WFED

WFED

Washington, D.C. United States
Broadcast area	Washington metropolitan area
Frequency	1500 kHz
Branding	Federal News Network
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Associated Press CBS News Radio Voice of America WUSA
Ownership
Owner	Hubbard Broadcasting (Washington DC FCC License Sub, LLC)
Sister stations	WBQH, WTOP-FM, WWWT-FM
History
First air date	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Former call signs	WTRC (1926–1927) WTFF (1927–1929) WJSV (1929–1943) WTOP (1943–2006) WTWP (2006–2007) WWWT (2007–2008)
Former frequencies	1250 kHz (1927) 1470 kHz (1927) 1480 kHz (1927–1928) 1460 kHz (1928–1941)
Call sign meaning	"Federal News Radio"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74120
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	39°2′31.39″N 77°2′45.92″W / 39.0420528°N 77.0460889°W / 39.0420528; -77.0460889 (WFED)
Translator(s)	104.5 W283DG (Sterling, Virginia) 105.5 W288BS (Reston, Virginia)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	federalnewsnetwork.com

WFED (1500 AM) is a 50,000-watt Class A radio station in Washington, D.C. The station owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, and branded "Federal News Network", broadcasts a news/talk format focused on issues and news pertaining to members and staff of the United States government.

WFED's studios are located at Hubbard's broadcast complex in northwest Washington, while its transmitter site is located at a three-tower array in Wheaton, Maryland. The station transmits full-time with a power of 50,000 watts. A single transmitter tower, with a non-directional signal, is used during the day. At night, all three towers are used for a directional pattern, with a null toward the west to protect KSTP in St. Paul, Minnesota. WFED's signal can be heard across most of the Eastern Seaboard at night.

WFED became a Primary Entry Point station for the Emergency Alert System in 2014.^[2]