W260CB (99.9 FM, "The Detroit Praise Network") is a radio

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. Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, it relays an

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format broadcast by WDMK-HD2, which is also simulcast on W260CB 99.9, W252BX 98.3, and WMGC-HD2. The stations are collectively branded as ''The Detroit Praise Network''.

History

W260CB first launched in 2000 as W206BI on 89.1 MHz as a repeater of

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, covering the Hamtramck area. In 2010, it would move to 99.9 MHz as W260CB and become an FM repeater of AM 1200, before

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with a format of retro

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hits in early 2018. This would end when the station was purchased by Urban One, who relocated their Praise Radio station from

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(102.7 FM) upon that station's sale to the

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on May 1, 2018. Upon moving to 99.9 and launching on August 9, 2018, the station acquired two repeaters (W228CJ in Oak Park and W252BX in

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) from the EMF to fill in gaps in coverage in the area. W228CJ has since flipped to sports on August 30, 2021.

Coverage area

W228CJ broadcasts from the WMYD-DT 20 / WTVS 56 television tower in Oak Park on

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and Meyers Road, covering most of Detroit and Highland Park. W252BX 98.3 broadcasts from a transmitter on top of the

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, covering

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, River Rouge, Melvindale and Redford Township. W260CB broadcasts from the WRIF/ WCSX/

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broadcast tower in

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, covering Southfield,

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and Bloomfield Hills.

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* * * * * * Beasley Broadcast Group radio stations Radio stations established in 2000 Radio stations established in 2018 260CB 2000 establishments in Michigan 260CB {{Michigan-radio-station-stub