WDTW-FM

WDTW-FM (106.7 FM, "106-7 The D") is a radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan; broadcasting a classic rock format. The station is owned by IHeartMedia, Inc.. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WDTW-FM broadcasts over HD Radio and is available online via iHeartRadio; the HD2 digital subchannel airs alternative rock via the Premium Choice network as "The Alternative Project." WDTW-FM studios are located in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, while the station transmitter resides atop Cadillac Tower in Downtown Detroit.

History

WDTM

The station began operations on October 16, 1960, as WDTM, airing classical and jazz music, like many other FMs of the time. Gordon McLendon purchased the station in 1966, changed the call letters to WWWW ("W4"), and installed a beautiful music format. The station was at that time located at 2930 E. Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, in a building now housing the marijuana law firm Cannabis Counsel, P.L.C.

W4 Stereo/W4 Quad

By 1970, McLendon changed W4's format from easy listening to "Solid Gold" (oldies-oriented Top 40) as "W4 Stereo," with an airstaff that included Don Schuster and Detroit radio legend Tom Clay. During its oldies period, W4 was one of the first stations to pick up Detroit radio veteran Casey Kasem's newly syndicated countdown show, American Top 40.

WDTW

WDTW may refer to:

WDTW (AM)

WDTW is a Detroit-area radio station, operated at 1310 kHz with 5,000 watts. The station is owned by Pedro Zamora. The station transmitter is located in Taylor.

Originating as WKMH in 1946, in 1963 it became known as WKNR, the Top 40 "Keener 13" that served the Metro Detroit area in the 1960s and early 1970s. It has undergone a number of format and call letter changes since the end of 'Keener', variously being a simulcast AM source of WNIC, its sister station; a soul oldies station, WMTG; an all-children's station, WDOZ; a personality/oldies/classical station, WYUR; and a talk station of a number of formats.

History

Early years

AM 1310 began broadcasting in 1946 under the call sign WKMH. Originally a daytime-only station at 1540 on the AM dial, WKMH moved to its current 1310 frequency and began 24-hour operations in 1948. In its early years, WKMH (joined around 1950 by sister station WKMH-FM, simulcasting at 100.3 on the FM dial) was a typical suburban full-service radio station specializing in local news, information, sports, and mainly MOR-oriented pop music. WKMH's most popular personality was Robin Seymour (DJ), a pioneering rock and roll disk jockey in Detroit. Seymour's "Bobbin' with Robin" show featured a music mix that foreshadowed the birth of the Top 40 format in playing R&B and early rock artists like The Crows alongside mainstream pop stars like Patti Page. Seymour would stay on at the station as it became WKNR and later became the host of Swingin' Time, a popular local teenage dance show on CKLW-TV.