Media in Detroit
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.
Newspapers and magazines
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 Detroit Free Press is owned by the Gannett Company. The Detroit News is owned by MediaNews Group. Other publications include weekly, monthly, and quarterly alternative media publications.
Daily
Weekly
- Between the Lines
- Crain's Detroit Business
- The Detroit Jewish News
- Latino Detroit
- Metro Times
- Michigan Chronicle
- The Michigan Citizen
- Model D Media
- Detour Detroit
- Downtown (Detroit) Monitor
Monthly
- DBusiness
- Detroit Home
- Hour Detroit
- Metro Detroit Bride
- Outlier Media
TBD Magazine The HUB Detroit
Bi-Monthly
- Ambassador
Quarterly
- INSPIREbride
Periodical
Defunct publications
- Clear
- Detroit Journal
- Detroit Mirror
- Detroit Sunday Journal
- Detroit Times
- Detroit Tribune
- Orbit Magazine
- StyleLine
- Suznanie
- Real Detroit Weekly
Television
The Detroit television market is the 12th largest in the United States,[1] 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, The CW, Ion Television, Azteca América, and Daystar and two station duopolies owned by ViacomCBS and E.W. Scripps Company.
See also Media in Windsor, Ontario for Canadian stations that are received in Detroit.
Local television stations
Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.
| Channel | Callsign | Affiliation | Subchannels | Owner | Notes | RF Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | WJBK | Fox |
2.1 Fox |
Fox Television Stations | 7 (VHF) | |
| 4.1 | WDIV-TV | NBC | Graham Media Group | 45 (UHF) | ||
| 7.1 | WXYZ-TV | ABC | E.W. Scripps Company | 41 (UHF) | ||
| 14.1 | WHNE-LD | Light TV |
14.1 Light TV |
Tait Broadcasting | Low-power. Originally located in the Flint market, but moved to the Detroit suburb of Oak Park. | 20 (UHF) |
| 18.1 | WDWO-CD | Azteca América | 18.1 Azteca 18.2 Infomercials 18.3 Infomercials 18.4 TCT 18.5 3ABN |
HC2 Holdings | Had a low-power translator in Ann Arbor, Michigan on UHF 27 with the callsign WFHD-LP. This translator is still licensed, but is silent. | 22 (UHF) |
| 19.1 | WUDL-LD | see right |
19.1 infomercials |
King Forward, Inc. | Low-power. | 19 (UHF) |
| 20.1 | WMYD | MyNetworkTV |
20.1 MyNetwork TV |
E.W. Scripps Company | 31 (UHF) | |
| 23.1 | WUDT-LD | Daystar | 23.1 Daystar | Daystar | Low power. | 23 (UHF) |
| 28.1 | WLPC-CD | The Impact Network | 28.1 Impact | Glenn R. Plummer & Karin A. Plummer | Very low power. | 28 (UHF) |
| 31.1 | WPXD-TV | Ion Television | Ion Media Networks, Inc. | 50 (UHF) | ||
| 33.1 | WHPS-CD (WHPR) | Independent | 33.1 Independent
33.2 WHPR-FM simulcast 33.3 WVIE-FM simulcast 33.4 The Dream Network |
R. J.'s Late Night Entertainment Corporation | Low power | 33 (UHF) |
| 38.1 | WADL | Independent | 38.1 Independent
38.2 Grit |
Adell Broadcasting Corporation | 39 (UHF) | |
| 50.1 | WKBD-TV | The CW | 50.1 The CW 50.2 Comet 50.3 Charge! 50.4 TBD |
CBS Television Stations | 34 (UHF) | |
| 56.1 | WTVS | PBS | Detroit Educational Television Foundation | 43 (UHF) | ||
| 62.1 | WWJ-TV | CBS |
62.1 CBS |
CBS Television Stations | 44 (UHF) |
Canadian viewership
Most of Metro Detroit receives stations from Windsor, most notably, CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBET-DT. As a result of the many Canadian viewers within broadcast range of the Detroit television signals, the stations within Detroit consider them as part of their primary audience (such as WMYD and WTVS). News-wise, WDIV-TV and WJBK include the Canadian communities in Essex, Chatham-Kent, and Lambton Counties within their weather portions, with WJBK even granting the Ontario viewers equal prominence to the other Michigan communities in their county-by-county forecasts. In the past few years, the Detroit stations have also been stepping up their coverage of border-related and Windsor-related news as well.
Out-of-market stations
Monroe County, southern Washtenaw County, and most Downriver communities in Wayne County also receive television stations from the Toledo market (WTOL, WTVG, WNWO-TV, WGTE-TV and WUPW-TV). WGTE recognizes Metro Detroit as part of its primary viewing area and prior to the magazine's discontinuation of local listings in 2005, the Detroit editions of TV Guide; along with TV inserts in the Sunday editions of The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press; listed the aforementioned Toledo stations as well. WGTE, however, is the only station from that market that is carried on cable systems in Wayne County. In the past, WTOL, WTVG and WNWO were carried on United Cable Television's systems in the Downriver communities of Gibraltar, Lincoln Park, Riverview, Trenton and Woodhaven, though WTOL and WTVG were dropped in the late 1980s, while successor company Tele-Communications Inc. continued to carry WNWO in these communities until 1997 when it was dropped due to requests from WDIV.
Eastern Monroe County and Downriver communities located closer to the Detroit River and Lake Erie may receive some stations from Cleveland (mainly former analog VHF stations WKYC, WEWS-TV and WJW) over-the-air during tropospheric propagation events as Cleveland stations (both analog and digital) otherwise only reach as far away as parts of Essex County, let alone Downriver, largely due to adjacent channel interference from Detroit and Windsor stations, while Toledo stations only provided city-grade analog signals as far north as Wyandotte and "Grade B" coverage up to the northern reaches of the city of Detroit.
Even though it was largely never listed in most Detroit TV Guide editions but was for a time in the News and Free Press inserts, much of Oakland County, Livingston County, Macomb County and St. Clair County were all within reception range of Flint station WCMZ-TV (as a result of that station's transmitter's location in far southern Genesee County) prior to its April 23, 2018 shutdown. The northernmost areas of Oakland and Livingston Counties along with Lapeer County and Sanilac County are also within range of another Flint station, WJRT-TV, which was in the News and Free Press inserts for a time as well. Lapeer and Sanilac Counties are also served by WSMH, also from Flint; Saginaw station WEYI-TV; and Bay City-licensed WNEM-TV.
Western Washtenaw County and western Livingston County are also within reception range of stations from the Lansing market, notably WLNS-TV, WILX-TV and WKAR-TV, and they were also once carried for a time in the News and Free Press inserts. East of those locations as far east as the Downriver communities in Wayne County, these stations can also be seen during favorable weather conditions, albeit with weaker signals (both analog and digital).
Local cable channels
- Fox Sports Detroit
- Michigan Channel (PBS, University of Michigan)
- Michigan Government Television (MGTV), based in Lansing
Radio
Detroit has the 11th-largest radio market in the United States;[2] this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.
AM
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 560 | WRDT | The Word AM 560 | Christian talk and teaching | Crawford Broadcasting |
| 680 | WNZK | WNZK 690 Days, 680 Nights | Ethnic, Talk (nighttime) | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
| 690 | WNZK | WNZK 690 Days, 680 Nights | Ethnic, Talk (daytime) | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
| 760 | WJR | News/Talk 760 WJR | News/Talk/Sports | Cumulus Media |
| 910 | WFDF | 910 AM Superstation | News/Talk | Adell Broadcasting |
| 950 | WWJ | News Radio 950 WWJ | All-news radio | Entercom |
| 990 | WDEO | Ave Maria Radio | Religious; Catholic-based talk/sermons | Ave Maria Media Services |
| 1030 | WUFL | 1030 Family Life Radio | Religious/Christian | Family Life Communications |
| 1050 | WTKA | Sports Talk 1050 WTKA | Sports | Cumulus Media |
| 1090 | WCAR | SB Nation Radio 1090 | Sports | Birach Broadcasting |
| 1130 | WDFN | Detroit’s BIN 1130 | News/Talk | iHeartMedia |
| 1200 | WMUZ | WMUZ The Salt | Inspirational | Crawford Broadcasting |
| 1270 | WXYT | CBS Sports Radio 1270 | Sports talk | Entercom |
| 1310 | WDTW | La Mega 1310 | Regional Mexican | Pedro Zamora |
| 1340 | WCHB | Glory 1340 | Gospel | Crawford Broadcasting |
| 1400 | WDTK | News Talk 1400, The Patriot | Conservative talk | Salem Media Group |
| 1440 | WMKM | Rejoice AM 1440 | Religious, urban inspirational | Communicom Corp of America |
| 1460 | WPON | Talk'n Rare Oldies | Oldies (currently internet only) |
Birach Broadcasting |
| 1500 | WLQV | Faith Talk 1500 | Christian talk | Salem Media Group |
Canadian stations
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 580 | CKWW | AM580 CKWW | Oldies | Bell Media Radio |
| 630 | CFCO | Country 92.9 & AM 630 | Country | Blackburn Radio |
| 800 | CKLW | AM800 | News/Talk | Bell Media Radio |
| 1550 | CBEF | Ici Radio-Canada Première | News/Talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
FM
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.1 | WHPR | 88.1 FM | Urban oldies-talk | R.J. Watkins Late Night Entertainment |
| 88.1 | WBFH | The Biff | Variety | Bloomfield Hills Public Schools |
| 88.1 | WSDP | The Park | Adult contemporary | Plymouth-Canton Schools |
| 88.1 | WSMF | Smile FM | Christian contemporary | Superior Communications |
| 88.3 | WSHJ | Power 88.3 | Urban contemporary | Southfield Public Schools |
| 88.3 | WXOU | 88.3 FM | Variety | Oakland University |
| 88.3 | WCBN-FM | WCBN-FM | Freeform | University of Michigan |
| 89.1 | WPHS | The People's Radio | Variety | Warren Consolidated Schools |
| 89.1 | WEMU | 89.1 WEMU | Jazz, blues, adult alternative | Eastern Michigan University |
| 89.3 | WBLD | West Bloomfield High School Radio | Variety | West Bloomfield School District |
| 89.5 | WOVI | Voice of the Wildcats | Variety | Novi Community Schools |
| 89.5 | WAHS | The Station for Alteration | Variety | Avondale School District |
| 90.3 | KDTI | Air1 | Christian contemporary | Educational Media Foundation |
| 90.9 | WRCJ | 90.9 WRCJ | Classical and jazz | Detroit Public Schools |
| 91.7 | WUOM | Michigan Radio | Public radio | University of Michigan |
| 92.3 | WMXD | Mix 92.3 | Urban adult contemporary | iHeartMedia |
| 92.7 | W248AQ | Faith Talk 1500 | FM translator for WLQV | Salem Media Group |
| 93.1 | WDRQ | Nash FM 93-1 | Country | Cumulus Media |
| 93.5 | W228CJ | Mix 92.3 (repeater of WMXD 92.3) | Urban adult contemporary | iHeartMedia |
| 93.5 | WHMI | FM 93-5 | Classic hits | Krol Communications |
| 94.3 | WERW | Dream 97-5 | Adult contemporary-classic hits | Monroe Public Schools |
| 94.7 | WCSX | 94.7 WCSX | Classic rock | Beasley Broadcasting Group |
| 95.5 | WKQI | Channel 9-5-5 | CHR | iHeartMedia |
| 96.3 | WDVD | 96-3 WDVD | Hot adult contemporary | Cumulus Media |
| 97.1 | WXYT | 97.1 The Ticket | Sports/Talk | Entercom |
| 97.9 | WJLB | FM98 WJLB | Urban contemporary | iHeartMedia |
| 98.3 | WMIM | 98.3 Nash Icon | Country | Cumulus Media |
| 98.7 | WDZH | 98-7 The Breeze | Soft adult contemporary | Entercom |
| 99.5 | WYCD | Detroit's 99.5 WYCD | Country | Entercom |
| 100.3 | WNIC | 100.3 WNIC | Hot adult contemporary | iHeartMedia |
| 101.1 | WRIF | 101 WRIF: The RIFF | Active rock | Beasley Broadcasting Group |
| 101.5 | W268CN | News Talk 1400, The Patriot | FM Translator for WDTK | Salem Media Group |
| 101.9 | WDET | 101.9 WDET | NPR/News/Talk | Wayne State University |
| 102.7 | WDKL | K-LOVE | Contemporary Christian | Educational Media Foundation |
| 103.5 | WMUZ-FM | 103.5 WMUZ The Light | Christian talk/Music | Crawford Broadcasting |
| 104.3 | WOMC | 104.3 WOMC | Classic hits | Entercom |
| 105.1 | WMGC-FM | 105.1 The Bounce | Classic hip hop | Beasley Broadcasting Group |
| 105.9 | WDMK | 105-9 KISS | Urban Adult Contemporary | Radio One |
| 106.7 | WLLZ | 106.7 Detroit's Wheels | Classic Rock | iHeartMedia |
| 107.1 | WQKL | Ann Arbor's 107-1 | Adult Album Alternative | Cumulus Broadcasting |
| 107.5 | WGPR | Hot 107.5 | Mainstream urban | Radio One |
Canadian stations
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.7 | CIMX | 89X | Alternative | Bell Media Radio |
| 89.9 | CBE | CBC Radio 2 | Public Radio | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| 93.9 | CIDR | 93.9 The River | Adult Album Alternative | Bell Media Radio |
| 95.9 | CJWF | Country 95.9/92.7 | Country | Blackburn Radio |
| 96.7 | CHYR | Mix 96.7 | Hot adult contemporary | Blackburn Radio |
| 97.5 | CBEW | CBC Radio One | Public Radio | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| 99.1 | CJAM | CJAM 99.1 | Campus Radio | University of Windsor |
| 100.7 | CKUE-1 | 95.1/100.7 Cool FM | Adult Hits | Blackburn Radio |
| 102.3 | CINA | 102.3FM CINA Radio | Multilingual | Neeti P. Ray |
| 103.9 | CJBC-1 | Ici Musique | Public Music | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| 105.5 | CBEF-2 | Ici Radio-Canada Première | News/Talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Weather
Note: When counties are marked with an asterisk, it means that the station can be received in that county, but is not part of the primary service area.
| Frequency | Callsign | Transmitter Location | Counties Served |
|---|---|---|---|
| 162.45 MHz | WNG582 | Sandusky, Michigan | Huron, MI, Lapeer, MI, St. Clair, MI, Sanilac, MI, Tuscola, MI* |
| 162.45 MHz | WNG647 | Adrian, Michigan | Hillsdale, MI, Jackson, MI, Lenawee, MI, Monroe, MI, Washtenaw, MI, Fulton, OH*, Henry, OH*, Lucas, OH*, Wayne, MI*, Williams, OH* |
| 162.55 MHz | KEC63 | Southfield, Michigan | Lenawee, MI, Livingston, MI, Macomb, MI, Monroe, MI, Oakland, MI, St. Clair, MI, Washtenaw, MI, Wayne, MI, Genesee, MI*, Lapeer, MI* |
Internet
Metro Detroit has multiple locally focused and locally owned websites and properties in a variety of digital media formats.
| Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Detroit | What to know and where to go in Metro Detroit | Atlas Media Group | |
| TDC | The DetroitCast | Detroit-centric streamed and podcast show | Radio For One Studios |
| Detroit Sports Rag | Detroit sports commentary | Detroit Sports Rag | |
| DetroitUnspun/TheHUB | Covering the transformation of the city | ||
| IT in the D | Detroit-centric and geek-centric podcast and local tech news website | IT in the D | |
| PD | Podcast Detroit | General and tech interest audio programming network | Podcast Detroit |
| SRD | Sports Radio Detroit | Sports Talk and Digital Print | Sports Radio Detroit, LLC |
Traffic reporting
 | This section needs to be updated. (September 2015) |
Traffic reporting has been a primary focus in the Detroit area since CKLW, the 50,000-watt powerhouse radio station located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada but broadcasting to the Detroit, Michigan market (and 28 states and 6 Canadian provinces) helped with producing the concept of traffic reporting They launched their helicopter news and traffic reporting service in the late '70s with Jo-Jo Shutty on board. She became the first female helicopter news and traffic Reporter in North America and later married well-known Canadian/American news anchor Byron MacGregor, the voice of hit recording, "The Americans". These traffic reporting services are now primarily handled by a small variety of broadcasting companies and distributed through various media: radio, television, the Internet, and more recently through cell phones, in-vehicle navigations devices, and satellite radio (Sirius XM). The larger companies having a direct presence in the Detroit market include Westwood One, Traffic.com, and iHeartMedia. They have established affiliate relations with most of the radio and television stations in the Detroit market to produce daily on-air traffic reports.
Westwood One owns and operates three different traffic reporting companies: Metro Networks, Shadow Broadcast Services, and SmartRoute Systems.
Traffic.com focuses primarily on the technology aspect of traffic reporting by producing traffic information for the Internet, radio, and television.
iHeartMedia is the largest owner of radio stations in the United States and produces on-air traffic reports for its own radio stations, and traffic information for in-vehicle navigational devices. They produce their traffic reports under the trademark ‘Total Traffic.’
Most of these broadcasting companies also have working relationships with the local Department of Transportation (DOT), local and state police, and government agencies to gather and distribute traffic information through the various media listed above.
AM stations
- Current AM radio stations in the Detroit market that air traffic reports to the public include:
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 760 | WJR | News/Talk 760 WJR | News/Talk/Sports | Cumulus Media |
| 800 | CKLW | CKLW — The Information Station | News/Talk | Bell Media Radio |
| 950 | WWJ | NewsRadio 950, WWJ | All-news radio | Entercom |
FM stations
- FM radio stations airing traffic reports to the public include:
| Frequency | Callsign | Branding | Format | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.9 | CIDR | 93-9 The River | Adult album alternative | Bell Media |
| 94.7 | WCSX | 94.7 WCSX | Classic rock | Greater Media |
| 95.5 | WKQI | Channel 9-5-5 | Pop/CHR | iHeartMedia |
| 98.7 | WDZH | 98-7 The Breeze | Soft adult contemporary | Entercom |
| 100.3 | WNIC | 100.3 WNIC | Hot adult contemporary | iHeartMedia |
| 101.1 | WRIF | 101 WRIF: The RIFF | Active rock | Greater Media |
| 101.9 | WDET | 101.9 WDET | NPR/News/Talk | Wayne State University |
| 104.3 | WOMC | 104.3 WOMC | Classic hits | Entercom |
| 106.7 | WLLZ | 106.7 Detroit's Wheels | Classic rock | iHeartMedia |
TV stations
- There are also television stations that broadcast traffic reports to the public including:
| Channel | Callsign | Affiliation | Subchannels | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PSIP) | Channel | Programming | |||
| 2.1 | WJBK | Fox | 2.2 2.3 2.4 |
Movies! Buzzr Heroes and Icons |
Fox Television Stations |
| 4.1 | WDIV-TV | NBC | 4.2 4.3 4.4 |
This TV MeTV Cozi TV |
Graham Media Group |
| 7.1 | WXYZ-TV | ABC | 7.2 7.3 7.4 |
Bounce TV Laff Court TV |
E.W. Scripps Company |
| 20.1 | WMYD | MyNetworkTV | 20.2 20.3 |
Antenna TV Escape |
E.W. Scripps Company |
| 62.1 | WWJ-TV | CBS | 62.2
62.3 |
Start TV | CBS Corporation |
Media corporations
See also
References
- ^ Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates (9/24/05) Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine The Nielson Company
- ^ Market Ranks and Schedule (1-50) (2006). Arbitron.com.
Bibliography
- Silas Farmer (1890). "(Newspapers)". History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: a Chronological Cyclopedia (3rd ed.). Detroit – via HathiTrust.
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External links
- City of Detroit Culture
- Knight Wallace Fellows at Michigan
- List of Metro Detroit radio stations at guide2Detroit
- No Kiddie Without a Christmas — WBGU-TV documentary about the Goodfellows and Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund
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