WDRQ FM 93.1 Detroit 
Slogan/Positioner: 93.1 Doug FM, We Play Everything
Format: Variety Hits (Classic Hits/Hot Adult Contemporary hybrid)
Web site: www.931dougfm.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 26,500 watts / 669 feet / B, directional
- Coverage area (FCC)
Broadcasts in digital/HD
- Secondary stream format (HD2): Dance/Disco, 'Detroit's party station'
- Secondary stream web site:
More web sites about WDRQ:
More Technical Information:
- engineering data
- station details
- FCCInfo.com
- Recnet Broadcast Query
- Coverage area (Radio Locator)
- Tower photos, thanks West Michigan SBE 102
Call Sign History:
- WDRQ: 8/10/1996
- WLTI: 4/15/1985
- WDRQ-FM: 6/25/1980
- WDRQ: 1972
- WDEE-FM: 1970
- WJBK-FM: on air, July 9, 1947
On Air Date: July 9, 1947
Owner: Citadel Broadcasting
Telephone: (313) 871-9300
Notes/History:
- 6/12/2007: Citadel's acquistion of WJR, WDRQ, and WDVD from Disney/ABC closes.
- 2/2006: $2.7 billion deal reached between ABC/Disney and Citadel that results in 22 stations nationwide becoming part of Citadel Communications. In Michigan, Citadel will gain control of WJR-AM 760, WDRQ-FM 93.1, and WDVD-FM 96.3 Detroit pending FCC approval and closing. Disney maintains ownership of WFDF.
- 4/1/2005: At 1:00pm, the station's format is suddenly changed from CHR to a hybrid of Classic Hits and Hot Adult Contemporary as '93.1 Doug FM, We Play Everything'. Format is a take off from the newly popular "Jack FM" formats that have been gaining favor at stations across the country. Most of the station's on-air talent is let go with the change.
- 4/1999: Playlist is modified to move the station slighty away from CHR/Rhythmic and towards CHR/Mainstream
- 199x: Viacom's radio assets are acquired by ABC
- 8/1996: WDRQ is reborn as 'Detroit's Dance Station', Rhythmic top 40
- 3/1985: WLTI is 'The Lite', a Soft Adult Contemporary station, ending WDRQ's Top40/Disco/Urban formats
- 1982: Format shifts to Urban based hits
- 1980: Format back to Top 40
- 1978: Format moves to Disco based hits
- 197x: WDRQ moves to Top 40
- 1972: New call sign is WDRQ, format is Talk
- 1970: WDEE-FM format is Country, 'The Big D', simulcast of AM 1500
- 7/9/1947: Station signs on as WJBK-FM
Transmitter location:
Oakland County: Greenfield and 10 Mile Rds (Oak Park)
Old logo gallery:
Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net
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