WCAR AM 1090 Livonia/Detroit 
Slogan/Positioner: Detroit Catholic Radio
Format: Religious; Catholic based talk/sermons
Web site: www.catholicradio.org
E-Mail: visit web site
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Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 250 watts / 4 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 500 watts / 6 / directional
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Call Sign History:
- WCAR: 7/18/1979
- WIID:
- WTAK:
- WERB:
Call Sign Origin: Car = reference to Auto Capital
On Air Date: October 23, 1963
Owner: 1090 Investments
Telephone: (877) 327-1090
Notes/History:
- 1998: Station is sold to a group of Catholic investors and programming becomes Religious (Catholic)
- 1998: 'Radio Aahs' goes under, WCAR picks up dance format as 'Beat Radio'
- 1997: Programming switch to 'Radio Aahs' (childrens)
- 1979: WCAR call sign returns to dial. Previously AM 1130 was WCAR for many years before changing to WCXI
- 19xx: Programming becomes ethnic as WIID, 'Ethnic and Proud'
- 196x: One of the first all talk stations is born as WTAK
- 10/23/1963: Station signs on as WERB, sister station to Mt. Clemens' WBRB. Coverage areas of stations was to complement each other.
Center of antenna array/transmitter location:
Wayne County; near Ford and Venoy Rds (Garden City)
Old logo gallery:
Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net
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