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WRDT (560 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Monroe, Michigan, and serving Metro Detroit. It is owned by Crawford Broadcasting and it broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on Capitol Avenue near Burt Road in the Weatherby section of Detroit.
By day, WRDT is powered at 500 watts using a directional antenna. But at night, to prevent interference to other stations on 560 AM, it reduces power to only 14 watts. The daytime transmitter is on Vineyard Road in Monroe. The nighttime transmitter is on Radio Plaza in Ferndale. It broadcasts in the daytime using HD Radio technology. The nighttime tower is located in Royal Oak Township, and is shared with several Detroit area full power commercial FM stations, namely WDVD, WYCD, WMGC-FM and WCSX.
Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W296DY at 107.1 MHz and on the third digital subchannel of WMUZ-FM. The translator is located along the Ferndale- Hazel Park border on Woodward Heights, and is co-located with the broadcast facility of sister station WCHB 1340 AM and Audacy owned WOMC 104.3 FM. The translator has a highly directional antenna and provides coverage limited to the areas of Ferndale, Royal Oak, and Oak park, communities within the immediate vicinity of its nighttime transmitter. The WMUZ-HD3 simulcast provides a 24-7 FM-like quality signal to the entire Detroit Metro area.
WRDT calls itself "The Word AM 560, Detroit's Christian Talk." It uses a brokered programming system, where hosts buy time on the station and may use their programs to seek donations to their ministries. National religious leaders heard on WRDT include Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll, Jim Daly and Adrian Rogers.
Crawford Broadcasting also owns three other religious stations in the Detroit radio market: 1200 WMUZ (AM), which also has a Christian talk and teaching format; 103.5 WMUZ-FM, which plays Contemporary Christian music and 1340/96.7 WCHB, which has an urban gospel format.
The station signed on the air on July 12, 1956. The original call sign was WMIC, which stood for the owner, the McIntyre Broadcasting Company. It featured a block programmed variety format, including some early rock and roll shows.
In 1959, the station was purchased by Dick Jones, Ross Mulholland and the Brink family, and its call letters were changed to WQTE. Originally, WQTE aired what would now be called an Adult Contemporary music format, but in 1960 the station made a shift.
WQTE began playing a teen-oriented Top 40 format, dubbing itself "Cutie Radio" and "Fabulous 56." It issued a weekly music survey called "The Cutie Music Meter." The Production Director was Bob Bennett, who later became the General Manager of Bob Hope's radio station WBMJ in San Juan, Puerto Rico. WQTE personalities during this time included Tom Clay (who emceed popular dances for the station at Cobo Hall), and Ed McKenzie, best remembered to Detroit audiences as "Jack the Bellboy" on WJBK radio in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Also heard on WQTE during this time was Ralph Binge and Eddie Chase.
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WRDT (560 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Monroe, Michigan, and serving Metro Detroit. It is owned by Crawford Broadcasting and it broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on Capitol Avenue near Burt Road in the Weatherby section of Detroit.
By day, WRDT is powered at 500 watts using a directional antenna. But at night, to prevent interference to other stations on 560 AM, it reduces power to only 14 watts. The daytime transmitter is on Vineyard Road in Monroe. The nighttime transmitter is on Radio Plaza in Ferndale. It broadcasts in the daytime using HD Radio technology. The nighttime tower is located in Royal Oak Township, and is shared with several Detroit area full power commercial FM stations, namely WDVD, WYCD, WMGC-FM and WCSX.
Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W296DY at 107.1 MHz and on the third digital subchannel of WMUZ-FM. The translator is located along the Ferndale- Hazel Park border on Woodward Heights, and is co-located with the broadcast facility of sister station WCHB 1340 AM and Audacy owned WOMC 104.3 FM. The translator has a highly directional antenna and provides coverage limited to the areas of Ferndale, Royal Oak, and Oak park, communities within the immediate vicinity of its nighttime transmitter. The WMUZ-HD3 simulcast provides a 24-7 FM-like quality signal to the entire Detroit Metro area.
WRDT calls itself "The Word AM 560, Detroit's Christian Talk." It uses a brokered programming system, where hosts buy time on the station and may use their programs to seek donations to their ministries. National religious leaders heard on WRDT include Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll, Jim Daly and Adrian Rogers.
Crawford Broadcasting also owns three other religious stations in the Detroit radio market: 1200 WMUZ (AM), which also has a Christian talk and teaching format; 103.5 WMUZ-FM, which plays Contemporary Christian music and 1340/96.7 WCHB, which has an urban gospel format.
The station signed on the air on July 12, 1956. The original call sign was WMIC, which stood for the owner, the McIntyre Broadcasting Company. It featured a block programmed variety format, including some early rock and roll shows.
In 1959, the station was purchased by Dick Jones, Ross Mulholland and the Brink family, and its call letters were changed to WQTE. Originally, WQTE aired what would now be called an Adult Contemporary music format, but in 1960 the station made a shift.
WQTE began playing a teen-oriented Top 40 format, dubbing itself "Cutie Radio" and "Fabulous 56." It issued a weekly music survey called "The Cutie Music Meter." The Production Director was Bob Bennett, who later became the General Manager of Bob Hope's radio station WBMJ in San Juan, Puerto Rico. WQTE personalities during this time included Tom Clay (who emceed popular dances for the station at Cobo Hall), and Ed McKenzie, best remembered to Detroit audiences as "Jack the Bellboy" on WJBK radio in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Also heard on WQTE during this time was Ralph Binge and Eddie Chase.