I love the personalities and the conversations. Very…read moreengaging and entertaining. The callers are some of the funniest and most authentic aspects of the show.

To Whom It May Concern,…read more I was deeply offended by a segment that aired on Dixon and Vining this morning around 9:30 a.m. on 99.5. The hosts were discussing young men who had gotten in trouble with the NCAA for gambling and fixing games. After mentioning a few names, one of them made the comment, "Can you guess the hue of these young men?" That statement was unnecessary, offensive, and racially insensitive. There was no reason to bring race into that discussion, and it added nothing but harm. If they wanted to talk about accountability or NCAA policy, they could have done so without targeting or implying anything about a group of people or culture. This kind of commentary leaves a lasting stain and damages trust with listeners like me. It was horrible, offensive, and disgusting -- a conversation that should be left for private circles, not broadcast publicly.

My wife and I have been listening off and on for days. We have yet to hear a Christmas song. It's…read moreALL commercials. We have been listening for over 15 minutes, not a single song. What is happening?!

9/8/22 Most of the time I listen to this station, I hear the…read moremusic from the 70's 80's and 90's as the most popular music to me. Now there are times I might not care for every song selected, but that is just how it goes. There is even music play from the 2000's to today. However, I have noticed 98% of the time when a R&B song is played, the rap versions are taken out in the song. I have wondered why this is? Especially when is a clean radio version. 97.1 Wash FM plays great music, but they also have been known to play Christmas music before the end of October and all the way to January. I find this to be very annoying. No I am not a fan of Christmas music, because we working in fast food and retail shops, this music was played 24-7. It no wonder employees unplugged the music system, but I digress. Between 94.7 and 97.1 I get my fill of great music. I have my stations preset to every company vichele(s) I drive. Great times on an every day basis:)

This may bring back memories to fans of the most popular AM station in the county back in the day…read more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwMWWoIcex8

OMG! When I was a kid, let's say about 10 years old, back in 1973, I lived in Rockville, Md. We…read morelisted to WINX! It was on the intersection of Viers Mill road and Rockville Pike! All of us who grew up in that area back in the 70's and before will know of WINX! I'm don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure we all listened to it! I don't remember if it was AM or FM - I'm sure someone remembers! I grew up in a family of 10 kids, we all listened to it! I was so sad when they tore the building down some years ago! How sad! HERE'S TO WINX! What a great radio station, and to all the air talent that ever worked their - GREAT JOB!

8/17/21 Since the…read morebeginning of Hot 99.5's Kane Show, I been a listener for a long time. I listened to its beginnings,  middle and end when Kane was kicked off the show. Even when he passed away this year. However,  I was turned off by hearing the same annoying songs again and again.  I slowly started looking for other talk shows. Last week I came across DC101'S Elliott In The Morning.  I found myself enjoying his shows and even covering topic that would seem taboo for Hot 99.5. Today I heard a conversation about a guy losing $1,300.00  from his bank, because of an error. It took a long time to get his money back. I could envision the annoyance... I also heard about hoarders segment. I happened to turn on the radio just in time to hear about someone taking a dump on their bathtub.  The stuff was pretty high.  Clean out the house is something I couldn't imagine cleaning out. Now I am listening to the segment about roadway debris.  Crazy, but very entertaining the way Elliot explains it. I also enjoying hearing the caller's take on the situation. The one thing I don't like are the radio commercials. USAA,  Geico's army guy ad and other who's name I can't remember. They have an annoying whiny song and sing "isn't time to get along" or something like that.   I have heard this on many stations and I don't see it going away any time soon.  Nevertheless,  Elliott In The Morning is a breath of fresh air when it comes to Hot 99.5. I look forward to hearing what else he might say.

Best current rock station out there. Best current rock hits and a great morning show…read more Too many commercials though

The country being played is nothing more than middle of the road junk. I don't care for hearing…read moreEric Clapton style guitar leads mixed with a hip hop sensibilty. There is absolutely nothing country about 99.99 percent of the so called country music being played on WMZQ.

Wmzq used to be my favorite station it just doesn't play old country music anymore. Today, country…read moremusic is not country

If you want to be berated all day for how everything you thought you knew about sports is false,…read morebecause you've never played the game, and then finish things off by giving a big middle finger to everything but the Redskins and golf golf golf golf, then WTEM is for you. How has sports reporting/entertainment become such an obnoxious jockocracy? Why do people think fans want to be told how little they know "because they never played the damn game"? Considering the fan base of all sports consists of people who have never played the game at the collegiate level or above, they should be a little less abrasive. Without these idolizing fans, pro athletes today would still be struggling to pay their medical bills or working blue-collar jobs in the offseason. Worst of all, these guys have obviously never played the game of sports reporting before it fell into their laps, with 90 percent of their comments seemingly made up of cliches or lifted out of NFL Films scripts. The biggest culprit of this grating trend is 980. Rich "Doc" Walker and Brian "B-Mitch" Mitchell really only know football, and thus it's the only sport they talk about with any sort of sincerity. The same goes for basketball and John "Coach" Thompson, who seems to have WTEM by the balls. Why else would he be permitted to run over hard breaks on the hour with ad nauseam talk about "kids these days and their Walkmans" and incoherent ramblings about race, while at the same time having a stock of rants contradicting everything he just said? "Smokin'" Al Koken is a breath of fresh air, but this might only be because he's the only non-jock, non-Redskin cult hero on the station. If I were him I would go home every damn day wishing I were dead, though. How can anyone from the outside of this elite athletic circle stand to put up with them all afternoon? Then, at the end of the day, you finally get some regular joes talking sports. However, Steve Czaban is like your raging conservative relative, always complaining about women's sports, soccer, hockey and taxes and counting down the hours before his next tee time. Andy Pollin is a little more palatable but seems like a jerk to callers (although maybe they deserve it for calling in). Fortunately, Mike Wise from The Post and Thom Loverro from The Times have been coming on with increasing frequency. The print columnists ad some legitimate insight to Pollin and Czaban's show and are much lest hateful and cynical than either of them. Yet somehow they've never played the game! In conclusion, I'd like to give WTEM one star. But I listen to it almost every day. I hate commuting.

Let me say, I COMPLETELY agree with everything Kevin says. He is dead on in his review…read more However, I find Szaban pretty funny, and I think the Koken/B-Mitch/JT show is funny as well. Doc Walker is a little light on content and high on "balla of the week" type shenanigans, but on the whole is a decent 2 hour show. I do like that Doc grills Skins GM Vinny Cerrato. Read Kevin's review because he is dead-on correct, but listen to the shows yourself and form your own opinion.