WMUZ

WMUZ

City	Detroit, Michigan
Broadcast area	Metro Detroit
Branding	103.5 WMUZ The Light
Slogan	"Detroit's Christian Radio"
Frequency	103.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 103.5 HD-2: Urban Gospel - WEXL-AM simulcast 103.5 HD-3: Christian Talk - WRDT-AM simulcast
First air date	November 11, 1958
Format	Religious; Christian talk and music
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	142 meters (466 ft)
Class	B
Facility ID	73298
Transmitter coordinates	42°22′40″N 83°14′32″W / 42.37778°N 83.24222°W / 42.37778; -83.24222
Callsign meaning	MUZak
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting
Sister stations	WRDT, WEXL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmuz.com

WMUZ is an FM radio station in the United States serving the Detroit, MI market at 103.5 MHz. The station has a contemporary Christian music and Christian talk format, known on the air as The Light. WMUZ's 50,000 watt signal extends north into metro Detroit, and Flint/Lapeer areas.

WMUZ first went on the air on November 11, 1958, and has always been branded with these call letters. The station is currently owned and operated by Crawford Broadcasting. The station's studios, offices and transmitter are located near Burt Road and Capitol Avenue in the Weatherby section of Detroit.

The station's General Manager is Frank Franciosi, who has been with the station since the mid-1970s.

WMUZ local hosts/shows include The Morning Light with Chris Stevenson, The Bob Dutko Show and The Praise Company with Robin Sullivan. Other fill-in air personalities include Elaine McCrae and Michael Jason, who both have been employed with WMUZ since the 1980s, Frank Turner, former anchor on WXYZ-TV, hosts a talk show weeknights from 8-9pm, Val Monroe, who has been with WMUZ, since the late 1990s and Randi Myles, a veteran radio personality. Mid-morning, late evening, overnight, and Sundays are occupied with locally and nationally based paid programming. The station also carries the syndicated "Dave Ramsey Show". WMUZ is also the home of "Somewhere In Time," a Sunday-evening big-band/nostalgia program which aired for years on 90.9 WDTR.

103.5 WMUZ The Light currently ranks at #22 (1.7) in the Detroit market according to the November 2010 PPM Rating release.

HD Programming

The station is also licensed for HD Radio operations: Its secondary channel was formerly known as Z-2, which played "Christian Alternative" music by day and "Holy Hip Hop" music by night. Z-2 is no longer in operation.

HD1 is a digital simulcast of the traditional (over the air) analog signal.
HD2 is a simulcast of Urban Gospel sister station WEXL (1340 AM).
HD3 channel simulcasts the "Word" Christian talk programming of WRDT 560 AM.^[1]

Sources

Michiguide.com - WMUZ History

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMUZ

Radio-Locator information on WMUZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMUZ

References

↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=27 HD Radio Guide for Detroit

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

Nearby radio markets Ann Arbor Cleveland Flint Lansing London Sandusky South Central MI Southwestern Ontario Thumb of MI Toledo See also List of radio stations in Michigan ¹ The Detroit K-Love transmitters (such as W296CG) are fed by WMXD-HD2, as stated on their on-air identifications

Crawford Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations	KBRT KCBC KLDC KLTT KLVZ KLZ KSTL KKPZ WDCD WDCX WEXL WRDT WXJC WYDE

FM Radio Stations	WDAC WDCD-FM WDCX-FM WDJC-FM WLGZ-FM WMUZ WPWX WSRB WXJC-FM WYCA WYDE-FM WYRB

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