Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose warm, conversational voice graced WTOP for over 2 decades, dies at 55

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Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose warm, conversational voice graced WTOP for over 2 decades, dies at 55

Neal Augenstein | [e-mail]

January 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

WTOP staffers pay tribute to their friend, anchor Dimitri Sotis

WTOP evening anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose deep, warm voice informed and kept listeners in the D.C. region company during storms, elections and breaking news, has died at the age of 55.

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Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose warm, conversational voice graced WTOP for over 2 decades, dies at 55

“It is with the utmost sadness and shock that I write this email to let you all know our friend and coworker, Dimitri Sotis, has passed away,” said Joel Oxley, general manager of WTOP and president of Hubbard Radio Washington, D.C., in an email to staff early Sunday.

Sotis was found unresponsive in his home in Alexandria, Virginia, late Saturday night.

Sotis was the evening anchor at WTOP for more than two decades; listeners heard his distinctive timbre weekdays from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

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WTOP will honor Sotis’ legacy with a live hourlong radio special at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, on 103.5 FM and on the WTOP News app.

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Neal Augenstein
Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.

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[Oopsie Daisy]

1. I'll miss his voice.