WCAR AM 1090 Livonia/Detroit
Slogan/Positioner:
Format: Religious
Web site:
E-Mail:
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Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 250 watts / 4 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 500 watts / 6 / directional
Construction permit:
Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 6 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 800 watts / 6 / directional
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More Technical Information:
- engineering data
- station details
- FCCInfo.com
- Recnet Broadcast Query
- Daytime coverage
- Nighttime coverage (Radio Locator)
- CP daytime coverage
- CP nighttime coverage (Radio Locator)
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:
- 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.
- 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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