The landmark WMAL radio towers at 7115 Greentree Road aren't likely to be there too much longer. Workers have been active at the site over the last week, erecting demolition fencing, and going over the site with ride-on lawn mowers. The popular unofficial dog park and outdoor activity center for the neighborhood will be much-missed by residents, but is set to be replaced with a new Toll Brothers housing development. Few residents in the golden age of radio would have imagined that such a powerful and highly-rated station would no longer need its Bethesda transmitters.
Toll Brothers has officially requested demolition permits from the County, and their applications were officially accepted on February 21. County records indicate that the permits have not yet been issued by the Department of Permitting Services.
