WMGC-FM, the Glossary
WMGC-FM (105.1 MHz "105.1 The Bounce") is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan.[1]
Table of Contents
100 relations: Ace of Base, Adult contemporary music, Alternative rock, American Radio Systems, Beasley Broadcast Group, Because You Loved Me, Boyz II Men, Bye Bye Bye, Carlsbad, California, CBS Radio, Celine Dion, Christmas music, CIMX-FM, CKLW, Classic hip hop, Classical music, Closer (Nine Inch Nails song), Commercial broadcasting, Contemporary hit radio, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Opera, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Don't Stop Believin', Don't Turn Around, Donna Summer, Effective radiated power, Eminem, End of the Road (Boyz II Men song), ESPN Radio, Federal Communications Commission, Ferndale, Michigan, Film, Flagship (broadcasting), Folk music, Greater Media, HD Radio, Hertz, IBiquity, IHeartMedia, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen Public Radio, Interlochen, Michigan, J. J. Wright (DJ), Jazz, John Philip Sousa, Journey (band), Last Dance (Donna Summer song), ... Expand index (50 more) »
- 1960 establishments in Michigan
- Classic hip hop radio stations in the United States
Ace of Base
Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group, formed in 1987, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg.
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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American Radio Systems
American Radio Systems Corporation was a radio company that existed from 1993 until 1998.
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Beasley Broadcast Group
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. WMGC-FM and Beasley Broadcast Group are Beasley Broadcast Group radio stations.
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Because You Loved Me
"Because You Loved Me" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion on her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You (1996).
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Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men (pronounced boys to men) is an American vocal harmony group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies.
Bye Bye Bye
"Bye Bye Bye" is a song by American boy band NSYNC from their third studio album, No Strings Attached.
Carlsbad, California
Carlsbad is a coastal city in the North County region of San Diego County, California, United States.
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CBS Radio
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer.
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.
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CIMX-FM
CIMX-FM (88.7 MHz, Pure Country 89) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
CKLW
CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit.
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Classic hip hop
Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Closer (Nine Inch Nails song)
"Closer" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released as the second single on their second studio album, The Downward Spiral (1994).
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Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US.
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Detroit Opera
Detroit Opera is the principal opera company in Michigan, US.
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit.
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Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan.
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Don't Stop Believin'
"Don't Stop Believin" is a song by American rock band Journey.
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Don't Turn Around
"Don't Turn Around" is a popular song written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
Effective radiated power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter.
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Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, music producer and songwriter.
End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)
"End of the Road" is a song by American R&B group Boyz II Men for the ''Boomerang'' soundtrack.
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ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Ferndale, Michigan
Ferndale is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
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Flagship (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalty to a network or station.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
Greater Media, Inc., known as Greater Media, was an American media company that specialized in radio stations.
HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
IBiquity
iBiquity Digital Corporation is a company formed by the merger of USA Digital Radio and Lucent Digital Radio.
iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts (also known as I.C.A. or Inty) is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues.
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Interlochen Public Radio
Interlochen Public Radio (IPR), established in 1963, is the National Public Radio member network for Northern Michigan.
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Interlochen, Michigan
Interlochen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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J. J. Wright (DJ)
J.J. Wright is an American disc jockey, originally from Louisville, Kentucky, who has been broadcasting in Boston, Massachusetts since 1973.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches.
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Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.
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Last Dance (Donna Summer song)
"Last Dance" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from the soundtrack album to the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.
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Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
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Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and over 200 municipalities in the surrounding area with its largest employer being Oakland County.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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NBC Sports Radio
NBC Sports Radio was a sports radio network that debuted on September 4, 2012.
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Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry (particularly in North America, and even more in the United States), a network affiliate or affiliated station is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or all of the lineup of television programs or radio programs of a television or radio network.
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Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN, stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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NSYNC
NSYNC (also stylized as *NSYNC or N Sync) are an American vocal group and boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.
Oakland County, Michigan
Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.
Rhythmic adult contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format.
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Rhythmic oldies
Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music.
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Royal Oak Charter Township, Michigan
Royal Oak Township is a charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Salamanca, New York
Salamanca (Seneca: Onë:dagö:h) is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York.
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Sign-on and sign-off
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day.
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Sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.
Stunting (broadcasting)
Stunting is a type of publicity stunt in radio broadcasting, where a station—abruptly and often without advance announcement—begins to air content that is seemingly uncharacteristic compared to what is normally played.
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The Detroit News
The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.
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The Real Slim Shady
"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
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Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
Tropical music
Tropical music (música tropical) is a term in the Latin music industry that refers to music genres deriving from or influenced by the Spanish-speaking areas of the Caribbean.
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Urban adult contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Voice-over
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice that is not part of the narrative (i.e., non-diegetic) accompanies the pictured or on-site presentation of events.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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Wayne State University
Wayne State University (WSU or simply Wayne) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan.
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WCAR
WCAR (1090 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Livonia, Michigan, and serving the Metro Detroit radio market. WMGC-FM and WCAR are radio stations in Detroit.
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WCSX
WCSX (94.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Birmingham, Michigan, and serving Metro Detroit. WMGC-FM and WCSX are Beasley Broadcast Group radio stations and radio stations in Detroit.
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WDMK
WDMK (105.9 FM, "105.9 Kiss-FM") is a commercial FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan. WMGC-FM and WDMK are 1960 establishments in Michigan, Beasley Broadcast Group radio stations, radio stations established in 1960 and radio stations in Detroit.
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WDVD
WDVD (96.3 FM) is a hot adult contemporary radio station in Detroit, Michigan. WMGC-FM and WDVD are radio stations in Detroit.
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WIHT
WIHT (99.5 FM) is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station that serves the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. WMGC-FM and WIHT are radio stations established in 1960.
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WJLB
WJLB (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan. WMGC-FM and WJLB are radio stations in Detroit.
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WLLZ (FM)
WLLZ (106.7 MHz, Detroit's Wheels) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan. WMGC-FM and WLLZ (FM) are 1960 establishments in Michigan, radio stations established in 1960 and radio stations in Detroit.
WMXD
WMXD (92.3 FM Mix 92.3) 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. WMGC-FM and WMXD are radio stations in Detroit.
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WNIC
WNIC (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Dearborn, Michigan, and serving the Metro Detroit media market. WMGC-FM and WNIC are radio stations in Detroit.
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WOCL
WOCL (105.9 FM "Sunny FM") is a commercial radio station, licensed to DeLand, Florida, and serving Greater Orlando and Central Florida.
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WQRS
WQRS (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Salamanca, New York serving the Olean, New York broadcasting area.
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WRCJ-FM
WRCJ-FM (90.9 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, broadcasting classical music and jazz. WMGC-FM and WRCJ-FM are radio stations in Detroit.
WRIF
WRIF (101.1 FM) is a commercial active rock radio station licensed in Detroit, Michigan and serving Metro Detroit as well as bordering city Windsor, Ontario, Canada. WMGC-FM and WRIF are Beasley Broadcast Group radio stations and radio stations in Detroit.
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WXYT-FM
WXYT-FM (97.1 MHz "97.1 The Ticket") is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, serving Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan. WMGC-FM and WXYT-FM are radio stations in Detroit.
1090 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1090 kHz: 1090 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency.
1980 in radio
1980 in radio involved some significant events.
2012 in radio
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2012.
2014–15 NBA season
The 2014–15 NBA season was the 69th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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See also
1960 establishments in Michigan
- African Studies Center, Michigan State University
- Brother Rice High School (Michigan)
- Cabrini High School (Michigan)
- Crestwood High School (Michigan)
- David Carpenter House
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan
- Discount Tire
- Domino's
- Energy Conversion Devices
- Grand Valley State University
- Huntington Place
- Maryglade College
- McMorran Place
- Michigan Guaranty Agency
- Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority
- Mount Brighton
- Mulligan's Hollow Ski Bowl
- Muskegon Zephyrs
- Rare Earth (band)
- Selfridge AFB radar station
- Students for a Democratic Society
- Sturgeon Point State Park
- Tawas Point State Park
- The Marvelettes
- The Temptations
- Token and Medal Society
- Trinity Health Arena
- WCCW (AM)
- WDKL
- WDMK
- WDOW (AM)
- WJIM-FM
- WLLZ (FM)
- WMGC-FM
- WYCD
- WYHA
- Walter P. Reuther Library
Classic hip hop radio stations in the United States
- K242CE
- KDAY
- KDEY-FM
- KHTP
- KHYL
- KJMP
- KJUA
- KNEV
- KQOD
- KRBQ
- KSZR
- KUUU
- KVGQ
- KZCE
- KZFS
- W237BZ
- W239BT
- W240CP
- WAMJ
- WBMX
- WBZL (FM)
- WCHZ-FM
- WDXO
- WFMZ (FM)
- WFQY
- WGBL
- WHBT-FM
- WHJA
- WJMP (AM)
- WMGC-FM
- WMQZ
- WPOW
- WQKI-FM
- WTPS (AM)
- WUFO
- WUKS
- WXBK
- WXGI
- WZOE-FM
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMGC-FM
Also known as WQRS Detroit.
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