WVMV FM 98.7 Detroit 
Slogan/Positioner: Detroit's Home for Smooth Jazz, V98.7
Format: Smooth Jazz / New Adult Contemporary
Web site: www.wvmv.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 463 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)
Broadcasts in digital/HD
- Secondary stream format (HD2): Jazz
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Call Sign History:
- WVMV: 2/16/1996
- WLLZ: 7/16/1980
- WBFG: sign on, 1961
On Air Date: 1961
Owner: CBS Radio
Telephone: (248) 855-5100
Notes/History:
- Early 2008: FM translators owned by Educational Media Foundation, W252BX 98.3 and W272CA 102.3 Detroit, sign on rebroadcasting WVMV.
- 12/20/1995: After switch to Modern Rock based format failed to raise ratings, 'Detroit's Wheels' is dropped. Last rock song is Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven at about 10am. Kenny G debuts the New Adult Contemporary / Smooth Jazz format. New calls to be WVMV.
- 6/1995: Format begins to evolve into Modern Rock
- 12/1989: Westinghouse acquires station. Westinghouse later merges with CBS.
- 7/16/1980: Station is sold and rock format is launched as WLLZ 'Detroit's Wheels', Album Oriented Rock
- 1961: On the air as WBFG = 'We Broadcast For God', religious programming
- WBFG is preceded on the 98.7 frequency in Southeast Michigan by WPAG-FM Ann Arbor, which is on the air by 1948 and signs off forever by 1958.
Transmitter location:
Wayne County: Near Livernois and Davison W. (Detroit)
Old logo gallery:
Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net
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