WCSX

WCSX

City	Birmingham, Michigan
Broadcast area	Metro Detroit
Branding	94.7 WCSX
Slogan	Detroit's #1 For Classic Rock
Frequency	94.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 94.7 HD-2: Detroit's Oldies 94.7 HD2 Oldies
First air date	1973 (as WHNE)
Format	Classic rock
ERP	13,500 watts
HAAT	290 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	25084
Transmitter coordinates	42°27′13″N 83°09′50″W / 42.45361°N 83.16389°W / 42.45361; -83.16389
Callsign meaning	W ClaSsiX ("classics")
Former callsigns	WMJC (1976-3/14/87) WHNE (1973–1976) WHFI (1973)
Owner	Greater Media
Sister stations	WMGC-FM, WRIF
Webcast	Listen Live (requires login) or Listen via iHeart Detroit's Oldies 94.7 HD2 (requires login)
Website	wcsx.com

WCSX is a Detroit-based FM radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. WCSX's transmitter is located in suburban Oakland County in Royal Oak Township near the intersection of 8 Mile Rd. and Wyoming Avenue. WCSX transmits its signal from an antenna 951 feet in height with an effective radiated power of 13,500 watts. 5 other Detroit radio stations transmit their signal from the same tower as WCSX. The station is owned by Greater Media and is licensed to the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. The studios are in Ferndale. Despite its call sign, it is not affiliated with the CSX Corporation.

History

Whiffieland/Honey Radio

94.7 FM was originally home to WHFI ("Whiffieland"), featuring a MOR/adult contemporary format with disc jockeys such as Lee Alan (formerly of WXYZ). The original FCC Construction Permit for WHFI was issued to Garvin H. Meadowcroft, President of Meadowcroft Broadcasting, Inc. on January 18, 1957 with an address of 1095 Badder Road in Troy, MI. Meadowcroft began broadcasting on WHFI September 1, 1958 with a power of 20 kW and an office address of 139 Maple in Birmingham. In 1972, WHFI shifted to a syndicated, automated oldies format provided by Draper-Blore called "Olde Golde," featuring hits of the 1950s and 1960s (similar to Drake-Chenault's "Solid Gold" format except without the AC/MOR currents that the Solid Gold format played). The "Olde Golde" format evolved the following year into all-oldies WHNE, "Honey Radio." Sister station WQTE changed its calls to WHND and began shadowcasting the format in 1974; it would continue as "Honey Radio" until 1994, by which time 94.7 FM had gone through several changes. Honey Radio was originally automated using Drake-Chenault's "Classic Gold" format, but transitioned to live personalities (on AM 560 only) around 1980, by which time 94.7 FM had changed format.

Magic 95

In 1976, WHNE became WMJC, "Magic 95," with an adult contemporary format modeled after Greater Media's successful WMGK-FM in Philadelphia.

By 1987, the adult-contemporary format in Detroit had become quite crowded; in addition to WMJC, Detroit had four other AC stations, WNIC, WOMC, WLTI, and WNTM, with WNIC and the oldies-based WOMC dominating in the format. (The WMJC call letters would be picked for a Top-40/CHR station in Battle Creek, and now are used by a religious station in Kalamazoo. Greater Media would bring the "Magic" format and branding back to the Detroit market with WMGC-FM 105.1 from 2001 to 2011.)

94.7 WCSX

In May 1987, WCSX was launched with Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll". It was one of the first Classic Rock stations in the United States, and is also one of very few nationwide to have endured with the classic rock format for over twenty-five years.

In August 2005, WCSX launched its digital sidechannel (HD2) with its "WCSX Deep Trax" format.^[1]

Their HD2 broadcast, called "Detroit's Oldies 94.7 HD2", plays an oldies format. Both WCSX-FM and "Detroit's Oldies 94.7 HD2" stream webcasts for internet listeners. WCSX's most played bands are classic rock staples The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and hometown classic rockers such as Bob Seger and Ted Nugent. WCSX generally takes a softer, older-sounding approach to classic rock reminiscent of progressive and album-oriented rock radio of the 1970s, since sister station WRIF includes a good deal of harder classic rock titles in its playlist, including 1980s glam metal which WCSX generally does not play. WCSX competition includes classic rocker WDTW-FM, who returned to the format in November 2011.

References

↑ Tucker, Ken (January 19, 2006). "Greater Media, Emmis Unveil HD2 Strategies". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCSX

Radio-Locator information on WCSX

Radio stations in the Detroit, Michigan market (excluding Canadian stations)

By AM frequency	560 680/690 760 910 950 1030 1090 1130 1160 1200 1270 1310 1340 1400 1440 1460 1480 1500 1590 1600 1610

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.3 88.3 88.3 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.5 → 90.1 (CP) 89.5 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.5 91.7 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.5/98.3/105.5/106.3/107.1¹ 94.3 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.450 162.550

Digital radio	560 910 950 1270 1340 90.9-1 91.7-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.1-3 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 96.3-1 96.3-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.1-3 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.3-1 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 99.5-3 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 101.9-2 102.7-1 103.5-1 103.5-2 103.5-3 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1

By callsign	KDTI KEC63 W224CC W228CJ W232CA W252BX W260CB W280EL W284BQ W288BK W292DK W296CG WAHS WBFH WBLD WCAR WCHB WCSX WCXI WDET-FM WDFN WDMK WDRQ WDTE WDTK WDTP WDTW WDTW-FM WDVD WDZH WERW WEXL WFDF WGPR WHFR WHMI-FM WHPR-FM WJLB WJR WKQI WLQV WMGC-FM WMKM WMUZ WMXD WNIC WNZK WOMC WOVI WPHS WPON WPYF269 WPZR WRCJ-FM WRDT WRIF WSMF WSDP WSDS WSHJ WTAC WUFL WUOM WVMV WWJ WXOU WXYT WXYT-FM WYCD

Defunct	WBRB 1430

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Classic rock radio stations in the state of Michigan

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By callsign	WBFX WBZV WCHY WCKC WCSX WDTW-FM WGFN WILZ WIMK WKLT WKLZ WLAV WMLZ-LP WMMQ WMRR WQUS WRKR WRPP WRSR WRUP WUPK WWKR WWTH

By city	Birmingham Cadillac Cheboygan Detroit East Lansing Glen Arbor Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Hart Hudson Iron Mountain Kalkaska Lapeer Manistique Marquette Muskegon Heights Oscoda Owosso Palmer Petoskey Portage Saginaw Temperance

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

Greater Media

Boston	WBOS WBQT WKLB WMJX WROR

Detroit	WCSX WMGC WRIF

Philadelphia	WBEN WMGK WMMR WPEN

New Jersey	AM WCTC WMTR FM WDHA WJRZ WMGQ WRAT

Charlotte	AM WBT FM WBT WLNK

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