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Detroit Sports Radio Overview
This article intends to be a weekday programming archive for the current and former sports radio stations in the Detroit market, though this list may not be exact or perfect. Ideally, this article will focus on local hosts and shows, not syndicated programming from a national radio network.
At the time of this writing, WXYT-FM (97.1 FM) dominates the sports radio scene in Detroit, being the flagship station for the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings, and Wolverines with overflow programming going to their sister stations.1) The Spartans have WJR (760 AM) instead.
Current stations
97.1 The Ticket (2000–)
WXYT-FM (97.1 FM), currently branded as 97.1 The Ticket, is a sports radio station that initially began on WXYT (1270 AM) around 2000. The station was originally branded as Team 1270 (2000–2002) and The Sports Station (2002–2007), then it switched to FM on October 1, 2007 as Detroit's Sports Powerhouse before settling on its current name on November 6, 2007.
| 10am–12pm | 12pm–3pm | 3pm–6pm | 6pm–8pm | |
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| 2001 | Wall to Wall Sports Kevin Wall | The Lockerroom Kirk Gibson, Gary Danielson, Eli Zaret | ||
| 2001 | Dog Day Morning Damon Perry | The Program Art Regner, Doug Karsch | Wall to Wall Sports Kevin Wall |
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| 2002 | Regner and Karsch Art Regner, Doug Karsch |
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| 10am–1pm | 1pm–4pm | 4pm–7pm | ||
| 2003 | Damon Perry Damon Perry | Art and Gregg Art Regner, Gregg Henson | The Lockerroom Kirk Gibson, Gary Danielson, Eli Zaret |
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| 10am–1pm | 3pm–7pm | |||
| 2004 | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Big Show Art Regner, Doug Karsch | ||
| 6am–10am | 10am–1pm | 3pm–6pm | ||
| 2004 | S and L in the Morning Marc Spindler, John Lund | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Big Show Art Regner, Doug Karsch | |
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–7pm | ||
| 2005 | John and the Gator John Lund, Scott Anderson | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Big Show Art Regner, Doug Karsch | |
| 9am–1pm | 1pm–3pm | 3pm–7pm | ||
| 2006 | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | Wetzel and the Gator Dan Wetzel, Scott Anderson | The Big Show Art Regner, Doug Karsch |
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| 10am–2pm | 2pm–7pm | |||
| 2006 | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Big Show Art Regner, Doug Karsch | ||
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–7pm | |
| 2006 | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Big Show Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | The Book on Sports Pat Caputo |
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| 2007 | The Big Show Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | Sports Inferno Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Book on Sports Pat Caputo |
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| Around this point, 1270 AM moves operations to 97.1 FM. | ||||
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–7pm | |
| 2007 | Motor City Mornings Jay Towers, Bill McAllister | Karsch and Anderson Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | Valenti and Foster Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | The Book on Sports Pat Caputo |
| 2008 | Jay Towers and Bill McAllister Mornings Jay Towers, Bill McAllister |
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| 2008 | Jay and Bill Jay Towers, Bill McAllister | Fithian and Caputo Evenings Dennis Fithian, Pat Caputo |
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| 2009 | ||||
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–11pm | |
| 2010 | Stoney and Bill Mike Stone, Bill McAllister | Karsch and Anderson Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | Valenti and Foster Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | Caputo and Fithian Dennis Fithian, Pat Caputo |
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–10pm | |
| 2011 | Stoney and Bill Mike Stone, Bill McAllister | Karsch and Anderson Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | Valenti and Foster Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | Caputo and Fithian Dennis Fithian, Pat Caputo |
| 2012 | ||||
| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–8pm | |
| 2012 | Stoney and Bill Mike Stone, Bill McAllister | Karsch and Anderson Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | Valenti and Foster Mike Valenti, Terry Foster | Jamie and Wojo Jamie Samuelsen, Bob Wojnowski |
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| 2016 | Jamie and Stoney Jamie Samuelsen, Mike Stone | The Wojo Show Bob Wojnowski |
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| 2017 | The Valenti Show Mike Valenti |
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| 2017 | Jamie and Stoney Jamie Samuelsen, Mike Stone, Heather Park | Bogey and Wojo Kyle Bogey, Bob Wojnowski |
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| 2018 | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| 2020 | Jamie and Stoney Mornings with Heather Jamie Samuelsen, Mike Stone, Heather Park | The Wojo Show Bob Wojnowski |
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| 2020 | Jamie and Stoney Mornings with Heather Jamie Samuelsen, Mike Stone, Heather Park | Wojo and Riger Bob Wojnowski, Jeff Riger |
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| 6am–10am | 10am–2pm | 2pm–6pm | 6pm–8pm | |
| 2020 | The Morning Show with Stoney and Heather Mike Stone, Heather Park | Karsch and Anderson Doug Karsch, Scott Anderson | The Valenti Show with Rico Mike Valenti, Rico Beard | Wojo and Riger Bob Wojnowski, Jeff Riger |
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| 2020 | Stoney and Jansen with Heather Mike Stone, Jon Jansen, Heather Park |
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| 2024 | Costa and Jansen with Heather Jim Costa, Jon Jansen, Heather Park |
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Sports Rap Radio (2024–)
WXYT (1270 AM), currently branded as Sports Rap Radio, is a black-owned sports (and hip-hop) station which launched on June 3, 2024. The project was spearheaded by Rob Parker, who lamented the lack of black hosts in the area despite its significant African-American population.2) The station has a two-year lease with Audacy and operates from the Audacy station, but does have its own marketing team.
| 7am–10am | 10am–12pm | 12pm–3pm | 3pm–7pm | |
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| 2024 | What Up Doe Donavon Travis, Tarohn Finley | B.J. Armstrong B.J. Armstrong | The Bad Boys Martin Weiss, JR Gamble | The Pitbulls Lindsey Hunter, Montezz Allen |
Former stations
Sports Radio 1130 The Fan (1994–2020)
WDFN (1130 AM), once branded as Sports Radio 1130 The Fan, was the first major sports radio station in Detroit which ran from July 11, 1994 to June 29, 2020,3)4)5) though most would argue that it technically died on January 20, 2009 after Clear Channel gutted its local programming.6)7) The station never recovered. It eventually flipped to be a Black Information Network affiliate.
| 6am–10am | 2pm–4pm | 4pm–7pm | 7pm–10pm | |
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| 1997 | Damon “The Dog” Perry Damon Perry | Jamie and Gregg Jamie Samuelsen, Gregg Henson | Stoney and Wojo Mike Stone, Bob Wojnowski | The Sports Doctors Art Regner, Terry Foster |
| 6am–10am | 1pm–4pm | 4pm–7pm | 7pm–10pm | |
| 1999 | Parker and the Man Rob Parker, Mark Wilson | Jamie and Gregg Jamie Samuelsen, Gregg Henson | Stoney and Wojo Mike Stone, Bob Wojnowski | The Sports Doctors Art Regner, Terry Foster |
| 6am–9am | 9pm–12pm | 3pm–7pm | 7pm–10pm | |
| 1999 | Jamie and Gregg Jamie Samuelsen, Gregg Henson | The Sports Doctors Art Regner, Terry Foster | Stoney and Wojo Mike Stone, Bob Wojnowski | The Third Shift Eric Pate, Sean Baligian |
| 6am–9am | 9pm–12pm | 3pm–6pm | 6pm–7pm | |
| 2001 | Jamie and Gregg Jamie Samuelsen, Gregg Henson | The Sports Doctors Terry Foster, Eric Pate | Stoney and Wojo Mike Stone, Bob Wojnowski | Sports Talk Soup8) |
| 2001 | Midday Mayhem | |||
| 2002 | Brandon Tierney Brandon Tierney |
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| 2002 | Jamie and Brady Jamie Samuelsen, Greg Brady |
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| 2003 | It Is What It Is Sean Baligian |
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| 2005 | ||||
| 2008 | Jamie Samuelsen Jamie Samuelsen |
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| 2008 | Matt Shepard Matt Shepard |
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| Mass Layoffs at Clear Channel | ||||
| 7am–9am | ||||
| 2009 | Shep, Shower and Shave Matt Shepard | |||
| 7am–10am | 10am–12pm | 3pm–6pm | ||
| 2011 | Matt Shepard Matt Shepard | Ermanni Middays Ryan Ermanni | Sean, Terp & Killer Sean Baligian, Ryan Terpstra, Tom Kowalski | |
| 2011 | ||||
| 2011 | Sean and Terp Sean Baligian, Ryan Terpstra | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 7am–10am | 3pm–7pm | |||
| 2012 | Matt Shepard Matt Shepard | Eric Chase Eric Chase | ||
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| 2014 | ||||
| 7am–10am | 3pm–6pm | |||
| 2016 | Matt Shepard Matt Shepard | Gregg, Big Drew & Jim Gregg Henson, Drew McCarthy, Jim Costa | ||
| 2017 | Big Drew & Jim Drew McCarthy, Jim Costa | |||
"WCAR" (2012–2022)
WCAR (1090 AM) was a sports radio station which had local programming in its first few years, but it mainly focused on syndicated national programming. It was an affiliate of ESPN Radio (2012–2013), NBC Sports Radio (2013–2014), and Yahoo! Sports Radio / SB Nation Radio / SportsMap (2014–2018, 2018–2022) with a brief stunt with hip-hop and R&B in 2018, before simulcasting WSDS (1480 AM).
| 4pm–7pm | 7pm–10pm | |
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| 2013 | The Drive Art Regner, Eddie Mio | Mark “The Man” Wilson Mark Wilson |
Detroit Sports 105.1 (2013–2016)
WMGC-FM (105.1 FM), once branded as Detroit Sports 105.1, was a short-lived sports radio station that ran from August 12, 20139)10) to June 29, 2016.11)12)13) Despite attempts to be a viable competitor, it did not have much success and Greater Media insisted on pulling the plug,14) flipping to classic hip-hop15)16) and surprisingly fulfilled its contract with the Detroit Pistons.17)18)
| 10am–12pm | 12pm–3pm | 3pm–7pm | |
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| 2013 | Ryan & Rico Ryan Ermanni, Rico Beard | Drew Lane Drew Lane |
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| 2014 | Ryan & Rico Ryan Ermanni, Rico Beard | Matt Dery Matt Dery |
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| 2015 | Drew and Marc Drew Lane, Marc Fellhaur |
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| 8am–12pm | 12pm–3pm | 3pm–7pm | |
| 2015 | Ryan & Rico Ryan Ermanni, Rico Beard | Sean, Maz, and Marc Sean Baligian, Tom Mazawey, Marc Fellhaur | Dery and Sharp Matt Dery, Drew Sharp |
| 6am-10am | 10am-2pm | 2pm-6pm | |
| 2016 | Sean, Maz, and Marc Sean Baligian, Tom Mazawey, Marc Fellhaur | Ryan & Rico Ryan Ermanni, Rico Beard | Dery and Sharp Matt Dery, Drew Sharp |
| 2016 | Hunter and Shore Lindsey Hunter, Dave Shore |
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| 2016 | Sean, Marc, and Maz Sean Baligian, Marc Fellhaur, Tom Mazawey | Hunter, Chapman, and Pascoe Lindsey Hunter, Jake Chapman, Rob Pascoe |
The Roar (2021–2023)
“The Roar” was a short-lived sports radio station, which mainly featured regional syndicated programming from September 1, 2021 to September 23, 2023. According to its station identification, it broadcast from W228CJ (93.5 FM), W256EA (99.1 FM), and WCSX-HD2 (94.7 FM, HD2). The format was eventually dropped and replaced with Beasley Media Group's broader “Podcast Radio US” network.19)
Notes
- This article is response to the xkcd comic, 2067: Challengers, which made the odd decision to include WDFN despite it generally being seen as a dead sports station in 2016.
2)
"Black-owned Sports Rap Radio readies to launch in Detroit" (May 28, 2024). Metro Times.
3)
"WDFN ends 25-year sports talk legacy in Detroit" (June 30, 2020). MLive.
4)
"Detroit's WDFN The Fan sports radio changes to network targeting Black audiences" (June 30, 2020). Detroit Free Press.
5)
"WDFN switches from sports programming to Black Information Network" (June 30, 2020). The Detroit News.
6)
"Clear Channel makes it official; WDFN AM 1130 Detroit to relaunch on Tuesday Sept 8" (September 3, 2009). Michiguide.
7)
"Q&A: 97.1's Stoney dishes on sports-talk scene, co-hosts, Detroit teams ... and more" (December 16, 2023). The Detroit News.
8)
“Sports Talk Soup” was a mashup of all the shows that aired that day.
9)
"Detroit Sports 105.1 To Launch On Monday" (August 12, 2013). Radio Insight.
10)
"WMGC Becomes Detroit Sports 105.1" (August 12, 2013). Format Change Archive.
11)
"Detroit Sports 105.1 Drops Format; Begins Stunting" (June 29, 2016). Radio Insight.
12)
"105.1 FM dumps sports talk format after 3 years" (June 29, 2016). The Detroit News.
13)
"Detroit Sports 105.1 off the radio after nearly 3 years" (June 29, 2016). Detroit Free Press.
14)
"How did Detroit Sports 105.1 fail in less than 3 years?" (June 30, 2016). Detroit Free Press.
15)
"105.1 The Bounce Brings Classic Hip-Hop To Detroit" (July 1, 2016). Radio Insight.
16)
"WMGC Becomes 105.1 The Bounce" (July 1, 2016). Format Change Archive.
17)
"Pistons to stick with WMGC after radio station flips formats" (June 29, 2016). Crain's Detroit Business.
18)
"Pistons have no immediate plans to leave 105.1" (August 11, 2016). The Detroit News.
19)
"Beasley Launches Podcast Radio In Four Markets" (September 22, 2023). Radio Insight.
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