Detroit Tigers Radio Network

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Detroit Tigers Radio Network
Type Sportscasting (baseball)
Country
Headquarters Detroit, Michigan
Broadcast area
Owner Detroit Tigers
Affiliation(s) MLB
Affiliates 49, including flagship
Official website
Detroit Tigers Radio Network

The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 49 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Detroit Tigers, a professional baseball team in Major League Baseball (MLB). Detroit's WXYT-FM (97.1  FM) serves as the network's flagship. The network also includes 46 affiliates in the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana: 25 AM stations, 15 of which supplement their signals with one or more low-power FM translators; 21 full-power FM stations; and one HD Radio digital subchannel which supplements its signal with a low-power FM translator. [1] The radio network airs select spring Grapefruit League games, along with all 162 regular season games and all postseason games. Dan Dickerson does play-by-play for the broadcasts (with Greg Gania filling in for occasional games) while color commentary is provided by Bobby Scales or Andy Dirks. Daniella Bruce serves as the in-game reporter and interviewer and Jeff Riger hosts the pre-game and post-game shows. [2] In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on SiriusXM satellite radio; and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn Premium, and MLB.com Gameday Audio. [3] [4] [5]

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Station list

Network stations as of the 2024 Tigers season
CallsignFrequencyBandCityStateNetwork status
WXYT-FM 97.1FM Detroit MichiganFlagship
WQBX 104.9FM Alma MichiganAffiliate
WATZ-FM 99.3FM Alpena MichiganAffiliate
WLKI 100.3FM Angola IndianaAffiliate
WTKA 1050AM Ann Arbor MichiganAffiliate
W292FW 106.3FM Ann Arbor MichiganWTKA relay
WMTR-FM 96.1FM Archbold OhioAffiliate
WBCK 95.3FM Battle Creek MichiganAffiliate
WMRX-FM 97.7FM Beaverton MichiganAffiliate
WBRN 1460AM Big Rapids MichiganAffiliate
W243EN 96.5FM Big Rapids MichiganWBRN relay
W256CC 99.1FM Big Rapids MichiganWBRN relay
WKAD 93.7FM Cadillac MichiganAffiliate
WKYO 1360AM Caro MichiganAffiliate
WMKT 1270AM Charlevoix MichiganAffiliate
W272CR 102.3FM Charlevoix MichiganWMKT relay
WCHY 95.3FM Cheboygan MichiganAffiliate
WDBC 680AM Escanaba MichiganAffiliate
W233CT 94.5FM Escanaba MichiganWDBC relay
W243EO 96.5FM Frankenmuth MichiganWSGW relay
WBNZ 92.3FM Frankfort MichiganAffiliate
W280GB 103.9FM Gladstone MichiganWDBC relay
WGHN 1370AM Grand Haven MichiganAffiliate
W235CM 94.9FM Grand Haven MichiganWGHN relay
WOOD 1300AM Grand Rapids MichiganNighttime-only affiliate
WMAX-FM 96.1FM Grand Rapids MichiganDaytime-only affiliate
WCSR 1340AM Hillsdale MichiganAffiliate
WCSR-FM 92.1FM Hillsdale MichiganAffiliate
W258DE 99.5FM Hillsdale MichiganWCSR relay
WHTC 1450AM Holland MichiganAffiliate
W259CO 99.7FM Holland MichiganWHTC relay
WCCY 1400AM Houghton MichiganAffiliate
W257CZ 99.3FM Houghton MichiganWCCY relay
WMIQ 1450AM Iron Mountain MichiganAffiliate
WKMM-FMHD2*105.3-2FM Jackson MichiganAffiliate
W270CJ 101.9FM Jackson MichiganWKHM-FM HD2 relay
WKZO 590AM Kalamazoo MichiganAffiliate
W295CL 106.9FM Kalamazoo MichiganWKZO relay
WJIM 1240AM Lansing MichiganAffiliate
W299CR 107.7FM Lansing MichiganWJIM relay
WLDN 98.7FM Ludington MichiganAffiliate
WMLQ 97.7FM Manistee MichiganAffiliate
WDMJ 1320AM Marquette MichiganAffiliate
WKBZ 1090AM Muskegon MichiganDaytime-only affiliate
WOOD-FM 106.9FM Muskegon MichiganNighttime-only affiliate
WNBY 1450AM Newberry MichiganAffiliate
WWTH 100.7FM Oscoda MichiganAffiliate
WMBN 1340AM Petoskey MichiganAffiliate
W284DF 104.7FM Petoskey MichiganWMBN relay
WPHM 1380AM Port Huron MichiganAffiliate
WRGZ 96.7FM Rogers City MichiganAffiliate
WGRY-FM 101.1FM Roscommon MichiganAffiliate
WSGW 790AM Saginaw MichiganAffiliate
WTGV-FM 97.7FM Sandusky MichiganAffiliate
WSOO 1230AM Sault Ste. Marie MichiganAffiliate
WCSY-FM 103.7FM South Haven MichiganAffiliate
WBET 1230AM Sturgis MichiganAffiliate
W259CR 99.7FM Sturgis MichiganWBET relay
WSJM-FM 94.9FM St. Joseph MichiganAffiliate
WCCW 1310AM Traverse City MichiganDaytime-only affiliate
WCCW-FM 107.5FM Traverse City MichiganNighttime-only affiliate
WGFN 98.1FM Traverse City MichiganAffiliate

Spanish broadcasts

In 2023, Carlos Guillén, Bárbaro Garbey and Mari Montes called 22 games in Spanish on WXYT 1270 AM in Detroit. [6]

History and former broadcasters

  • Before merging with WXYT-FM, WXYT/1270 was the sole flagship station from 2001–2007.
  • From 1964–2000, Detroit's WJR was the Tigers' exclusive radio flagship. As a maximum-power clear-channel station, Tigers games on WJR could be received from hundreds of miles away on warm, clear nights.
  • Other former Tigers flagships include WWJ, WJBK (currently known as WLQV) and WKMH (currently known as WDTW).
  • The Tigers' most famous announcer is Ford C. Frick Award winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who called Tigers games mostly on the radio from 1960–2002. The press box at Comerica Park is named The Ernie Harwell Media Center in his honor, a statue of him stands near the main gate of the stadium, and his name is on the Tigers Wall of Fame in right field of Comerica Park. Harwell died in May 2010 at the age of 92 and his body was laid in repose at Comerica Park soon after. [7] The Detroit Sports Media Association (DSMA) inaugurated a DSMA Ernie Harwell Lifetime Achievement Award with Harwell as its first recipient.

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  7. Thousands walk, roll to park for Ernie Harwell's send-off Detroit Free Press via Archive.org, originally published May 7, 2010, last retrieved April 1, 2022