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Retro Dial: Detroit, December 5, 1987

As listed in The Detroit Free Press (format descriptions are verbatim); cities of license are added in by me

On the AM dial:
540 CBEF (Windsor) French/variety
560 WHND (Monroe) Oldies
580 CKWW (Windsor) Top 40
630 CFCO (Chatham) Adult contemporary
690 WNZK (Westland) Ethnic
710 CHYR (Leamington) Top 40
760 WJR (Detroit) Personality
800 CKLW (Windsor) Big band
950 WWJ (Detroit) News
990 WCM (Ypsilanti) Inspirational [note: actual call letters were WWCM]
1090 WCAR (Livonia) Ethnic/talk
1130 WCXI (Detroit) Country
1270 WXYT (Detroit) News/talk
1310 WMTG (Dearborn) Motown gold [SMN "Heart & Soul" format]
1340 WEXL (Royal Oak) Inspirational
1400 WQBH (Detroit) Black adult
1430 WBRB (Mount Clemens) Adult contemporary
1440 WCHB (Inkster) Blues/gospel
1460 WPON (Walled Lake) Country/ethnic
1500 WLQV (Detroit) Inspirational
1550 CBE (Windsor) Variety
1600 WAAM (Ann Arbor) News/info

On the FM dial:
88.7 CJOM (Windsor) Pop
89.9 CBE (Windsor) Classical
90 WOPR (Oak Park) Music/variety [actual frequency was 90.3]
90.9 WDTR (Detroit) Educational/variety
91.5 CJAM (Windsor) Alternative rock
92.3 WNTM (Detroit) Adult contemporary [but would change to New Age WVAE "The Wave" by the end of the year]
93.1 WLTI (Detroit) Adult contemporary
93.9 CKLW (Windsor) Oldies
94.7 WCSX (Birmingham) Classic rock
95.5 WCZY (Detroit) All hits
96.3 WHYT (Detroit) Top 40
97.1 WJOI (Detroit) Easy listening
97.9 WJLB (Detroit) Black contemporary
98.7 WLLZ (Detroit) Rock
99.5 WDTX (Detroit) Contemporary hits
100.3 WNIC (Dearborn) Adult contemporary
101.1 WRIF (Detroit) Rock
101.9 WDET (Detroit) Public
102.7 WKSG (Mount Clemens) Golden oldies
103.5 WMUZ (Detroit) Inspirational
104.3 WOMC (Detroit) Adult contemporary
105.1 WQRS (Detroit) Classical
105.9 WJZZ (Detroit) Jazz
106.7 WWWW (Detroit) Country
107.5 WGPR (Detroit) R&B

(Note: All Washtenaw County signals except 990 and 1600 AM were omitted)
 
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