WXYT

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WXYT
Radio station
Program type Talk & Sport
reception analog & HD radio medium wave 1270 kHz (Clear Channel)
web radio
Reception area Detroit , Michigan , USA
Start of transmission October 10, 1925 (as WGHP)
Broadcaster CBS radio
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WXYT ( CBS Sports Radio 1270 ) is a commercial American radio broadcaster based in Detroit, Michigan. The medium wave transmitter on the frequency 1270 kHz specializes in "sports talk" and belongs to CBS Radio . The transmitters are in Ash Township in Monroe County and the studios are in Southfield .

The station serves the Detroit-Windsor or Southeast Michigan radio market and areas in Southwest Ontario . A special feature of the licensing of WXYT is that the station transmits like clear channel stations with 50 kW, but is licensed as "Class B". It transmits on an area of ​​the medium-wave band provided for regional stations with directional antennas.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has licensed WXYT for hybrid broadcast, analogue and HD radio .

history

The station went on air on October 10, 1925 under the callsign "WGHP". Its name was derived from its first owner, George Harrison Phelps. In 1930, during the Great Depression , WGHP was 250,000 USD sold to John Kunsky and George Trendle. The new owners changed the callsign to "WXYZ". In 1934, the station was one of the four founding stations of the Mutual Broadcasting System , which was initially set up for the exchange of program parts between the stations.

On January 1, 1948, the independent offshoot "WXYZ-FM" went on air on 101.1 MHz, but soon afterwards it broadcast the program of "WXYZ-AM" again. In the 1960s Charles Fritz took over the management and finally bought the AM station from ABC in 1984. He changed the callsign to "WXYT" and thus brought the first pure talk program to the Detroit market.

The most famous shows include the Lazy Ranch Boys Barn Dance , The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet .

Known employees

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Latitude.to: GPS coordinates of WXYT (AM), United States. Latitude: 42.0232 Longitude: -83.3403. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ CBS Sports Radio 1270 . ( cbslocal.com [accessed September 4, 2017]).
  3. ↑ https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/map-display#appid=657235%26antsysid=78705%26call=WXYT%26freq=1270%26contour=0.5%26city=DETROIT%26state=MI%26fileno=BL -20030401CJP% 26.map Signal propagation of the signal from WXYT according to the data from the FCC, retrieved September 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Station Search Details ( English ) Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Luther F. Sies: Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960 . 2nd Edition. tape 1-2 . McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina / London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-2942-4 , pp. 649 .
  6. ↑ https://www. britica.com/topic/Mutual-Broadcasting-System
  7. ↑ a b Christopher H. Sterling, Cary O'Dell: The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio . Routledge , New York / London 2010, ISBN 978-1-135-17684-6 , pp. 884 f .
  8. ↑ Hillbilly-Music.com: hillbilly-music.com - The Lazy Ranch Boys Barn Dance. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .