About the station
Listen to 101 WRIF online
101 WRIF is Detroit’s active rock station on 101.1 FM, combining current hard rock, alternative and grunge with established rock favorites. Use the player to hear the WRIF live stream; the recently played section identifies compatible song metadata supplied by the station.
The weekday WRIF schedule features Dave & Chuck the Freak from 6 to 10:30 a.m., Jade Springart from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Meltdown from 3 to 7 p.m., and Chuck Bean from 7 p.m. to midnight. Times are shown in Eastern Time.
Licensed to Detroit, Michigan, WRIF serves Metro Detroit and reaches Windsor and parts of Southwestern Ontario. It is an FCC Class B station with 27 kW ERP. The frequency signed on as WXYZ-FM in 1948, adopted the WRIF call sign in 1971, and became a prominent Detroit rock outlet.
WRIF is owned by Beasley Media Group, alongside Detroit stations WCSX, WMGC and WDMK. The contacts block lists the Ferndale studio address, office and request numbers, and verified Facebook, Instagram and X profiles. WRIF-HD2 and WRIF-HD3 carry separate digital programming rather than additional analog simulcasts.
