WTPS (1240 kHz) is a

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, serving Metro Petersburg. WTPS is owned and operated by Urban One. The station's studios and offices are located just north of Richmond proper on Emerywood Parkway in Petersburg. The station has broadcast the sports programming of WXGI Richmond since Urban One's purchase of that station on May 1, 2017, in order to give WXGI a metro Richmond FM signal. On April 19, 2021, WTPS changed their format from sports to classic hip hop, branded as "The Box".

Translator

On July 9, 2016, WTPS began relaying its signal on an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. The translator is fed by WCDX-HD2.

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* * * TPS Radio stations established in 1945 1945 establishments in Virginia Classic hip-hop radio stations in the United States {{Virginia-radio-station-stub