End-of-year Alexa.com radio ratings: Detroit

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! END-OF-YEAR ALEXA.COM RADIO RATINGS: DETROIT 89X still tops, but there's a Grand Rapids surprise Now, it's time to rank Detroit's radio stations by their websites' Alexa.com ratings. (Current ranking/July 2011 ranking/station name, format, format, etc/Alexa rating (green is an increase, red is a decrease within three months) 1-1 CIMX "89X" Alternative 169,806 2-2 WRIF 101.1 Rock 309,163 3-3 WKQI "Channel 9-5-5" CHR 328,203 4-6 WJR 760 News-Talk 583,906 5-5 WJLB 97.9 Urban 615,167 6-4 WGPR "Hot 107.5" Urban (the new WGPR is the old WHTD 102.7) 660,373 7-7 CKLW 800 Talk 678,816 8-11 WCSX 94.7 Classic Rock 744,012 9-17 WMGC "Soft Rock 105.1" AC 777,547 10-10 WDVD 96.3 Hot AC 810,170 11-13 CHYR 96.7 Hot AC 1,179,013 12-8 WDFN 1130 Sports 1,323,685 13-25 WDTW 1310 Liberal Talk 1,329,546 14-9 WDMK "Kiss 105.9" Urban AC 1,346,550 15-14 WMXD "Mix 92.3" Urban AC 1,807,036 16-U WWJ 950 News 1,854,360 17-12 WMUZ "103.5 The Light" Christian 2,638,039 18-22 WDTK "NewsTalk 1400" 3,172,128 19-U WDTW-FM "106.7 The D" Classic Rock (formerly Rhythmic AC "106.7 The Beat", which was #20 in July) 3,616,554 20-24 CIDR "93.9 The River" AAA 3,722,801 21-21 WDRQ "Doug 93.1" Variety Hits 4,372,087 22-15 CKWW 580 Oldies 5,435,439 23-U WPZR "Praise 102.7" Gospel 5,669,044 24-U WPON 1460 (actually on WCXI 1160) Brokered Oldies 5,834,955 25-U WCAR 1090 Talk 6,782,989 26-31 WGPR-HD2 107.5 "104.7 The Oasis" Smooth Jazz 6,796,517 27-30 WXYT "97.1 The Ticket" Sports 7,575,801 28-23 WLQV 1500 Christian Talk 12,113,773 29-29 WYCD 99.5 Country 22,015,860 30-27 W232CA 94.3/WGPR-HD3 107.5 "94.3 The Bone" Alternative 22,846,754 NOT RANKED WDZH "AMP 98.7" CHR WNIC "Fresh 100" Hot AC WOMC 104.3 Classic Hits WCHB 1200 Urban Talk CKUE "95.1 The Rock" *Once again 89X is #1 for all internet radio fans in Detroit. However, there's one slight embarrassment regarding 89X being on top, and it's the the fact that their ranking, 169,806 is actually lower than that of WGRD Grand Rapids' 136,126. A station in The D at #1 getting beaten out by a smaller market station. In the words of Nelson Muntz: "HA! HA!" *Well, it looks like the novelty of The Bone is drying up. With its weak signal and lack of promotion, will it last another year? *Meanwhile, its sister station, The Oasis did see a slight rise in the ratings, possibly due to the fact that their translator at 104.7 is gone. *New and better signal or not, the new Hot 107.5 - formerly at 102.7 - went down a touch.  *Three of Detroit's FM heavyweights - AMP 98.7, Fresh 100 WNIC and WOMC didn't make the list. Will there be changes soon? *The new WXYT 1270 didn't make the list, only because I couldn't find a URL of their own. Nonetheless, it'll be a ratings abortion, one way or another. PREDICTIONS FOR 2012: *Arthur P. WON'T reappear on 106.7 The D, *WNIC will remain Hot AC, but with tweaks, *Billy Bush will appear on WDVD, *Clear Channel will kill off WDTW 1310's Liberal Talk format *The Bone will cease operations *AMP 98.7 will be dead by Christmas 2012 2011 PREDICTIONS I WAS RIGHT ON: ALL OF THEM! *89X and The Riff didn't change much (although Riff is reacting somewhat to The D by adding in more classic rock) *WNIC's popularity is down thanks to their Hot AC tweak *The Beat is gone *Channel 9-5-5 is kicking AMP to the curb