WKDL — branded AM 730 WTNT — is a news/talk

Talk radio

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Warrenton, Virginia

Warrenton, Virginia

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 and serving the western portion of the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 metro area, particularly Fauquier County

Fauquier County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 55,139 people, 19,842 households, and 15,139 families residing in the county. The population density was 85 people per square mile . There were 21,046 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

. It operates with unlimited hours, with 5,000 watt

Watt

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s during the daytime, and 32 watts in the evening hours. The station is owned and operated by Metro Radio.

The station is a full-time relay of sister station WTNT

WTNT (AM)

WTNT —branded AM 730 WTNT—is a news/talk radio station licensed to Alexandria, Virginia and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with unlimited hours, with 8,000 watts during the daytime, and 25 watts in the evening hours...

 (730 AM) in Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia

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. Its programming lineup consists solely of Talk Radio Network

Talk Radio Network

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 offerings, particularly America's Morning News, The Laura Ingraham Show

The Laura Ingraham Show

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, America's Radio News Network, The Jerry Doyle Show, The Savage Nation

The Savage Nation

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, The Rusty Humphries Show

Rusty Humphries

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and The Phil Hendrie Show

The Phil Hendrie Show

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.

History

On September 30th, 2007, WPRZ signed off having been sold to Metro Radio, Inc. on August 15th, 2007 for $1.1 Million, according to DCRTV.com. On October 12th, 2007, WPRZ became WKDL with a Spanish format. The Christian format of WPRZ continues to broadcast at WPRZ.org.

The WKDL calls were previously used by the current WBQH in the mid 1990s, which at the time was co-owned with WKDV

WKDV

WKDV is a Regional Mexican formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Manassas, Virginia, serving Manassas and Prince William County, Virginia. WKDV is owned and operated by Metro Radio, Inc.-External links:*...

 as an affiliate of the children-oriented radio network Radio AAHS

Radio AAHS

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The station broadcast a Spanish talk format until May 21, 2008 when the station switched to Classic Country

Classic country

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. In Mid-November, the country format was abruptly dropped for brokered programming.

Since January 31, 2011, WKDL has been a full-time relay of sister station WTNT.