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WWJ (Newsradio 950) is Detroit, Michigan's only 24-hour all-news radio station. Broadcasting at 950 kHz on the AM dial, the station is owned and operated by CBS Corporation-subsidiary CBS Radio. Although Pittsburgh's KDKA was the first to be licensed by the federal government, WWJ arguably made the first commercial broadcast in the United States. On August 20, 1920, the station was launched with a program of recorded music and news provided from the U.S. Naval Department. Owned at the time by the Detroit News, "8MK" as it was known, was the first station to broadcast news reports regularly as well as the first regularly-scheduled religious broadcast and play-by-play sports broadcast. WWJ is the only commercial all news radio station in Michigan (in a sharp irony, co-owned WWJ-TV is the only CBS O&O without a local news presence). Nickname: Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area - City 370. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Scripps Center, the corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... The word webcast is derived from web and broadcast. Its use has varied since the early-mid 1990s as the nature of the medium came into public use. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815 County Wayne County Mayor... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area Ranked 11th - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 kmÂ²) - Width 239 miles (385 km) - Length 491 miles (790 km) - % water 41. ... All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news. ... The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI unit of frequency. ... AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using Amplitude Modulation. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area - City 151. ... KDKA is a U.S. class A clear channel AM radio station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that operates on 1020 kHz. ... Along with The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News (owned by Gannett) is one of the two major Metro Detroit newspapers. ... WWJ-TV (CBS Detroit) is the CBS-owned and operated station in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Station timeline

On August 20, 1920, the station was the first in the nation to take to the air with the call sign 8MK, assigned by its original owner, the Detroit News (the Federal Communications Commission was not assigning call letters at this point. It was not until October 10, 1921 that the FCC assigned call letters WBL. The original transmitter had a 100 mile range, on 200 meter wavelength (1500 khz). The use of this frequency shows that it was an amateur station at the time. It changed to a commercial frequency when it obtained a commercial license in 1921. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Along with The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News (owned by Gannett) is one of the two major Metro Detroit newspapers. ... The FCCs official seal. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In early 1922, the call letters, WWJ, were assigned. originally an abbreviation for W (eastern United States), William and John Scripps, who owned the News. The channel was relocated later that year to 850 AM and was moved in, 1927, to 800 AM and increased power to 1,000 watts. Following a 1930 move to 920 AM, the station's power increased to 5,000 watts in 1937. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ...

On March 29, 1941 WWJ moved to 950 AM where it remains to this day. The programming throughout this time was focused on variety, with music making up a larger portion of its format as television programming eroded support for variety programming and the Golden Age of Radio ended in 1962. With the advent of FM radio and stereo broadcasting, WWJ dropped its middle-of-the-road music format in favor of all-news programming in 1973. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Old-Time Radio (OTR) or The Golden Age of Radio is a term used to refer to radio programs that were broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s (with some outlying programs produced earlier and later) in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada and... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ...

In 1987, Federal Broadcasting Corporation, run by the late David Herriman purchased WWJ and WJOI (now WKRK) from the new owner of The Detroit News, Gannett, which was required to sell the stations immediately by the Federal Communications Commission because of crossownership rules in effect at that time. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WKRK, currently branded as Live! 97. ... Gannett Company, Inc. ... The FCCs official seal. ...

On March 9, 1989, CBS bought the station, with its ownership being transferred to Infinity Broadcasting after CBS's 1996 acquisition of that group. On January 13, 2000, the station once again increased its broadcast power to 50,000 watts during the daytime, with nighttime wattage matching in August 30, 2000 after new facilities in Southfield, Michigan, allows the station to increase power to 50,000 watts during the nighttime. (The new facilities are located less than a mile from the WKBD/WWJ studios.) In March, 2005, WWJ began offering a 24-hour live webcast. In August 2005, the station began offering podcasts of newsmakers, interviews, and some of the station's feature programming. The station also recently began broadcasting an HD, or high-definition, signal, which gives an AM broadcast FM-like quality. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Southfield is a city located in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... WKBD-TV, channel 50, is an owned-and-operated station of the CW television network, based in Detroit, Michigan. ... WWJ-TV (CBS Detroit) is the CBS-owned and operated station in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Staffers

Jayne Bower (midday and afternoon co-anchor; paired with Greg Bowman from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm and Bill Stevens from 3:00 pm-6:00 pm)

Greg Bowman (midday anchor, 10:00 am-3:00 pm; paired with Jayne Bower from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm; also fill-in AM Anchor)

Ed Coury (Wall Street Journal business reporter) The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...

Sonny Eliot (humorous, colorful weathercaster, heard on WWJ's afternoon program following the 4:18 and 5:18 traffic reports)

Brian McFadden (business reporter) Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer. ...

Marie Osborne (saturday PM anchor; also fill-in midday anchor) Baby Marie Osborne (born November 5, 1911 as Marie Osborne, Denver, Colorado) was the first major child star of silent films and American films. ...

Tim Skubick (Lansing bureau chief) Michigan State Capitol Flag Seal Location Location in Ingham County, Michigan1 Coordinates: , Government Country State County United States Michigan Ingham, Eaton, Clinton Mayor Virg Bernero (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 35. ...

Mark Smith (sports anchor) There is more than one person called Mark Smith: Mark Smith, R/C modeling pioneer Mark Smith, Grand Druid Mark Smith (Born May 7, 1970), a Major League Baseball player. ...

Bill Stevens (afternoon co-anchor, 3:00 pm-7:00 pm; paired with Jayne Bower from 3:00-6:00pm)

Some former personalities

Dana Cameron Dana Cameron is a former news anchor/reporter for WWJ radio in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Dan Dickerson (currently the play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers on WXYT) Dan Dickerson is an American radio broadcaster, best known for his current position as the play-by-play radio voice of the Detroit Tigers on the Tigers radio network. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901â€“present) Central Division (1998â€“present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901â€“present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000â€“present) Tiger Stadium(1961-1999) a. ... It has been suggested that WXYZ-AM be merged into this article or section. ...

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Staffers

Some former personalities

External links

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