WRIF
WRIF Rocks
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38 years old
FERNDALE, Michigan
United States
Last Login: 11/19/2009
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WRIF Join Meltdown & Sarah today from 3-7pm at Jack Demmer Ford as he helps to "Jumpstart Michigan". Come out for some free food & great prizes! Posted at 7:23 PM Nov 19
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101 WRIF (101.1 FM) is one of the longest-running rock radio stations in the United States, located in Detroit,
Michigan. WRIF's HD Radio multicast signal is called "RIFF2" and features music by local Detroit artists, both rock and hip-hop, as well as other non-mainstream artists largely ignored by commercial radio.
WRIF's transmitter is located in Royal Oak Township in suburban Oakland County near the intersection of 8 Mile Road and Wyoming Avenue. WRIF transmits its signal with an ERP of 11,000 watts from an antenna 955 feet in height. Five other Detroit radio stations transmit their signals from the same tower as WRIF.
History:
It was 1948 when WXYZ-FM signed on at 101.1 MHz in Detroit. For most of the station's early years, the station was simply a simulcast of WXYZ-AM 1270 (now WXYT-AM), but that changed in 1970. The station was owned by ABC, and they made WXYZ-FM an affiliate of the "Love" network, a nationally syndicated underground rock format from ABC that predated today's satellite-fed radio formats. WXYZ-FM hired at least one local jock for this format - Arthur Penhallow.
On February 14, 1971, the station changed its call letters to WRIF. It's widely believed that ABC made a mistake when applying for these calls - they had intended the WRIF calls for their 94.7 in Chicago, while 101.1 in Detroit was supposed to have been WDAI (Detroit Auto Industry), and they mixed up the two stations when applying for the call letters. Chicago got the WDAI calls, and their 94.7 frequency was destined for years of failure through many format and call letter changes. Meanwhile, Detroit's WRIF was on its way to becoming a legend.
WRIF was a pioneer in the AOR format, utilizing many elements of progressive rock radio while maintaining a tight, Top-40 style playlist. Other ABC stations with a similar sound included WPLJ in New York and WDVE in Pittsburgh. WRIF was not a pure rocker in its early years - you could hear such artists as KC & The Sunshine Band and the Bee Gees alongside Alice Cooper, Traffic, and the Allman Brothers. After 1975, WRIF dropped most of the pop artists to concentrate on rock, but they would play a pop or disco song if it was extremely popular. "Stayin' Alive," for example, got many spins on WRIF in 1977-78.
Many young people in the Detroit area considered WRIF to be a stepping stone in those years - if you were too hip for Top-40 800 CKLW or 93.1 WDRQ, but not quite ready for progressive rock 99.5 WABX or 106.7 WWWW (W4), you listened to WRIF.
The 1980s was probably the decade that saw the most change in the Detroit radio dial. Among other changes a new rocker was installed at 98.7, WLLZ ("Detroit's Wheels", now known as "Smooth Jazz V-98.7"), and it proved so popular that it took out two other Detroit rock stations. WWWW went country in 1980, and WABX as we knew it was gone in 1983 (today it's country WYCD). But WRIF soldiered on, even though it was sold twice in the 1980's and its rock format was on the chopping block more than once. In May 2006, WRIF outlasted yet another rock station but with a twist. 106.7 "The Drive" switched to country (this time as "106.7 The Fox") just as it did back in 1980 when it was known as "W4". This means WRIF helped knock it's competition off the same frequency twice. It's probably safe to say that this hasn't been done by very many stations in any format.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed one company to own more than one station on the same band in the same market for the first time, and Greater Media, who already owned Detroit's classic rocker 94.7 WCSX, wasted no time purchasing WRIF. They own the station to this day.
In 2006 WRIF ranked as the #9 (Arbitron rated) radio station in the Detroit market. Their format is best called Heritage Rock, and you will hear a wide variety of modern rock and classic hard rock.
Programming schedule
Weekdays:
5:30AM to 11AM - Drew & Mike Mornings
After Drew & Mike to 3PM - Anne Carlini
3PM to 7PM - Meltdown
7PM to 12AM - "Screamin" Scott
12AM to 6AM - Allen "Slayer" Beck
Weekends:
Various Shifts - Steve Black
Various Shifts - Suzy Cole
Various Shifts - Allen "Slayer" Beck
Various Shifts - Hightower
Various Shifts - Nick Giles
Various Shifts - Gerry Gerardi
Various Shifts - Cristy Lee
Specialty Programming:
Weekdays 12PM to 1PM - High Noon Request Hour
Weekdays 5pm Request Hour
Weeknights 8PM - Feedback with Screamin' Scott
Weeknights 9PM to 10PM "Rip & Rock @ 9 O'Clock"
Request Hour
Weeknights 10PM Mandatory Metallica
Every Tuesday All Day - Two for Tuesday
Monday Nights 11:30PM to 1AM - Rockline
Tuesday thru Friday nights - Midnight Metal hosted by Al "Slayer" Beck
Sunday 9AM to 10AM - Chopshop Radio
Sunday 10AM to 12PM - House of Hair with Dee Snider
Sunday Nights 8PM - 10PM - Motor City Riffs
Sunday Nights 11PM to 2AM - Night Call with Peter Werbe
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Detroit Local Bands if you want your video posted on the WRIF Myspace send us a myspace message with your video link and mark it attn: WRIF Promotions
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