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WDRQ returned to a mainstream Top 40 format at the beginning of 1980 and made a brief return to the top 10 that spring, but the big story in Detroit radio that year was the meteoric rise of album-rocker WLLZ. WDRQ's ratings once again began to drop, reaching an all-time low of a 1.4 share in the Winter 1982 Arbitron ratings.
Shortly after the station signed on, WFTV began producing a nightly half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for WRDQ (this resulted in the discontinuance of a prime time newscast in that same timeslot that WFTV had produced for then-UPN affiliate WRBW [channel 65] under a news share agreement); this program competes with an in-house newscast that runs for an hour on Fox owned-and-operated station WOFL ...
While WDRQ was a moderate ratings success (the station's true ratings boom came after it evolved into a rhythmic-oriented Contemporary Hit format by 1999), KBKS and KIBB were less successful, resulting in KBKS flipping to Top 40/CHR in May 1997, and KIBB flipped to a format they pioneered: "rhythmic oldies", in November 1997.
For example, Detroit's successful WDRQ included artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club and The Romantics in its urban format circa 1984. But it wasn't until January 11, 1986, that KPWR in Los Angeles , a former struggling adult contemporary outlet, began to make its mark with this genre by adopting this approach.
WDRQ Detroit, having debuted the previous year as a news/talk station, flips to Top 40, as does WAAM in nearby Ann Arbor (dropping its longtime MOR format). Detroit also loses a Top 40 station on April 25, 1972, as WKNR changes from "Keener 13" to beautiful music as WNIC , simulcast with its FM sister (formerly WKNR-FM).
Former WDRQ morning host Jay Towers was hired as program director. Ratings throughout The Beat's history were moderate, usually peaking in the mid-3 share range or lower. In the last ratings book as a Rhythmic Top 40, WDTW-FM was ranked #18 with a 2.2 share of the market.
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Carson was the first full-time female air personality at a number of stations she worked at including 93FM WDRQ/Detroit. She was also awarded "Best Nighttime Radio Personality" in Detroit [by whom?], and was named the 1st Place winner in the Detroit Celebrity Grand Prix. After her stint at WDRQ, she moved to WCZY-FM,(Detroit), now WKQI.