years that WTOP-FM has been #1 on the list.

It’s owner, Hubbard Radio, owns additional stations in the D.C. market, but WTOP-FM tops them all, with its $66.3 million in over-the-air revenue accounting for nearly 29% of the total radio advertising revenue in the D.C. market in 2023\. Hubbard’s stations collectively account for 30.1% of revenue in the D.C. radio market.

Below are the top-ten radio stations nationwide by revenue in 2023, which reflects only over-the-air revenue:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/16/5016dd29-aeff-4565-a68b-cdbb78bc58e6/content/images/2026/10/Radio-Top-Billers-FM-1.png)

Other items from the BIA report:

- Over-the-air revenues for the top-10 stations are down an average of 5.0% from 2022\. Number 1 WTOP-FM is down the least, 3.9%.
- Eight of the top-10 are FM stations and two are AM. However, Audacy’s WINS-FM is replacing WINS(AM) on this list as the stations started simulcasting in late 2022\. BIA attributes revenue to the FM station.
- Hubbard and Beasley Media Group LLC each landed one station in the top ten, while iHeartMedia and Audacy each have four.
- Four stations program a News format, one is Sports, one is Sports/Talk, and the remaining four have music programming.
- Five of the top ten are in New York, two are in Los Angeles, and there’s one each in Chicago, Washington, and Boston.
- Two of the FM stations on the list are actually AM/FM simulcast… Audacy’s WINS AM/FM and WFAN AM/FM in New York.