Detroit Tigers Radio Network

The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is a network of 34 radio stations that covers much of Michigan, Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana that air Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers games and related programming. ^[1] The network airs all 162 regular season games, some Spring Training games, and all postseason games.

Wraparound coverage

Pre-game

Coverage begins 20 minutes before game time with 2 segments. The first is The Jim Leyland Show, a brief pre-recorded one-on-one interview with Tigers manager Jim Leyland by Dan Dickerson. The second is From the Field, a brief interview with another Tigers coach or a player (or occasionally, people who have nothing to do with the game itself), hosted by Jim Price.

Post-game

Post-game coverage includes a game wrap up, either by Price or WXYT's Jeff Riger, scores from around the major leagues by Dickerson, and a preview of the next game.

Flagship stations

The flagship stations are WXYT 1270 AM and WXYT-FM 97.1 FM in Detroit. If the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons or Detroit Red Wings are playing at the same time, only WXYT-AM serves as the flagship for the Tigers.

Announcers

Dan Dickerson does play-by-play on the broadcasts and former Tiger catcher Jim Price does color commentary.^[2]

Affiliates

Games are syndicated by CBS Radio. The current affiliate stations and their cities of license are: ^[1]

Michigan

City	Callsign	Frequency	Notes
Detroit	WXYT	1270 AM	Flagship station for all games.
Detroit	WXYT-FM	97.1 FM	Co-flagship unless conflict.
Ann Arbor	WTKA	1050 AM
Battle Creek	WBCK-FM	95.3 FM
Battle Creek	WBCK	930 AM	If above station has conflict.
Big Rapids / Reed City	WDEE-FM	97.3 FM
Cadillac / Harrietta	WKAD	93.7 FM
Charlevoix	WMKT	1270 AM
Cheboygan / Mackinaw City	WLJZ	94.5 FM
Flint	WTRX	1330 AM
Grand Rapids	WBBL-FM	107.3 FM	Day games.
Grand Rapids	WLAV	96.9 FM	Night games.
Greenville	WSCG	1380 AM
Hillsdale	WCSR	1340 AM
Houghton	WCCY	1400 AM
Holland	WHTC	1450 AM
Jackson	WIBM	1450 AM
Kalamazoo	WKZO	590 AM
Lansing	WVFN	730 AM
Marquette	WDMJ	97.5 FM
Mio	WAVC	93.9 FM
Muskegon	WLCS	98.3 FM
Newberry	WNBY	1450 AM
Petoskey	WMBN	1340 AM
Port Huron	WPHM	1380 AM
Saginaw	WSGW	790 AM
Sandusky	WTGV-FM	97.7 FM
Sault Ste. Marie	WSOO	1230 AM
Sturgis	WBET	1230 AM
St. Joseph / Benton Harbor	WSJM	1400 AM	Simulcast on WSJM-FM 94.9 FM
Traverse City	WCCW	1310 AM

Indiana

City	Callsign	Frequency
Angola	WLKI	100.3 FM

Ohio

City	Callsign	Frequency
Archbold	WMTR-FM	96.1 FM
Toledo	WLQR	1470 AM

Satellite radio

Games are also aired on Sirius XM Radio.

Internet radio

Games are available online with a subscription to MLB GameDay Audio.

History and former broadcasters

Main article: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

• Before merging with WXYT-FM, WXYT-AM was the sole flagship station from 2001-2007.

• From 1964-2000, the Tigers' flagship station was Detroit's WJR. As a maximum power clear-channel station, WJR could be heard carrying Tigers games 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, and a statue of him stands near the main gate of the stadium.

See also

• List of XM Satellite Radio channels
• List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Detroit Tigers Radio Affiliates
2. ^ Detroit Tigers Broadcasters' Biographies