Washington, DC Radio
There are over 40 Washington, DC radio stations within listening distance to downtown. Most DC-based radio 
transmitter towers are shorter than in most cities, since most are located on shorter buildings or in the suburbs. This causes reception to be poor. It is partially because Washington, DC allows no buildings to be built that are taller than the tip of the statute on the Capitol Building (228 feet), other than the Washington Monument (555 feet).
The tallest radio/TV tower (also the tallest structure) in the District is located at 6001 Georgia Ave., at 9th and Peabody Streets, NW. At 761 feet (232 meters) tall, the tower is a couple hundred feet taller than the Washington Monument, but it doesn’t carry commercial radio signals, only television (The CW - Channel 50), and DC Police radio signals.
Since no broadcast towers in DC even come close to the towers that hit as high as 1,500 feet (500 meters) on top of 100-story skyscrapers in many large cities, radio reception tends to fades in and out as you move around the city and suburbs. Even in hotels, some within a few miles of downtown, solid reception can be impossible.
But if you do want to find a specific station or radio format without searching the dial, check out Radio-Locator, a web site that finds all the local radio stations in a specific geographical area.
For a link to Washington, DC radio stations, click here.
But don’t get too attached to the station. In the last year, my favorite classical station changed to Gospel, my jazz station went oldies, my rock station went all shock-idiot talk.
Luckily, many of the station have live feeds, so even if you don’t live within the reception area, you can still get a piece of local flavor over the net.
Images - radio tower, vintage radio
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