WYCD FM 99.5 Detroit

Slogan/Positioner: Detroit's Best Country

Format: Country

Power/Height/Class: 17,500 watts / 787 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)

Broadcasts in digital/HD

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Call Sign History:

Call Sign Origin: Young Country Detroit

On Air Date: May 4, 1960

Telephone: (248) 799-0600

Notes/History:

6/1993: Wow-FM doesn't make a dent in the ratings; WYCD 'Young Country' is born.

1/4/1993: Wow-FM debuts, as a full time FM news/talk station. 'Who needs AM anymore, now there's WOW' is a much repeated sweeper.

12/28/1992: Instead of a new format, the stunting continues: 'Goofy Loops' (a six hour tape of novelty songs) is repeated, interupted by teases by on-air hosts taking calls and speculating what the new format will be. 'The Voice' promises that 'it's coming, January 4th, 1993'.

12/1992: Station begins stunting: Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" is repeated over and over as the station "killed the Fox". This was followed by an electronic countdown that was supposed to lead to the debut of the station's new format. Rumors persist that the station will be 'Young Country' to take on WWWW 106.7.

10/1992: Call sign is changed to WOWF, but on-air the station remains 'The Fox'. Station is taken over by Alliance Broadcasting

9/1988: Call sign is changed to WDFX 'The Fox'. Format is still CHR / Hot Adult Contemporary

9/1985: Another call sign, WDTX, to go with another new format- an attempt to bring MTV to radio as a CHR station. Owner is Metropolis Broadcasting

1/1984: Call sign change to WCLS to go with format change to Adult Contemporary. Final song as the rock WABX was "When the Music's Over" by The Doors. Call sign officially changed some days after the format switch.