[Scan-DC] Inside the WTOP Traffic Center

[Dewey3]

They "flipped" their ops close to ten years ago.  The repeater input in now
on the low side (450), and the repeater output is on the high (455) side.

Dewey


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:

> What frequency do they use for their mobile comms?
> I used to listen to the traffic reporters on the road when WTOP contracted
> it out to Metro Traffic on 450.2375.
> http://www.metronetworks.com/
> But since then I hear nothing.
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> At 10:18 AM 1/6/2014, Blair Thompson wrote:
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>> Hat tip, DCRTV.com/mailbag
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>> http://ajr.org/inside-wtop-traffic-center/
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>> Curious how the team at WTOP churns out the amount of news it does on
>> traffic?
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>> It's a combination of listening to the scanner, monitoring social media
>> and reader tips, confirming through reporting and more, say the radio
>> journalists who work at the DC-based WTOP Traffic Center, part of the CBS
>> affiliate that covers news, traffic and weather for 103.5 FM and online at
>> wtop.com
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