WRIF’s 50th B-Day Blowout Underway!

• Earlier this week we told you Beasley Active Rock 101 WRIF/Detroit celebrates its 50th anniversary this Sunday, February 14. What will be a gala year-long celebration officially gets underway today with “The Riff’s Legends Weekend.” The party starts this morning as Dave & Chuck The Freak hosts a special broadcast highlighting favorite moments from their seven years at WRIF. Throughout the day, WRIF will air vignettes paying tribute to legacy RIF personalities including “Big Daddy” Arthur Penhallow, Ken Calvert, Karen Savelly, Steve Kostan, and many others.

WRIF will also host special in-studio guests, who will join current Riff jocks Jade Springart and Meltdown. Get ready to roll tape to capture the following Riff Legends — 1pm hour:  Jim Johnson and George Baier from JJ and The Morning Crew with Jade Springart; 2pm hour: Ken Calvert and Karen Savelly with Jade Springart; 4pm hour: Steve Kostan with Meltdown. At 7pm, WRIF will air “The Best Of Drew & Mike,” highlighting classic moments from the duo’s 22 years in mornings. Throughout the weekend, WRIF will continue to feature on-air tributes to station personalities and playing music from five decades of rock ‘n roll. The station will also have several celebrity guest DJs, including members of Shinedown, Halestorm, Seether, I Prevail, and more.

Detroit native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper commented, “You can’t really talk about Detroit music without talking about Riff. Detroit was easily the hard rock capital of the United States and WRIF supported all those bands. I’ve dropped their name in a couple of songs over the years because it was soDetroit and everyone know what that means.”