In July 1996, WDRQ returned to the 93. 1 frequency as a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary station.

By 1977, WDRQ was the number one Top 40 station in Detroit.

Like those stations, WDRQ used consultant Buzz Bennett's fast-paced " Q " format.

Then, on January 24, 1979, WDRQ made a format shift to Disco as " Disco 93 ", inspired by the success of the all-disco format at WKTU in New York City.

In response to this, WDRQ shifted its format to urban contemporary in March 1982, and immediately saw the format change pay off, climbing to a 3. 0 share in the Spring 1982 ratings report and to a 6. 6 in Summer 1982.

Carson was the first full-time female air personality at a number of stations she worked at including 93FM WDRQ / Detroit.

After her stint at WDRQ, she moved to WCZY-FM ,( Detroit ), now WKQI.

WDRQ broadcasts from the Fisher Building just north of downtown Detroit and transmits its signal from an antenna 669 feet in length located at the intersection of Ten Mile and Greenfield Roads in suburban Oak Park.

It organized its listeners to gather on a Saturday and clean up Detroit parks, WDRQ gave free concerts at Belle Isle, including Detroiter Bob Seger.

PD Jerry Clifton kept the excitement level much higher at WDRQ than what by having some sort of Festival each weekend and mercilessly promoted the upcoming weekend promotion during the week.

CKLW put up a billboard at the cost of several thousand dollars bragging about their latest dominant arbitron ratings on a major street that all jocks, newsmen and office personnel of WDRQ would see as they pulled into the parking lot of WDRQ.

WSBK remained independent and was sold to Viacom ( which at one point owned the former WJBK-FM, WDRQ ), and eventually became a UPN affiliate.

The station's alumni include Brent Carey ( went on to WDRQ & WDVD Detroit, and PD of WIOG Saginaw, WTWR-FM Toledo, and KCIX / KXLT in Boise, ID ), McConnell " Man @ Large " Adams ( went on to WIOG, WDRQ, KKDA / K-104 ( APD / Nights ) Dallas Texas, My 103. 9 and Wild 96. 3 in Ft. Wayne, and KFAT 92. 9 in Anchorage, Alaska, Aaron Santini ( KKHQ PD in Waterloo, Iowa ), WQAL ( Cleveland ) morning jock Rebecca Wilde, Radio Disney jock Aaron K., Craig Russell, who did 2 tours of duty in the Alpine City, hosted both the Morning Hustle ( 1993 – 1995 ) and the Afternoon Hustle ( 1999 – 2004 ); he is now at WFGR in Grand Rapids ; Andrew Delancey ( now producing television news in Tampa, and doing afternoon news for the statewide " Smile FM " contemporary Christian music network ), and former WDRQ ( Detroit ) jock Jake Edwards ( now on WDVD ).

Like its rival, CKLW " The Big 8 ", WDRQ featured a tight playlist which leaned toward R & B and soul records, but unlike " The Big 8 ", WDRQ was not saddled with Canadian Content regulations requiring them to play a certain percentage of Canadian music in their rotation, which enabled them to play only the top hits and enabled them to make strong ratings inroads against CKLW.

The move to disco was not received well in Detroit, and WDRQ tumbled out of Arbitron's top 20 ratings within a few months.

WDRQ in Detroit uses the line " 93. 1 DOUG FM-We Play ... EVERYTHING!

WDRQ is an FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan.

WDRQ can be heard in the entire Detroit Metro area, and as far west as Williamston and as far north as Clio, As Far East As Chatham, Ontario

WDRQ also became intimately involved in Detroit.

* WDRQ, Detroit radio station marketed as " The new DRQ "

Mikey and Big Bob were involved with two other shows sharing The Freak Show name, the first one on WDRQ 93. 1 in Detroit, Michigan.

WDRQ became famous in the radio business nationwide when it ran WDRQ HAS BALLS contest which began with on air teasers in a deep voice between tunes of ' WDRQ HAS BAAAAAALLLLLS ".

WVOY was one of the first all-contemporary-hit-music radio stations in northern Michigan and featured Bill Vogel (" The Captain ," formerly of Detroit's WDRQ ), John Yaroch, Rick Durkin, and other major-market-quality talent.

It was originally owned by George B. Storer's Storer Broadcasting, Inc. along with WJBK-AM ( now WLQV ) and WJBK-FM ( now WDRQ ).

" Continuous Music — 93FM WDRQ " was a success, and the opening of Beverly Hills Cop features an advertisement for this version of WDRQ on a city bus.

For a time, WDRQ consistently defeated WKQI in the ratings, but after Clear Channel re-launched WKQI as " Channel 9-5-5 " in February 2002, WKQI pulled ahead of DRQ garnering both larger ratings and revenue.

CKLW and WDRQ also became personal rivals.

WDRQ did a " black bag " visit to CKLW on a hot Sunday when the jock and board operator were the only one in the station in Canada but because of the hot day, the CKLW jock propped the door open for a breeze-allowing the WDRQ people to browse around.

on WDRQ.

WDRQ acted as a feeder farm team station for New York City stations.

Diaz returned to mainstream films with My Best Friend's Wedding and A Life Less Ordinary, both released in 1997.

Since the late 1990s, Ricky Skaggs, who began as a bluegrass musician and crossed over to mainstream country in the 1980s, returned to bluegrass with his band Kentucky Thunder.

In 2004, he returned to the world of the Sandman with Sandman Presents: Thessaly: Witch for Hire, and 2006 saw the debut of the Vertigo-esque magical-but mainstream DCU title-Shadowpact and Fables companion series Jack of Fables.

Gibson's gamble paved the way for Downey's comeback and Downey returned to mainstream films in the mid-2000s with Gothika, for which producer Joel Silver withheld 40 percent of his salary until after production wrapped as insurance against his addictive behavior.

Adair's former ally Mo Courtney, who had returned to the mainstream UDA immediately before the attack, was appointed the new West Belfast brigadier, ending the feud.

Money made a comeback two years later in 1986 and returned to the mainstream rock spotlight with the album Can't Hold Back, which featured a Ronnie Spector duet with " Take Me Home Tonight ," which reached the Top 10, along with the hit " I Wanna Go Back.

He also recently returned to mainstream Indian cinema with his role in the 2012 film, Ek Tha Tiger.

She later returned to mainstream films when she signed on to a new casting agency.

After an absence of almost 10 years from mainstream cinema, Fox gradually returned to the screen, appearing in A Passage to India ( 1984 ) and playing Anthony Blunt in the acclaimed BBC play by Alan Bennett, A Question of Attribution ( 1992 ).

to Darfur, claiming, " With both the Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet ( the Wizarding World ’ s mainstream news source ) in denial that Voldemort has returned and evil is afoot, Harry and his underground rebel group, ' Dumbledore ’ s Army ,' work with the adult group, ' The Order of the Phoenix ,' to awake the world.

U2, a band that broke into the mainstream in the 1980s, returned to a more stripped-down sound with their 1991 album Achtung Baby, which became a critical and commercial success.

" By 1980 " mainstream disco " had ended, by 1985 WKTU had returned to playing rock music, and by the end of the decade the famous dance venues Studio 54, Paradise Garage and Clubhouse had all closed.

In 2000, The Corrs returned to mainstream success with their third album.

In March 2012 he returned to mainstream television by appearing in the ITV comedy Benidorm, playing Cyril Babcock, a judge for the hotel's dance competition.

They have returned to a mainstream rock direction in 2012, following the flip of WKLS from active rock to contemporary hit radio.

This relaunch was not under the Vertigo imprint and returned the title to the mainstream DC universe.

Windsor-Smith returned to mainstream comics work for Marvel in 1983 with two pieces, a short mystical tale of love, " The Beguiling ", and a dark, humorous 2-page black-and-white story, " A Path of Stars ", both in Epic Illustrated # 16 ( February 1983 ), which also featured a page and a half Windsor-Smith spread accompanying an Archie Goodwin text story called " The Horde " ( which appears to be a drawing of Conan and Valeria in battle ).

PP disappeared in the beginning of the 1990s and most of its membership returned to the mainstream Liberal Party.

The movement was initially the offspring of the mainstream Colombian Liberal Party but, with the mediation of former president Julio César Turbay, Galán returned to the party in 1987 and intended to win the party nomination for official candidate.

Debate surrounding a volkstaat returned to the mainstream media following the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre ' Blanche in April 2010.

As the Daddies advanced in their career and retired the theatrical elements from their live shows, the controversies surrounding them waned and the band returned to using their full name in their hometown, though some minor protests resurfaced during their mainstream success in the late 1990s.

After the new millennium, Vogue returned to mainstream attention when the dance group Vogue Evolution competed on the fourth season of America's Best Dance Crew.

Most mainstream titles have since returned to traditional all upper-case lettering but titles specifically marketed to younger readers or a more manga audience such as the Marvel Adventures line, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane have retained mixed case lettering.

She returned to film in 1997 back in commercial cinema, but the few films she did until the end of the decade met with neither mainstream nor critical success.

After experimenting with alternative music, Brainstorm returned to mainstream music and released their next album Veronika.