WTNT (AM)
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| City | Alexandria, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Washington |
| Branding | La Capital |
| Slogan | Solo Exitos |
| Frequency | 730 kHz |
| First air date | December 10, 1945 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Power | 8,000 watts daytime 25 watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 70036 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′43.01″N 77°5′57.98″W / 38.7452806°N 77.0994389°W |
| Callsign meaning |
W-"TriNitroToluene" (original slogan for the original WTNT was "Dynamite Talk") |
| Former callsigns | WPRD (6/1987-9/1987) WCPT (1987-1995) WBZS (1995-2000) WKDL (2000-2006) WXTR (2006-2010) |
| Owner | Metro Radio |
| Sister stations | WKDV |
| Webcast | WTNT Webstream Link |
| Website | WTNT Online |
WTNT (730 AM) is a Spanish adult contemporary radio station licensed to Alexandria, Virginia and serving the Washington metro area. WTNT is owned and operated by Metro Radio.730 kHz is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency.
The station flipped formats to a Spanish music and talk format dubbed "La Capital" on December 1, 2013.
WTNT signed on as WPIK in the 1940s. For many years this station operated as the AM side to country station WXRA 105.9 FM, and for another period as WPKX "Kix Country." For a time 730 simulcast 105.9's next incarnation, classic rock, as WCXR. For a short while in the mid-1980s, the station featured a soul oldies format. It was also WRMR with a nostalgia format for a very short while (not to be confused with the Cleveland, Ohio market WRMR). In 1987, it took the call letters WCPT, and became WBZS in May 1995.
The station was owned by Metropolitan Broadcasting until 1989, Westinghouse Broadcasting from 1989 to 1993, and Viacom from 1993 to 1997. In July 1990, WCPT adopted a simulcast of CNN Headline News. From May 1995 to April 1999, WBZS offered a business news brokered financial advice format.
Then, Mega Communications bought the station and installed a Mexican/tropical music format as "Radio Capital." The call letters changed again in October 2000 to WKDL, call letters that were previously held on what is currently WBQH. This format, along with its FM sisters, lasted until the launch of "Triple X" in July 2006. The WXTR calls were installed at this point; the call letters were used in the past on different stations in the Washington area on two different stations (at 104.1 FM and 820 AM).
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