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WRIF
WRIF (101.1 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station licensed in Detroit, Michigan and serving Metro Detroit as well as Windsor and Southwestern Ontario. The station is currently owned by Beasley Media Group. WRIF is a grandfathered FM station. Under current U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) limits for Class B stations, WRIF, if newly licensed today, would be allowed to broadcast an effective radiated power (ERP) of at most 16,000 watts using an antenna 268 meters high. The station transmitter is in the Detroit suburb of Southfield near the intersection of 10 Mile Road and Northwestern Highway, and transmits its signal from the same tower as its former sister station, WXYZ-TV. WRIF's studios are in Ferndale. History WXYZ-FM 101.1 FM signed on in 1948 as WXYZ-FM. For most of the station's early years, the station was simply a simulcast of WXYZ AM 1270 (now WXYT AM). That changed in 1966, when the FCC decreed separate programming for at least half of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WXYT (AM)
WXYT (1270 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM radio, AM radio station city of license, licensed to Detroit, Michigan. It airs a sports betting, betting-oriented Sports radio, sports radio format known as "The Bet Detroit". Most programming comes from the BetMGM Network and Infinity Sports Network. During College football season, WXYT airs live play-by-play from the Central Michigan University Central Michigan Chippewas football, Chippewas football team. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan. The studios and offices are on American Drive off 11 Mile Road in Southfield, Michigan, Southfield. WXYT is a list of broadcast station classes, Class B station. Despite being on a regional channel, it is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. To protect other stations on 1270 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a nine-tower array. The transmitter is off Telegraph Road (U.S. Route 24 in Michigan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beasley Media Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owns 57 stations under the Beasley Media Group name. History The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasley. On February 11, 2000 the group completed its IPO. On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade 14 radio stations located in Tampa, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for 5 stations located in Miami and Philadelphia.CBS And Beasley Swap Philadelphia/Miami For Charlotte/Tampa from Radio Insight (October 2, 2014) The swap was completed on December 1, 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beasley Broadcast Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owns 57 stations under the Beasley Media Group name. History The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasley. On February 11, 2000 the group completed its IPO. On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade 14 radio stations located in Tampa, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for 5 stations located in Miami and Philadelphia.CBS And Beasley Swap Philadelphia/Miami For Charlotte/Tampa from Radio Insight (October 2, 2014) The swap was completed on December 1, 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WMGC-FM
WMGC-FM (105.1 MHz "105.1 The Bounce") is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned and operated by the Beasley Broadcast Group and airs a classic hip hop radio format. WMGC-FM broadcasts with 50,000 watts of effective radiated power (ERP) from a transmitter tower co-located with its studios and offices off Radio Plaza located in Royal Oak Charter Township in Oakland County. History Classical music as WQRS (1960–1997) The station signed on the air on March 6, 1960, owned by Fine Arts Broadcasters. For nearly four decades, 105.1 was home to Detroit's commercial classical music station, WQRS. During its early years, WQRS was commercial-free and listener-supported, a precursor to NPR. Operated by volunteers headed by General Manager Richard Hughes, it had tiny studios at the top of the Maccabees Building near Wayne State University. It also featured folk, jazz and other adult-appeal forms of music. Classical music was one of the most common formats on the fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WCSX
WCSX (94.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Birmingham, Michigan, and serving Metro Detroit. It broadcasts a classic rock radio format and is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group. The studios and transmitter are on Radio Plaza in Ferndale. Despite its call sign, WCSX is not affiliated with the CSX Corporation. WCSX transmits its signal from a tower at 951 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT) with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,500 watts. Five other Detroit radio stations transmit their signal from the same tower. WCSX broadcasts using HD Radio technology, with 2 additional HD subchannels. History MOR (1958–1972) The station signed on the air on . Its original call sign was WHFI ("Whiffieland"), featuring a Middle of the Road (MOR) format. The disc jockeys included Lee Alan (formerly of 1270 WXYZ). The original FCC construction permit for WHFI was issued to Garvin H. Meadowcroft, President of Meadowcroft Broadcasting, Inc. on January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WDMK
WDMK (105.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "105.9 Kiss-FM") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio, FM radio station in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, it broadcasts an urban adult contemporary radio format, format. The radio studio, studios and offices are on Radio Plaza in Ferndale, Michigan, Ferndale. The station broadcasts from a radio masts and towers, tower at in height above average terrain (HAAT) with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts. The station's transmitter is on Greenfield Road south of 10 Mile Road in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, Michigan, Oak Park. WDMK broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD-2 digital subchannel carries an urban gospel format known as "W260CB, The Detroit Praise Network." That subchannel feeds two FM translators: 98.3 W252BX and 99.9 W260CB in Detroit. History WCHD 105.9 FM has always been targeted at Detroit's African-American community, with various genres of black music. The station sign- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
