WDFN AM 1130 Detroit

Slogan/Positioner: Sportsradio 1130 WDFN

Format: Sports

Web site: www.wdfn.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 50,000 watts / 2 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 10,000 watts / 9 / directional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WDFN on Facebook
• WDFN on MySpace.com
• WDFN from RadioTime
• WDFN from Wikipedia
• Detroit Radio Flashbacks: AM 1130 Airchecks
• Tower Site Hunting from the Air: Aerial photos

Call Sign History:

• WDFN: 5/20/1994
• WWWW: 9/14/1992
• WCXI: 3/1/1979
• WCAR:

Call Sign Origin: Detroit's Fan

On Air Date: December 17, 1939

Owner: Clear Channel

Telephone: (248) 324-5800

Notes/History:

• 12/2005: WDFN's 'Angry Fan March' protest about the Detroit Lions generates national attention.
• 8/30/2000: AMFM/Clear Channel merger closes
• 10/1999: Announced that AMFM is to merge with Clear Channel.
• 7/11/1994: Sports talk format debuts as 'The Fan'; first full-time all sports format in Detroit.
• 1992: Call sign to WWWW to match sister station on FM. Format remains country, simulcasting FM most of the time.
• by 1990: Owner is Shamrock Broadcasting, which is also the owner of once rival country outlet WWWW-FM 106.7.
• 1986: FM 92.3 ends simulcast and takes on contemporary format as WNTM. AM 1130 continues as country WCXI.
• 198x: Owner is Fritz Broadcasting. WCXI-FM calls placed on sister station FM 92.3 along with country format to compete against country format on WWWW-FM 106.7.
• by 1979: Owner is Golden West.
• 1978: Format changed to country with new call sign WCXI (Country 11) adopted several months later.
• 197x: Format returns to Adult Contemporary (after about a year of news format).
• 197x: Format change from Adult Contemporary to All-News.
• 1970s: Formats range from rock/top 40 to easy listening/adult contemporary. One of the positioners used during this time was Giant 1130.
• 19xx: Owner is Hy Levinson.
• 1939: On air as WCAR, licensed to Pontiac. Format is Middle of the Road.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Wayne County; near Jefferson Ave and Vreeland Rd (Gibralter)

Old logo gallery:

Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net