WJLB FM 97.9 Detroit 
Slogan/Positioner: FM 98
Format: Urban Contemporary
Web site: www.fm98wjlb.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 489 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)
Broadcasts in digital/HD
- Secondary stream format (HD2): Urban / Hip-Hop Classics
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Call Sign History:
- WJLB: 12/3/1980
- WMZK:
- WBRI:
- WJLB:
- WLOU:
- W49D: on air, 5/9/1941
Call Sign Origin: John Lord Booth (original owner)
On Air Date: May 24, 1941
Owner: Clear Channel
Telephone: (313) 965-2000
Notes/History:
- 8/30/2000: AMFM/Clear Channel merger closes
- 10/1999: AMFM to merge with Clear Channel
- 1995: Becomes #1 Arbitron rated station in Detroit, surplanting longtime #1 WJR-AM
- 8/1994: Chancellor Media acquires station. Chancellor and Evergreen later merge to form AMFM
- 4/1994: Booth American Company merges with Broadcast Alchemy to become Secret Communications
- 1980: Call sign/format swap with sister station WJLB-AM 1400. Format is becomes Urban on 97.9 as "Detroit's Strongest Songs"
- 19xx: Call sign change to WMZK 'Station of the Nations'
- 6/1948: By this date, frequency is 97.9 and call sign is WJLB-FM
- 9/12/1945: Assigned 96.5 FM as WLOU
- 5/24/1941: Officially programming begins as W49D, Michigan's second FM. Owned by John Lord Booth.
- 5/7/1941: (approximately) Station begins testing with 1,000 watts of power at 44.9 MHz
Transmitter location:
Wayne County: Near Midland St. and Hamilton Ave (Highland Park)
Old logo gallery:
Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net
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