DETROIT (FOX 2) - Five years after a sudden switchover to country from alternative rock, Windsor's 89X is back on Detroit airwaves.

Bell Media-owned CIMX teased the return of 89X on Wednesday before the official relaunch at 8:08 a.m. Thursday morning.

Before changing back to rock, four Johnny Cash songs played in a row with "The Man Comes Around" ending the Pure County 89 run on the station. At exactly 8:08 a.m., a brief history of the station played.

"And then just like that it was gone… but now it's time to make some noise again," 89X played. "This is the relaunch of a movement."

After, "Stop!" by Jane's Addiction, the first song played when 89X first transitioned to alternative rock back in 1991, ushered in "New Rock 89X."

The backstory:

In 1990, CIMX had played a pop-mix form

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