WOMC has an effective radiated power of 190,000 watts from a height above average terrain of 361 feet.
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15 Facts About WOMC
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WOMC was typically mired near the bottom of the local Arbitron ratings until 1973, when it was purchased by Metromedia.
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The new owners retooled WOMC's easy listening format to include brighter and more uptempo material, an approach modeled after the successful WQLR-FM in Kalamazoo.
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WOMC's revised beautiful music format was an quick success, lifting the station from 28th place in the Detroit Arbitron ratings into the top three.
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In 1990, WOMC had become almost exclusively an oldies station, despite the fact that Detroit had several other oldies stations at the time, including WKSG, CKLW-FM, and WHND.
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In early 2007, under the guidance of Detroit-based programming consultant Gary Berkowitz, the station started using the word "Oldies" again in jingles and imaging, but the heritage WOMC call letters were only used for the top of the hour legal ID.
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In 2013, WOMC made its usual switch to all Christmas music from mid-November 2013 until December 25.
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Once Christmas was over, WOMC dropped all music before 1965 and focused more on the '70s and '80s while still retaining about a dozen songs from the late '60s in its playlist.
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In 2017, WOMC added some music from the 1990s and early 2000s, while the remainder of the '60s music and most of the early '70s were dropped.
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In March 2018, WOMC announced that former WXYZ-TV anchor Stephen Clark would join the station as a new morning host, beginning on April 2.
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In 2020, WOMC dropped all songs older than 1970 from the playlist, and added back music from the 1990s and early 2000s.
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In November 2019, WOMC did not switch to all-Christmas music as in past years, delegating the programming to Soft AC-formatted sister station WDZH until 2020.
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WOMC had changed its station voice twice, and at one time, all three station voices could be heard doing liners for WOMC-HD2.
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In November 2008, WOMC had plans to re-create the sound of legendary Detroit Top 40 station WKNR Keener 13 for its HD2 stream.
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