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Historical question about Top 40 in Detroit

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I grew up in metro Detroit and was in high school in the mid '90s. For the life of me, I can't remember what the big Top 40 station was at that time. Does anyone remember? I know 93.1 didn't become WDRQ until '96 and 95.5 was still AC. Around '94 was when 96.3 moved to alternative/modern rock.

Between '94 and '96, what was the big Top 40 station? It's bugging me that I can't remember!
 
I remember being in Detroit in 1995 and all I can remember was a hot AC, Q95.5. Correct me if I'm wrong, but was CIMX hot AC during that time or did they change over to 88X? I remember Detroit having three CHRs in the late 80s-early 90s: Z95 (which became the aforementioned Q95.5 and now Channel), 96.3 and 99.5 the Fox.

Detroit was one of many large markets in the mid-90s that didn't have a CHR, along with Chicago, Washington and Baltimore among others.
 
the golden boy said:
I remember being in Detroit in 1995 and all I can remember was a hot AC, Q95.5. Correct me if I'm wrong, but was CIMX hot AC during that time or did they change over to 88X? I remember Detroit having three CHRs in the late 80s-early 90s: Z95 (which became the aforementioned Q95.5 and now Channel), 96.3 and 99.5 the Fox.

Detroit was one of many large markets in the mid-90s that didn't have a CHR, along with Chicago, Washington and Baltimore among others.
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According to Wikipedia, 88.7 was CJOM and had a CHR format around the mid and late '80s. In 1990, it switched to CIMX and adopted an AC format.

Regarding 95.5, that's interesting. I forgot that it was a Hot AC station by the mid '90s. In the early '90s, I believe it had been more a mainstream AC station. And you're right...in the late '80s (until around '89), Detroit did have three CHR stations. It's really intriguing that Detroit completely lacked a CHR station in the mid '90s though. For me though, I guess I was too busy enjoying mainstream AC - mostly 95.5 and 100.3 - to notice or care!

So I guess my memory wasn't fading at all; there really was no CHR station in Detroit between '94 and '96. :D
 
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