The station's transmitter is located on Brookville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Communicasting Corporation signed on W42AJ on November 18, 1988, as the Washington market's first Telemundo affiliate.
[1][2] When current affiliate W64BW (now WZDC-CD) signed on late 1993, the two stations were recorded as both carrying the network's programming.
[3] The station, then known as WSIT-LP, was sold to Paxson Communications in 1996 and Capital Media in 1999.
WKRP-LP moved to channel 23 in 2003 in order to avoid interference from WVPY in Front Royal, Virginia.