WLLZ (FM)

WLLZ
Broadcast areaMetro Detroit
Frequency106.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding106-7 WLLZ: Detroit's Wheels
Programming
FormatClassic rock
Ownership
Owner
WDFN, WJLB, WKQI, WMXD, WNIC
History
First air date
October 16, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-10-16)
Former call signs
  • WDTM (1960–66)
  • WWWW (1966–92)
  • WWWW-FM (1992–2000)
  • WLLC (2000–02)
  • WDTW (2002–05)
  • WDTW-FM (2005–19)
Call sign meaning
sounds like "wheels"
Technical information
Facility ID59952
ClassB
ERP61,000 watts[1]
HAAT155 meters (509 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°19′55″N 83°2′42″W / 42.33194°N 83.04500°W / 42.33194; -83.04500
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website1067wllz.iheart.com

WLLZ (106.7 MHz, Detroit's Wheels) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it broadcasts a classic rock radio format, focusing mostly on active rock titles from the 1980s and 1990s. Its studios are in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills on Halsted Road.

WLLZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 61,000 watts. It is one of several Detroit FM stations that are grandfathered at a higher power than the maximum 50,000 watts that would be permitted today. The transmitter is atop the Cadillac Tower on Cadillac Square at Bates Avenue in Downtown Detroit.[2]

  1. ^ ""Superpower" Grandfathered FM's". W9wi.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WLLZ