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Detroit Retro Dial, May 1998

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TR1968

from Detroit Free Press

AM Dial
540 CBEF Windsor (SRC Premiere Chaine)
560 WLLZ Detroit (Word ministry)
580 CKWW Windsor (nostalgia)
630 CFCO Chatham (oldies)
690 WNZK Southfield (ethnic)
760 WJR Detroit (news/talk/sports)
800 CKLW Windsor (talk)
950 WWJ Southfield (news)
990 WWCM Ypsilanti (Christian music)
1030 WUFL Sterling Heights (inspirational)
1050 WTKA Ann Arbor (news/sports)
1090 WCAR Garden City (adult variety/talk)
1130 WDFN Detroit (sports)
1200 WCHB Romulus (news/talk)
1270 WXYT Southfield (talk)
1290 WDEO Ann Arbor (Catholic)
1310 WYUR Bloomfield Hills (variety)
1340 WEXL Detroit (gospel)
1400 WQBH Detroit (black adult)
1440 WMKM Detroit (gospel)
1460 WPON Bloomfield Hills (talk/oldies)
1480 WSDS Ypsilanti (country)
1500 WLOV Livonia (inspirational)
1550 CBE Windsor (CBC Radio 1)
1600 WAAM Ann Arbor (news/info)

FM Dial
88.7 CIMX Windsor (modern rock)
89.1 WEMU Ypsilanti (jazz/NPR) Eastern Michigan University
89.9 CBE Windsor (CBC Radio 2)
90.9 WDTR Detroit (educational/variety)
91.5 CJAM Windsor (alternative rock) University of Windsor
91.7 WUOM Ann Arbor (news/info) University of Michigan
92.3 WMXD Detroit (Black contemporary)
93.1 WDRQ Southfield (dance)
93.5 WHMI Howell (contemporary)
93.9 CIDR Windsor (adult alternative)
94.7 WCSX Detroit (classic rock)
95.5 WKQI Oak Park (Top 40)
96.3 WPLT Detroit (alternative rock)
96.7 CHYR Leamington (country)
97.1 WKRK Southfield (rock)
97.9 WJLB Detroit (Black contemporary)
98.7 WVMV Bloomington Hills (smooth jazz)
99.5 WYCD Southfield (country)
100.3 WNIC Detroit (AC)
101.1 WRIF Detroit (rock)
101.9 WDET Detroit (contemporary/NPR)
102.7 WWBR Troy (classic rock)
102.9 WIQB Ann Arbor (rock)
103.5 WMUZ Detroit (CCM)
104.3 WOMC Detroit (oldies)
105.1 WXDG Southfield (rock)
105.9 WCHB Detroit (urban)
106.7 WWWW Detroit (country)
107.1 WOKL Ann Arbor (oldies)
107.5 WQPR Detroit (Black contemporary)
 
The cities listed are the cities in which the stations' studios were located. 950, 1270 and 1500 AM and 93.1, 95.5, 97.1, 98.7, 99.5 and 105.1 FM are all in fact licensed to Detroit though their studios were in suburban Oakland County. 102.7 FM is actually licensed to Mount Clemens.

Call letter corrections (the paper sometimes got this info wrong so I assume the typos were on their end): 1500 is WLQV, 107.1 is WQKL, and 107.5 is WGPR. Also, the city where 98.7's studios were located should be Farmington Hills.

Also omitted are 88.1 WHPR Highland Park (Talk/R&B/Gospel) as well as most of the various high school/college campus student stations around the area (except for CJAM):
88.1 WBFH Bloomfield Hills (Bloomfield Public Schools)
88.1 WSDP Plymouth (Plymouth-Canton Schools)
88.3 WCBN Ann Arbor (U of M)
88.3 WXOU Auburn Hills (Oakland University)
88.3 WSHJ Southfield (Southfield Public Schools)
89.1 WPHS Warren (Warren Consolidated Schools)
89.3 WBLD Orchard Lake (West Bloomfield School District)
89.3 WHFR Dearborn (Henry Ford Community College)
89.5 WAHS Auburn Hills (Avondale School District)
89.5 WOVI Novi (Novi Community School District)

As an addendum, here's a list of a few out-of-market stations with coverage in much of the metro area (not an exhaustive list):

AM
660 WMIC Sandusky, MI (Country/news/talk)
850 WRMR Cleveland (Adult standards)
870 WKAR East Lansing (Variety, NPR) Michigan State University
1070 CHOK Sarnia (Oldies/news/sports)
1100 WTAM Cleveland (News/talk)
1590 WHYT Marine City (Country)
FM
90.5 WKAR East Lansing (Classical, NPR) Michigan State University
91.3 WGTE Toledo (Classical, NPR)
92.5 WVKS Toledo (Top 40)
95.1 CKSY Chatham (Adult contemporary)
99.9 CFGX Sarnia (Adult contemporary)
101.5 WRVF Toledo (Soft adult contemporary)
103.1 CBEF Leamington (same as AM 540)
104.7 WIOT Toledo (Rock)
107.9 WCRZ Flint (Adult contemporary)
 
TR1968 said:
from Detroit Free Press

AM Dial
540 CBEF Windsor (SRC Premiere Chaine)
560 WLLZ Detroit (Word ministry)
580 CKWW Windsor (nostalgia)
630 CFCO Chatham (oldies)
690 WNZK Southfield (ethnic)
760 WJR Detroit (news/talk/sports)
800 CKLW Windsor (talk)
950 WWJ Southfield (news)
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Interesting. I'd like to see a 25 year side-by-side update. Example is I read that WDRQ (I love it in the early 80s) is now Christian.
 
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