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WTTZ-LP is a traffic information and
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formatted
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licensed to and serving
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. WTTZ-LP is owned and operated by
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. WTTZ-LP is also simulcasted on WMVK-LP in
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and covers
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,
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and Northeast, Maryland and the surrounding area, especially along
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.


Coverage and Programming

WTTZ-LP's antenna is located on one of the two towers on Television Hill in the Woodberry section of Baltimore. Due to the height of the tower, the station, operating at just 4 watts, can be heard around the Baltimore Metro area. The station provides traffic and transit information from various Maryland state transportation organizations including the
Maryland Transit Administration The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Baltimore-Washingt ...
, the
Maryland Aviation Administration The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is a state agency of Maryland and an airport authority under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The agency owns and operates Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marsha ...
, the
Maryland Transportation Authority The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is an independent state agency responsible for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining eight transportation facilities, currently consisting of two toll roads, two tunnels, and four bridge ...
and the
Maryland State Highway Administration The Maryland State Highway Administration (abbreviated MDOT SHA or simply SHA) is the state transportation business unit responsible for maintaining Maryland's numbered highways outside Baltimore City. Formed originally under authority of the Ge ...
, as well as the
Maryland Port Administration The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is an organization comprising five business units and one Authority: * Maryland Transportation Authority (Transportation Secretary serves as chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority) * M ...
and the
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is an organization comprising five business units and one Authority: * Maryland Transportation Authority (Transportation Secretary serves as chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority) * ...
. The traffic and transit information is aired from 5:00am to 9:00am and 2:00pm to 6:00pm local time. Outside of these hours, the station airs a
Smooth Jazz Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 19 ...
format. WTTZ-LP, along with
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, agreed on May 16, 2022 to broadcast
Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...
games in
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beginning with the upcoming season.Simon, Perry Michael. "Baltimore Ravens Ink Spanish-Language Radio Deal," AllAccess.com, Monday, May 16, 2022.
Retrieved July 26, 2022.


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* {{Baltimore Radio 2016 establishments in Maryland Jazz in Maryland TTZ-LP Radio stations established in 2016 TTZ-LP Smooth jazz radio stations in the United States