Will 107.5 Ever be sold?

[marko83]

Any chance this station will be sold? I hear it sounds pretty bad. Great signal though.

[kenhawk1160]

Any chance this station will be sold? I hear it sounds pretty bad. Great signal though.

That was WGPR-FM when I was there from 1994-98.  Who owns it?  Are they still playing urban gold and African-American talk?  The signal is very impressive.

[only1moore]

Any chance this station will be sold? I hear it sounds pretty bad. Great signal though.

That was WGPR-FM when I was there from 1994-98.  Who owns it?  Are they still playing urban gold and African-American talk?  The signal is very impressive.

WGPR is owned by the Masonics. I guarantee you it will take a miracle to get them to sell the Urban AC station, even with the ratings they have.

[kenhawk1160]

WGPR is owned by the Masonics. I guarantee you it will take a miracle to get them to sell the Urban AC station, even with the ratings they have.

Probably as a tax write-off.  Either that, or they're satisfied with running it as-is, until they're offered a sum that far exceeds its value.  I don't see that happening with the mass sell-offs that are going on now.

[JeffMcDermott]

I miss Electrifyin' Mojo. Wonder what he's doin' nowadays? Wikipedia suggests that he might be getting a turn on XM.

[Human Numan]

Radio One needs to buy 107.5 WGPR and move the hip-hop format from 102.7 to 107.5.

[only1moore]

Radio One needs to buy 107.5 WGPR and move the hip-hop format from 102.7 to 107.5.

Radio One better have a prayer if they ever get their hands on WGPR.

[Scholarm1111]

I disagree with those posting here, WGPR has the most unique sound of any Detroit FM urban station. It has a long history as a "Detroit" urban. I remember it fondly from the early to mid-90s. I would hate to see it sold. Also, the ratings are actually higher than they were for quite some time. I think they are now near a 2, for many years they barely had a 1 and the owners weren't interested in selling then either.