In 2020, “Stop” by Jane’s Addiction closed out what was believed to be the final broadcast of Windsor-based 89X , once of metro Detroit’s most iconic radio stations. But at 8 a.m. on Thursday morning, 89X returned — once again playing Jane’s Addiction and resurrecting “Windsor-Detroit’s only new rock alternative.” The station announced its return with a cheeky social media ad campaign, encouraging listeners to “GET BACK WITH YOUR X.”

After five years as a bland pop-country station, 88.7 FM surprised the Detroit area by switching back to its former format, even featuring some of the original station IDs that many listeners will remember and a nostalgic playlist spanning from darker alternative rock of the ’80s and ’90s to the cheery “stomp-clap” millennial hipster sound of the 2010s and

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