Media in Detroit

As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan, is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit. Wayne State University offers a widely respected journalism program.

Print
The daily newspapers serving Detroit are the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, both broadsheet publications that are published together under a joint operating agreement. The Free Press is owned by the Gannett Company, while the News is owned by MediaNews Group. Other publications include weekly, monthly, and quarterly alternative media publications.

Daily

 * Detroit Free Press
 * The Detroit News

Weekly

 * Between the Lines
 * Crain's Detroit Business
 * The Detroit Jewish News
 * Latino Detroit
 * Metro Times
 * Michigan Chronicle
 * Model D Media
 * Detour Detroit
 * Downtown (Detroit) Monitor

Monthly
TBD Magazine The HUB Detroit
 * DBusiness
 * Detroit Home
 * Hour Detroit
 * Metro Detroit Bride
 * Outlier Media
 * BLAC Detroit Magazine
 * Metro Parent

Bi-monthly

 * Ambassador

Quarterly

 * INSPIREbride

Periodical

 * Fifth Estate
 * The Furnace

Defunct

 * Clear
 * Detroit Journal
 * Detroit Mirror
 * Detroit Sunday Journal
 * Detroit Times
 * Detroit Tribune
 * The Michigan Citizen
 * Orbit Magazine
 * StyleLine
 * Suznanie
 * Real Detroit Weekly

Radio
Metro Detroit is currently the 12th largest radio market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research; this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.

(*) - indicates a non-commercial station.

AM

 * 560 WRDT Monroe (Christian radio) (simulcast on WMUZ-HD3)
 * 680 WNZK Dearborn Heights (Ethnic/talk)
 * 690 WNZK Dearborn Heights (Ethnic/talk)
 * 760 WJR Detroit (News/Talk) (simulcast on WDVD-HD2)
 * 910 WFDF Farmington Hills (Talk radio) (simulcast on WOMC-HD2)
 * 950 WWJ Detroit (All-news radio/CBS) (simulcast on WXYT-HD2)
 * 990 WDEO Ypsilanti (Catholic)*
 * 1030 WKEG Sterling Heights (Relevant Radio)*
 * 1050 WTKA Ann Arbor (Sports)
 * 1090 WCAR Livonia (Regional Mexican)
 * 1130 WDFN Detroit (All-news/BIN)
 * 1200 WMUZ Taylor (Inspirational)
 * 1270 WXYT Detroit (Sports/The Bet) (simulcast on WXYT-HD3)
 * 1310 WDTW Dearborn (Regional Mexican)
 * 1340 WCHB Royal Oak (Gospel) (simulcast on WMUZ-HD2)
 * 1400 WDTK Detroit (Conservative talk)
 * 1440 WMKM Inkster (Urban gospel)
 * 1460 WPON Walled Lake (Oldies)
 * 1500 WLQV Detroit (Christian radio)

FM

 * 88.1 WHPR Highland Park (Urban oldies/talk)*
 * 88.1 WBFH Bloomfield Hills (Campus/variety)*
 * 88.1 WSDP Plymouth (Campus/AC)*
 * 88.1 WSMF Monroe (Christian contemporary)*
 * 88.3 WSHJ Southfield (Campus/urban)*
 * 88.3 WXOU Auburn Hills (Campus/variety)*
 * 88.3 WCBN-FM Ann Arbor (Campus/freeform)*
 * 89.1 WPHS Warren (Campus/variety)*
 * 89.1 WEMU Ypsilanti (Jazz/Blues/AAA)*
 * 89.3 WBLD Orchard Lake (Campus/variety)*
 * 89.5 WOVI Novi (Campus/variety)*
 * 89.5 WAHS Auburn Hills (Campus/variety)*
 * 90.3 KDTI Rochester Hills (K-Love Christmas)*
 * 90.9 WRCJ Detroit (Classical/jazz)*
 * 91.7 WUOM Ann Arbor (Michigan Public/NPR)*
 * 92.3 WMXD Detroit (Urban AC)
 * 93.1 WUFL Detroit (Christian)
 * 93.5 WHMI Howell (Classic hits)
 * 94.3 WERW Monroe (AC/classic hits)
 * 94.7 WCSX Birmingham (Classic rock)
 * 95.5 WKQI Detroit (Contemporary hit radio)
 * 96.3 WDVD Detroit (Hot AC)
 * 97.1 WXYT Detroit (Sports)
 * 97.9 WJLB Detroit (Urban contemporary)
 * 98.7 WDZH Detroit (Alternative rock)
 * 99.5 WYCD Detroit (Country)
 * 100.3 WNIC Dearborn (Adult contemporary)
 * 101.1 WRIF Detroit (Active rock)
 * 101.9 WDET Detroit (NPR)*
 * 102.7 WDKL Mount Clemens (K-Love)*
 * 103.5 WMUZ-FM Detroit (Christian)
 * 104.3 WOMC Detroit (Classic hits)
 * 105.1 WMGC-FM Detroit (Classic hip hop)
 * 105.9 WDMK Detroit (Urban AC)
 * 106.7 WLLZ Detroit (Classic rock)
 * 107.1 WQKL Ann Arbor (AAA)
 * 107.5 WGPR Detroit (Mainstream urban)

LPFM

 * 96.7 WNUC-LP Detroit (Community)*
 * 100.7 WFCB-LP Ferndale (Community)*

Canadian AM

 * 580 CKWW Windsor (Oldies)
 * 630 CFCO Chatham-Kent (Country)
 * 800 CKLW Windsor (Talk radio)
 * 1550 CBEF Windsor (Ici Radio-Canada Première)*

Canadian FM

 * 88.7 CIMX-FM Windsor (Country)
 * 89.9 CBE-FM Windsor (CBC Music)*
 * 93.9 CIDR-FM Windsor (Contemporary hit radio)
 * 95.9 CJWF-FM Windsor (Country)
 * 96.7 CHYR-FM Leamington (Hot AC)
 * 97.5 CBEW-FM Windsor (CBC Radio One)*
 * 99.1 CJAM-FM Windsor (Campus/variety)*
 * 100.7 CKUE-FM-1 Windsor (Adult hits)
 * 102.3 CINA-FM Windsor (Multilingual)
 * 103.9 CJBC-FM-1 Windsor (Ici Musique)*
 * 105.5 CBEF-2-FM Windsor (Ici Radio-Canada Première)*

TV


The Detroit television market is the 14th largest in the United States, and it has additional viewers in Ontario, Canada (Windsor and its surrounding area on broadcast and cable). Detroit is home to owned-and-operated stations of CBS, Fox, and Daystar and two station duopolies owned by Paramount Global and E.W. Scripps Company.

Full-power

 * 2 WJBK Detroit (Fox)*
 * 4 WDIV-TV Detroit (NBC)
 * 7 WXYZ-TV Detroit (ABC)
 * 20 WMYD Detroit (The CW)
 * 31 WPXD-TV Ann Arbor (Ion Television)
 * 38 WADL Mount Clemens (MyNetworkTV)
 * 50 WKBD-TV Detroit (Independent)
 * 56 WTVS Detroit (PBS)
 * 62 WWJ-TV Detroit (CBS)*

Low-power

 * 3 WHNE-LD Detroit (NewsNet)*
 * 15 WHPS-CD Detroit (Independent/WHPR-FM/WVIE)
 * 18 WDWO-CD Detroit (Vision Latina)
 * 19 WUDL-LD Detroit (Infomercials)
 * 23 WUDT-LD Detroit (Daystar)*
 * 28 WLPC-CD Redford (The Impact Network)

(*) - indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station.

Cable

 * Bally Sports Detroit
 * Michigan Channel

Canadian viewership
Most of Metro Detroit receives stations from adjacent Windsor, Ontario, most notably, CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBET-DT. Conversely, multiple television stations in Detroit enjoy Canadian viewership and consider the market as part of their primary audience.

Internet

 * The Detroit Cast
 * Sports Radio Detroit

Media corporations

 * Adell Broadcasting Corporation
 * Detroit Media Partnership
 * The Word Network
 * Graham Media Group