WXYT-FM 97.1 Detroit

WXYT-FM 97.1 Detroit

Simulcast on WXYT AM 1270

Slogan/Positioner: Detroit Sports Powerhouse

Format: Sports

Web site: www.1270sports.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 15,000 watts / 892 feet / B
- Coverage area (FCC)

Broadcasts in digital/HD

Secondary stream format (HD2): News
Secondary stream web site: www.wwj.com

More web sites about WXYT-FM:

More Technical Information:

Call Sign History:

WXYT-FM: 10/3/2007
WKRK-FM: 6/9/1997
WYST: 9/2/1994
WJOI: 11/30/1981
WWJ-FM: by 1948
WENA: by 1945
W45D: sign on, 1941

On Air Date: May 10, 1941

Owner: CBS Radio

Telephone: (248) 395-9797

Notes/History:

10/1/2007: At 3:00pm changes format from hot talk to sports, simulcasting AM 1270 as Detroit's Sports Powerhouse. Longtime afternoon hosts Deminski and Doyle move to mornings.

9/2006: Opie and Anthony move from AM 1270 to FM 97.1, replacing Rover as the station tries yet another 'shock jock' in the morning daypart.

10/2005: Another repositioning to add the "Free FM" name being used by Infinity on many of its talk stations across the USA. Announced that the replacement for syndicated morning man Howards Stern is Rover starting January 3, 2006.

5/2003: Repositions from '97.1 FM Talk' to 'Live! 97.1'

3/1999: Transformation from rock to talk is complete

8/31/1998: Format tweak from active rock to 'Extreme Radio'

1997: Call sign change to WKRK, K-Rock

2/1997: Imus to sister station WXYT-AM as 'The Howard Stern' program takes mornings, format switch to active rock

about 1996: Syndicated talk program 'Imus in the Morning' is added

9/1994: Call sign change to WYST as 'Greatest Hits of the 70's'/classic rock format

199x: Format evolves into a very soft Adult Contemporary

3/9/1989: Purchased by CBS

1981: Call sign change to WJOI - 'W-Joy', format remains Easy Listening

19xx: Sold by Detroit News

19xx: Easy Listening format

6/1948: By this date, call sign is WWJ-FM and frequency is 97.1

9/12/1945: Assigned 96.9 FM as WENA

5/10/1941: W45D begins regular operations and is officially Michigan's first FM station and America's seventh

5/7/1941: (approximately) W45D 44.5 begins testing with 3,000 watts

10/31/1940: The Evening News Association, owners of The Detroit News and WWJ AM, is granted one of the first construction permits for a commercial FM station in the country. The station is to operate at 44.5 MHz, with a call sign of W45D. The station actually debuted on January 29, 1936 as W8XWJ, an experimental AM APEX station before going silent in April 1940 waiting for approval to move to the a newly carved out FM band.

Transmitter location:

Oakland County: Along I-696, near Greenfield and 11 Mile Rds (Southfield)

Old logo gallery:

Thanks, DetroitRadioFlashbacks.net

[ Southeast MI | Flint/Tri-Cities | Mid-Michigan | West Michigan ]

[ Northern MI | Upper Peninsula | Ontario | Television ]

[ TV Markets | FM Radio | LPFM | FM Translators ]

[ AM Radio | Sports | Owners | Weather Radio ]

[ LPTV | AM TIS | Format Key ]

[ Home | Message Board | Contact | Station Listings | History Pages ]

[ On the Radio | External Links | Weather ]

[ Search | About | Shop | Sitemap ]