WDVD FM 96.3 Detroit

Slogan/Positioner: Today's Best Variety 96.3 WDVD

Format: Hot Adult Contemporary

Power/Height/Class: 20,000 watts / 787 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)

Broadcasts in digital/HD

Secondary stream format (HD2): Alternative Classics, 'Planet 96.3, No longer the only rock alternative'
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Call Sign History:

On Air Date: June 1, 1948

Telephone: (313) 871-3030

Notes/History:

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.

6/29/2001: New positioner is '96.3 DVD, Today's Best Variety', format moves away from Modern AC to Hot AC

Summer 2000: Format goes back to 'Modern Hits of the 80's, 90's, and Now' - Modern AC

9/6/1999: Format tweak from 'Modern Hits of the 80's and 90's' to 'Alternative Classics'

1998: Evolution into Gold based Alternative begins - 'Modern Hits of the 80's and 90's'

1/1996: Evolution into Alternative format is complete as 'Detroit's New Music Alternative, The Planet'

1994: 'The Planet' positioner is first used. Format begins to evolve into Alternative Rock

9/15/1982: WHYT is new call sign, new format is 'Hot Hits'/CHR. Every hour the number 1 song is played at the top of the hour. The first song played under the new format is 'You Dropped a Bomb On Me' by The Gap Band, final song with Beautiful Music format is 'Fly Me to The Moon' by Frank Sinatra.