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After 1975, WRIF dropped most of the pop artists to concentrate on rock, but they would play a pop or disco song if it were extremely popular. "Stayin' Alive," for example, got many spins on WRIF in 1977–78. The 1980s are considered the decade in which there was the most change in the Detroit radio dial.
The "Winners" airstaff included Arthur Penhallow, who later became a fixture at WRIF in Detroit for nearly 40 years. At WNRS/WNRZ, his air name was "Cicero Grimes". "Winners" took advantage of Ann Arbor's status as a breakout market for songs that later went on to success in the Detroit market, proclaiming: "Winners Plays... Detroit Watches".
Following the end at WRIF, Lane briefly hosted an afternoon show on WMGC-FM from 2013 to 2015. Drew reunited with his former co-host from WRIF-FM, Mike Clark, to create the Drew and Mike Podcast , [ 2 ] a continuation of the original terrestrial program with a morning show feel, covering everyday news, sports, crime, music and pop culture ...
Call sign Frequency City of License [1] [2] Licensee [1] [2] Format [3]; KDTI: 90.3 FM: Rochester Hills: Educational Media Foundation: Contemporary Christian KTGG: 1540 AM: Okemos
Arthur Penhallow (born December 20, 1943) is a radio presenter who worked in Detroit, Michigan hosting afternoons on rock station WRIF from 1970-2009. On March 30, 2009, WRIF owner Greater Media announced that the station and Penhallow had been unable to come to terms on a new contract. [1] Penhallow was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is a ...
97.9 WJLB Detroit (Urban contemporary) 98.7 WDZH Detroit (Alternative rock) 99.5 WYCD Detroit ; 100.3 WNIC Dearborn (Adult contemporary) 101.1 WRIF Detroit (Active rock) 101.9 WDET Detroit * 102.7 WDKL Mount Clemens * 103.5 WMUZ-FM Detroit ; 104.3 WOMC Detroit (Classic hits) 105.1 WMGC-FM Detroit (Classic hip hop)
In 1973, Calvert came on board Detroit’s fabled rock station WWWW-FM as a deejay, moving next to WABX-FM. From 1976 to 1978, he tried the behind-the-scenes side of the business, doing regional ...
The newscast was canceled in late 2004 due to poor viewership (WKBD and WWJ-TV later resumed local newscasts with the former using the CBSN Local streaming service for Detroit News Now from January 2020 to August 2023 and the latter launching CBS News Detroit in January 2023).