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Host - Ed Love Jazz past & present, live performances & weekly jazz calendar.
In his adopted city of Detroit, Ed Love has become a musical institution. His evening radio show, Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program, has been in place for more than 20 years on radio station WDET-FM, and Love, attracted to.
FM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. WDET- FM is a public radiostation. Detroit, Michigan. Licensed to Wayne State University in the city's Cass Corridor neighborhood, about a mile south of the New Center neighborhood, WDET broadcasts original programming and shows from National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Public Media. It broadcasts on the FM dial at 1. MHz. The station serves Metro Detroit and is the primary provider of news involving the American automotive industry and Michigan politics within the NPR distribution network.
Federal Communications Commission for hybrid (digital plus analog) broadcasting. The UAW originally broadcast public service programming on the station, under station manager Ben Hoberman. The university bought the station for one dollar in 1. It is one of the few public radio stations in the nation that operates on a commercialfrequency.
WDET-FM is a public radio station Detroit, Michigan. Licensed to Wayne State University in the city's Cass Corridor neighborhood. Only one weekday music show remains on WDET: Ed Love's nighttime jazz program. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WDET Announces an Enhanced Program Schedule and Public Service Initiatives.
In 2. 00. 4, WDET implemented extensive programming changes. They dropped many NPR- produced programs such as Fresh Air and Car Talk, as well as some popular local music shows such as Folks Like Us and Arkansas Traveler. This was done to promote more locally produced music programming. However, it was followed by a decline in listener pledges. In the fall of 2. Michael Coleman (replacing Caryn Mathes, who departed for WAMU in Washington, D. C.) changed WDET's format again, dropping many of the new music programs in favor of a more news- oriented format, bringing back all of the previously dropped programming and adding new NPR- produced programs.
Particularly controversial was the dismissal of long- time mid- day host Martin Bandyke. Local media outlets reported he may have violated conflict of interest rules by accepting gifts from record companies.
WDET announces an enhanced program schedule and public service initiatives. WDET's enhanced program lineup features. The Ed Love Program will relocate to a weekend time slot. Watch videos & listen free to WDET 101.9 Detroit - Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program: Friday July 7, 2006. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
Bandyke has since resurfaced in morning drive time at Adult Alternative- formatted WQKL- FM (1. Ann Arbor. As a result of the 2. Disgruntled former listeners also held two protests. The first occurred in front of WDET's offices a few days after Christmas. The second occurred near Cobo Hall during the North American International Auto Show.
Organizers promised that the rally would draw 5,0. WDET's changes during the Super Bowl XL festivities also failed to occur. Only one weekday music show remains on WDET: Ed Love's nighttime jazz program, . The station has archived recent editions of these shows as well as their weekend music programming and made them available for listening at any time via its website.
On Thursday May 1. Michael Coleman announced another major shake- up at WDET. Six employees were laid off including long- time music host Jon Moshier. Several others were forced to accept paycuts, demotions, or reductions in hours. On Monday April 2, 2. WDET implemented several programming changes.
The following programs were removed from the schedule: . Combined with previous changes, the station moved to a more news oriented format. WDET now has less local and indie music coverage, although they continue to offer a niche for jazz, gospel, folk, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass. On September 1. 5, 2. WDET added the show . It also produces a weekday local news program, Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson, and several local arts programs: Ann Delisi's Essential Music, Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, Modern Music w/ Jon Moshier, The Progressive Underground w/Chris Campbell, Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program, Nick Austin's New Soul Sunday, Jay's Place w/ Jay Butler (Butler was a longtime air personality on WJLB/WQBH- AM), Culture City with Travis Wright and This Island Earth w/ Ismael Ahmed.
In the fall of 2. BBC World Service programming with . American Public Media programming includes Marketplace, Speaking of Faith, and This American Life. The station also broadcasts The Takeaway and Public Radio International's This American Life. WDET currently ranks at #2. Detroit market according to the November 2. PPM ratings release.
The station's HD2 feed is not currently operational, but is slated to be a 2. DRIS serves the visually impaired community with live and pre- recorded readings of daily and weekly print publications. Broadcast transmitter.
WDET broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 4. Michigan and much of southwestern Ontario, reaching a potential audience of four million people.