WCAR AM 1090 Livonia/Detroit

Slogan/Positioner: ESPN 1090

Format: Sports Talk

Web site: www.espn1090.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 250 watts / 4 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 500 watts / 6 / directional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WCAR on Facebook
• WCAR from TuneIn
• WCAR from Wikipedia
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

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: Birach Broadcasting

Telephone: (248) 557-3500

Notes/History:

• 2/1/2012: Format change to sports talk as 'ESPN 1090' using programming from ESPN Radio.
• 11/2011: "Bonds & Fisher" talk program debuts in afternoon drive, but is discontinued by the end of the year. Main hosts were former television anchors Bill Bonds and Rich Fisher.
• 2011: Programming shifts to mainstream talk, most programming is syndicated.
• 7/31/2009: Michigan Catholic Radio no longer providing programming for the station and the Catholic format gives way to brokered religious programming.
• 7/2009: FCC approves purchase of WOAP and WCAR and the deal closes.
• 5/2009: Birach Broadcasting purchases WOAP AM 1080 Owosso and WCAR AM 1090 Livonia/Detroit from 1090 Investments, LLC for $1,025,000 pending FCC approvals and closing.
• 11/2008: Construction permit granted to increase power from 250 watts daytime / 500 watts nighttime to 1,000 watts daytime / 800 watts nighttime. CP expires before it is completed.
• 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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