Paul S. Sarbanes: “I want to take just a moment of the Senate's time to recognize and commend WTOP Radio, Washington's only all-news radio…”

“I want to take just a moment of the Senate's time to recognize and commend WTOP Radio, Washington's only all-news radio station on the celebration actually to the day of its 25th anniversary of broadcasting in the all-news format. Serving the Nation's capital with its tremendous demand for up-to-the-minute news and information on the fast-breaking events that dominate our activities here, WTOP has for a quarter of a century now been a principal news source that most of us in the Congress turn to repeatedly for up-to-the-minute information on developments in the national capital region, across the country, and around the world. Those of us who represent States whose citizens are served directly by WTOP's staff of nearly 50 news anchors, reporters, editors, writers, know well that the station serves our constituents as an important minute-by-minute source of news and information on local developments as well as developments on Capitol Hill. School closings, traffic reports, and developments in local government are covered clearly on WTOP, just as are events at the White House and in the Congress. Finally, this opportunity should not pass without commending Dave McConnell, who since 1981 has reported and clarified congressional action in his unique daily program 'Today on the Hill.'”