Media in Detroit

The Fisher Building, a National Historic site in the City's New Center area, is home to the Fisher Theatre, with an antenna that transmits WJR’s signal to its transmitter, along with the studios for WJR, WDVD and WUFL.

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

Weekly

Monthly

TBD Magazine The HUB Detroit

Bi-monthly

  • Ambassador

Quarterly

  • INSPIREbride

Periodical

Defunct

Radio

Metro Detroit is currently the 12th largest radio market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research;[1] this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.

(*) - indicates a non-commercial station.

AM

  1. ^ Frequency is only used during nighttime hours.
  2. ^ Daytime-only station.
  3. ^ Clear-channel station.

FM

LPFM

Canadian AM

Canadian FM

Notes

  1. ^ Signal covers Highland Park and parts of Downtown Detroit
  2. ^ Signal covers northern suburbs
  3. ^ a b Signal covers western suburbs
  4. ^ Signal covers Monroe and southern suburbs
  5. ^ Signal covers Southfield and the northern portion of Detroit
  6. ^ Signal covers the northeastern portion of Oakland County
  7. ^ a b Signal covers Ann Arbor and southwestern suburbs
  8. ^ a b Signal covers northeastern suburbs
  9. ^ Signal covers parts of Downtown Detroit
  10. ^ Signal covers Oak Park, Royal Oak and parts of Downtown Detroit
  11. ^ a b c d e CBC/Radio-Canada station
  12. ^ Rebroadcaster of Chatham-Kent station CKUE-FM
  13. ^ Rebroadcaster of Toronto station CJBC-FM
  14. ^ Rebroadcaster of CBEF

TV

WJBK studios in Southfield, Michigan
WPXD-TV offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wintergarden was turned into a makeshift studio for ESPN during their Super Bowl XL coverage.

The Detroit television market is the 14th largest in the United States,[2] 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

Low-power

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

Cable

Canadian viewership

See also: Media in Windsor, Ontario

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

Media corporations

See also

References

  1. ^ "True Market | Radio Audience Ratings". www.rab.com. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates (9/24/05) Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine The Nielsen Company

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