Media in Detroit

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The Fisher Building, a National Historic site in the City's New Center area, is home to the Fisher Theatre, with an antenna that transmits WJR's signal to its transmitter, along with the studios for WJR, WDVD and WUFL. Fisher Building Detroit crop.jpg
The Fisher Building, a National Historic site in the City's New Center area, is home to the Fisher Theatre, with an antenna that transmits WJR’s signal to its transmitter, along with the studios for WJR, WDVD and WUFL.

As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan, is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit. Wayne State University offers a widely respected journalism program.

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Print

The daily newspapers serving Detroit are the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News , both broadsheet publications that are published together under a joint operating agreement. The Free Press is owned by the Gannett Company, while the News is owned by MediaNews Group. Other publications include weekly, monthly, and quarterly alternative media publications.

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

TBD Magazine The HUB Detroit

Bi-monthly

Quarterly

Periodical

Defunct

Radio

Metro Detroit is currently the 12th largest radio market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research; [1] this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.

(*) - indicates a non-commercial station.

AM

  1. Frequency is only used during nighttime hours.
  2. Daytime-only station.
  3. Clear-channel station.

FM

LPFM

Canadian AM

Canadian FM

Notes

  1. Signal covers Highland Park and parts of Downtown Detroit
  2. Signal covers northern suburbs
  3. 1 2 Signal covers western suburbs
  4. Signal covers Monroe and southern suburbs
  5. Signal covers Southfield and the northern portion of Detroit
  6. Signal covers the northeastern portion of Oakland County
  7. 1 2 Signal covers Ann Arbor and southwestern suburbs
  8. 1 2 Signal covers northeastern suburbs
  9. Signal covers parts of Downtown Detroit
  10. Signal covers Oak Park, Royal Oak and parts of Downtown Detroit
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 CBC/Radio-Canada station
  12. Rebroadcaster of Chatham-Kent station CKUE-FM
  13. Rebroadcaster of Toronto station CJBC-FM
  14. Rebroadcaster of CBEF

TV

WJBK studios in Southfield, Michigan WJBK studios Southfield Michigan.JPG
WJBK studios in Southfield, Michigan
WPXD-TV offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan WPXD offices.JPG
WPXD-TV offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wintergarden was turned into a makeshift studio for ESPN during their Super Bowl XL coverage. RenCenSuperBowlXLESPNset.jpg
Wintergarden was turned into a makeshift studio for ESPN during their Super Bowl XL coverage.

The Detroit television market is the 14th largest in the United States, [2] and it has additional viewers in Ontario, Canada (Windsor and its surrounding area on broadcast and cable). Detroit is home to owned-and-operated stations of CBS, Fox, and Daystar and two station duopolies owned by Paramount Global and E.W. Scripps Company.

Full-power

Low-power

(*) - indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station.

Cable

Canadian viewership

Most of Metro Detroit receives stations from adjacent Windsor, Ontario, most notably, CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBET-DT. Conversely, multiple television stations in Detroit enjoy Canadian viewership and consider the market as part of their primary audience.

Internet

Media corporations

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">WJR</span> Radio station in Michigan, United States

WJR is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Cumulus Media, with a news/talk radio format. Most of WJR's broadcast studios, along with its newsroom and offices, are in the Fisher Building in Detroit's New Center area. A tower atop the Fisher Building relays WJR's audio to the transmitter site, and at one time WJR-FM also used this tower. There is an additional satellite studio in the Wintergarden of the GM Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CBEW-FM</span> CBC Radio One station in Windsor, Ontario

CBEW-FM is the call sign of the CBC Radio One station based in and serving Windsor, Ontario, Canada. CBEW broadcasts from transmission facilities at McGregor and also reaches the nearby Detroit area and parts of Southwestern Ontario through relay transmitters in Chatham–Kent, Leamington, and Sarnia.

CJBC is a French-language, non-commercial, public radio station in Toronto, Ontario. It is the Ici Radio-Canada Première Network's outlet for much of Southern Ontario. The studios are in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in Downtown Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNIC</span> Adult contemporary radio station in Dearborn–Detroit, Michigan, United States

WNIC is a commercial radio station licensed to Dearborn, Michigan, and serving the Metro Detroit media market. Owned by iHeartMedia, WNIC broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. Each year, usually on the first Friday of November, WNIC switches its format to all-Christmas music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WRIF</span> Rock radio station in Detroit

WRIF is a commercial active rock radio station licensed in Detroit, Michigan and serving Metro Detroit as well as bordering city Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 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 WXYZ-TV. WRIF's studios are in Ferndale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CIDR-FM</span> Radio station in Windsor, Ontario

CIDR-FM is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, targeting the Detroit–Windsor metropolitan area, with fringe reception into Toledo and Cedar Point/Sandusky in Ohio. It is owned and operated by Bell Media and airs a Top 40/CHR format. The studios and offices are located on Ouellette Avenue in Windsor.

WGVU-FM is an NPR member station serving Grand Rapids, Michigan. Owned by Grand Valley State University, it is simulcast in West Michigan. The main broadcast frequency is 88.5 MHz, which is licensed to Allendale, the Grand Rapids suburb that is home to Grand Valley State's main campus. It is simulcast on WGVS-FM 95.3 MHz, which is licensed to Whitehall and serves Muskegon. The format is talk radio from NPR, along with jazz.

CBEF is a non-commercial AM radio station in Windsor, Ontario. It airs the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WEMU</span> Radio station at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

WEMU is a public radio station owned by Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. On weekdays, it carries NPR News and Information shows in morning and afternoon drive time, with jazz programs heard the rest of the day. On weekends, a mix of jazz, blues, adult alternative and Latin jazz shows are heard, along with some NPR weekend talk shows and EMU sports broadcasts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WXYT-FM</span> Sports radio station in Detroit

WXYT-FM is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, serving Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan. It airs a sports radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios and offices are located in the nearby suburb of Southfield.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WXYT (AM)</span> Radio station in Michigan, United States

WXYT is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan. It airs a betting-oriented sports radio format known as "The Bet Detroit". Most programming comes from the BetQL Network and Infinity Sports Network. During College football season, WXYT airs live play-by-play from the Central Michigan University 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.

WRDT is a commercial radio station licensed to Monroe, Michigan, and serving Metro Detroit. It is owned by Crawford Broadcasting and it broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on Capitol Avenue near Burt Road in the Weatherby section of Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMGC-FM</span> Classic hip hop radio station in Detroit

WMGC-FM 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 in the Ferndale section of Royal Oak Charter Township in Oakland County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMXD</span> Radio station in Detroit

WMXD is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station operates with 45,000 watts of power from an antenna located on the Cadillac Tower building in downtown Detroit. The studios and offices were housed for years at Detroit's Penobscot Building until November 2009, when they were moved to the Clear Channel Communications, studios in Farmington Hills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WQKL</span> Radio station in Ann Arbor, Michigan

WQKL, known on the air as ann arbor's 107one, is a commercial radio station in Ann Arbor, Michigan. WQKL is owned by Cumulus Media, airing an adult album alternative/alternative rock radio format. WQKL has its studios at the south area of Ann Arbor near Briarwood Mall, and broadcasts its signal from a 3,000 watt transmitter atop Tower Plaza in the city's downtown.

Crawford Broadcasting is a family-owned media company based in Denver, Colorado. Crawford Broadcasting primarily owns radio stations with Christian, Talk radio and Urban formats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMUZ (AM)</span> Radio station in Michigan, United States

WMUZ is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Taylor, Michigan, and serving the Metro Detroit radio market. Owned by Crawford Broadcasting, the station has a Christian talk and teaching format. Religious hosts heard on WMUZ include David Jeremiah, Joyce Meyer, Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll and Adrian Rogers. The studios and offices are located near Burt Road and Capitol Avenue in the Weatherby section of Detroit.

WKAR-FM is a non-commercial public radio station in East Lansing, Michigan. It is owned by Michigan State University, along with sister stations WKAR and WKAR-TV. They are owned by Michigan State University, with studios are in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, at Wilson and Red Cedar Roads on the MSU campus.

The Michigan Wolverines Sports Network is an American radio network consisting of 46 radio stations which carry coverage of Michigan Wolverines football and men's basketball. WXYT-FM and WWJ, both in Metro Detroit, serve as the network's flagship stations. The network also includes 44 affiliates in the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio: 27 AM stations, four of which extend their signals with low-power FM translators; and 17 full-power FM stations. Games are also available on Sirius XM satellite radio and online via TuneIn.

W260CB is a radio translator in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, it relays an urban gospel format broadcast by WDMK-HD2, which, along with the 99.9 FM signal of W260CB is also simulcast on W252BX 98.3 FM. The stations are collectively branded as The Detroit Praise Network.

References

  1. "True Market | Radio Audience Ratings". www.rab.com. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates (9/24/05) Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine The Nielsen Company

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