WJR (radio station)
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| Radio station | |
| Program type | News & Talk |
| reception | Medium wave 760 kHz & web radio |
| Reception area | Detroit , Michigan , USA |
| Start of transmission | 1922 |
| Broadcaster | "Cumulus Media" group |
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WJR is a US radio station based in Detroit , Michigan . The station sends a news / talk format and belongs to the "Cumulus Media" group . The studios are located in the Fisher Building in Detroit's New Center, while the transmitters are downstream in Riverview.
WJR is one of the oldest broadcasters in the USA and has been broadcasting since 1922. As a so-called “Class A Clear Channel Station ”, it is largely exclusive on its frequency of 50 kW. The station can be heard throughout the eastern United States at night .
WJR is home to morning host Paul W. Smith and Mitch Albom , who is also a columnist for the Detroit Free Press . WJR exclusively broadcasts sports events from Michigan State University Athletics .
history
The station emerged from a rivalry between two newspaper publishers in the 1920s. The Detroit News founded WWJ station in 1920, whereupon ED Stair, the editor of the competing Detroit Free Press , came under pressure. On May 22, 1922, WJR went on air on 580 kHz. From the 9th floor of the new Free Press Building and with the callsign WCX broadcast “The Call of the Motor City.”
In August 1925, Pontiac's Jewett Radio and Phonographic Company bought the station and changed the name to WCX / WJR. In the same year they switched to 850 kHz and transmitted with 5 kW.
In 1964 WJR was sold to the Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation and the station used the slogan "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes", which is still used today. In the same year, WJR acquired the rights to the sports broadcasts of the Detroit Tigers . Even after the station no longer held rights, many listeners associated WJR with sports host Ernie Harwell and the Detroit Tigers.
WWJ developed into the most important AM news station in southwest Michigan in the 1990s. By 2006 all music programs were taken out of the program and since then more and more conservative syndicate programs with the hosts Rush Limbaugh , Sean Hannity , Mark Levin and Adam Bold have been included in the program.
Today, like KEX Portland , WABC New York , KOA Denver and WLS Chicago, WJR is one of the most influential Clear Channel stations with enormous reach, all of which broadcast a conservative talk program. These stations, which are mostly steeped in tradition, all belong to the industry leader iHeartMedia and receive a large part of their programs from its Premiere Networks .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WJR-AM 760 kHz Radio Station Information. In: radio-locator.com. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
- ↑ WJR-760 AM | Detroit Historical Society. In: detroithistorical.org. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
- ↑ WJR-760 AM | Detroit Historical Society. In: detroithistorical.org. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
- ^ Bill Mann: Here's Why the Right Wing Dominates Talk Radio Today. In: Huffington Post. June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2017 (American English).