WNIC FM 100.3 Dearborn/Detroit 
Slogan/Positioner: 100.3 WNIC; Soft Rock Favorites of Yesterday and Today
Format: Adult Contemporary
Web site: www.wnic.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 32,000 watts / 600 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)
Broadcasts in digital/HD
- Secondary stream format (HD2): Soft Adult Contemporary / Love Songs
- Secondary stream web site: www.wnic.com/cc-common/hdradio/
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Call Sign History:
- WNIC: 7/6/1987
- WNIC-FM: 1972
- WKNR-FM: 1963
- WKMH: 1950
Call Sign Origin: Detroit's Nicest Rock
On Air Date: 1950
Owner: Clear Channel
Telephone: (313) 846-8500
Notes/History:
- 8/30/2000: AMFM/Clear Channel merger closes
- 10/1999: AMFM to merge with Clear Channel
- 3rd Quarter 1998: Station scores its first quarterly Arbitend ratings win, dethroning sister WJLB-FM.
- by 1998: Owned by AMFM (a merged Evergreen and Chancellor Media)
- by 1979: Owner is Fairmont
- late 1970's: WNIC's format evolves into Adult Contemporary as 'Rock n Easy'
- 1973: Station is sold again, from Johns Communication to State Life Mutual Assurance Company of America
- 1972: Station is sold and format become Beautiful Music as WNIC-FM. AM 1310 also changes it's call sign to WNIC and the two stations return to simulcasting.
- 1971: 'Stereo Island' adult-targed format is adopted for WKNR-FM
- 1969: WKNR-FM jock Russ Gibb creates worldwide stir when he broadcasts a (false) rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney is dead.
- 196x: WKNR-FM takes on its own progressive Rock format and separates programming from AM 1310.
- 10/31/1963: Top 40 Keener 13 is born on WKNR AM 1310, simulcast on FM 100.3 which becomes WKNR-FM.
- 1960: Fred Knorr dies unexpectedly after a freak accident at his Florida home. His widow Nellie continued oversight of the stations.
- 1950: Station signs on simulcasting sister station WKMH AM 1310, owned by Fred Knorr, Bill McCoy, and Harvey Hansen. McCoy and Hansen were later bought out.
Transmitter location:
Wayne County: Near Schoolcraft Rd. and Livernois (Detroit)
Old logo gallery:
Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net
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