The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is a network

Radio network

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 of 34 radio station

Radio station

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s that covers much of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, Northwest Ohio

Northwest Ohio

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 and Northern Indiana

Northern Indiana

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 that air Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

 games and related programming. The network airs all 162 regular season games, some Spring Training

Spring training

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 games, and all postseason games.

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

Jim Leyland

James Richard "Jim" Leyland is a Major League Baseball manager, currently with the Detroit Tigers.He led the Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997, and previously won three straight division titles with the Pittsburgh Pirates...

 by Dan Dickerson

Dan Dickerson

Dan Dickerson is an American sportscaster, best known for his current position as the lead radio play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers on the Detroit Tigers Radio Network, joined by color commentator and former Tigers catcher Jim Price.-Early life and education: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

Jim Price (baseball)

Jimmie William Price is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1973...

.

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 Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

, Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

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 or Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

 are playing at the same time, only WXYT-AM serves as the flagship for the Tigers.

Announcers

Dan Dickerson

Dan Dickerson

Dan Dickerson is an American sportscaster, best known for his current position as the lead radio play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers on the Detroit Tigers Radio Network, joined by color commentator and former Tigers catcher Jim Price.-Early life and education:Dickerson...

 does play-by-play on the broadcasts and former Tiger catcher Jim Price

Jim Price (baseball)

Jimmie William Price is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1973...

 does color commentary.

Affiliates

Games are syndicated by CBS Radio

CBS Radio

CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...

. The current affiliate

Affiliate

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 stations and their cities of license are:

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 Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...	WTKA WTKA WTKA is a radio station located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that broadcasts on 1050 AM. Day power is 10 kW, night power is 500 W. The station covers most of southeast Michigan....	1050 AM
Battle Creek Battle Creek, Michigan Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...	WBCK-FM WBCK-FM WBCK-FM is a radio station in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, owned by Cumulus Broadcasting. It broadcasts in the FM radio band at 95.3 kHz and has a news/talk format.-History:...	95.3 FM
Battle Creek	WBCK	930 AM	If above station has conflict.
Big Rapids Big Rapids, Michigan Big Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,849. It is the county seat of Mecosta County. The city is located within Big Rapids Township, but is politically independent.-Geography:...  / Reed City Reed City, Michigan Reed City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,430. It is the county seat of Osceola County.It is the home town of author Timothy James Bazzett.-Geography:...	WDEE-FM WDEE-FM WDEE-FM is a radio station licensed to Reed City, Michigan, with studios in Big Rapids. The station plays oldies of the 1950s through the 1980s.-Beginnings as WDEE-AM:...	97.3 FM
Cadillac Cadillac, Michigan Cadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,000. The city is situated at the junction of US 131, M-55 and M-115...  / Harrietta Harrietta, Michigan Harrietta is a village in Wexford County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 169. The village is on the boundary between Slagle Township on the west and Boon Township on the east, with about half of the village in each.-Village Infrastructure:Although...	WKAD WKAD WKAD is a radio station broadcasting a oldies format. Licensed to Harrietta, Michigan, and serving the Cadillac market, it first began broadcasting in 2003. WKAD features prorgramming from Dial Global's Kool Gold satellite format; the station also features 5 minute Fox News Radio breaks on the...	93.7 FM
Charlevoix Charlevoix, Michigan Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,994. It is the county seat of Charlevoix County....	WMKT WMKT WMKT is a radio station licensed to Charlevoix, Michigan broadcasting a talk radio format. The station broadcasts on 1270 AM as well as an FM translator on 92.1 and streams online...	1270 AM
Cheboygan Cheboygan, Michigan Cheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County....  / Mackinaw City Mackinaw City, Michigan Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2000 census the population was 859. The name "Mackinaw City" is a bit of a misnomer as it is actually a village...	WLJZ WLJZ WLJZ, "The Bear," is an FM radio station at 94.5 MHz based in Mackinaw City, Michigan, which features a Classic rock format simulcast from WGFN 98.1 FM "The Bear" in the Traverse City area. The station aired a Classic Country format, satellite-fed from Dial Global Local, until April 2010, when the...	94.5 FM
Flint Flint, Michigan Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...	WTRX WTRX (AM) WTRX is an American radio station broadcasting a sports radio format in Flint, Michigan. It is the Flint affiliate for the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Pistons, and the Michigan Wolverines, as well as ESPN Radio.The station first began broadcasting in 1947...	1330 AM
Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...	WBBL-FM WBBL-FM WBBL-FM is a radio station broadcasting an all-sports format in Grand Rapids, Michigan. WBBL is sometimes received on the east side of the state during certain atmospheric conditions and during the Spring and Summer months, the signal tends to trickle into East Michigan. It first began...	107.3 FM	Day games.
Grand Rapids	WLAV	96.9 FM	Night games.
Greenville Greenville, Michigan Greenville is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. Portions of the county are associated with the Western region while others are more closely associated with the Central Michigan region. The population was 8,481 at the 2010 census...	WSCG WSCG WGLM-FM and WGLM are radio stations owned Packer Radio, owners of radio station WION in nearby Ionia. WGLM-AM is licensed to Greenville and WGLM-FM to Lakeview and broadcasts a full-service mix of music, news and sports....	1380 AM
Hillsdale Hillsdale, Michigan Hillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,305. It is the county seat of Hillsdale County, and is run as a council-manager government....	WCSR WCSR WCSR is a community service radio station located in Hillsdale, Michigan. It operates on the frequencies of 92.1 FM at 6,000 watts ERP and 1340 AM at 500 watts in the daytime and 250 watts at night.-History:...	1340 AM
Houghton Houghton, Michigan Houghton is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and largest city in the Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,708. It is the county seat of Houghton County...	WCCY WCCY WCCY is a radio station broadcasting an adult standards format. Licensed to Houghton, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1929....	1400 AM
Holland Holland, Michigan Holland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....	WHTC WHTC WHTC is a news/talk AM radio station broadcasting at 1450 kHz in Holland, Michigan.The station signed on July 31, 1948 at 6pm and originally was owned by six Holland-area businessmen: I.H Marsilje, Nelson Bosman , W.A. Butler , Millard Westrate, Willard Wichers and P.T. Chef...	1450 AM
Jackson Jackson, Michigan Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...	WIBM WIBM WIBM is an ESPN Radio branded Sports Talk station in Jackson, Michigan. The station broadcasts at 1450 kHz on the AM dial. Jackson Radio Works owns the station along with news/talk WKHM-AM 970 and hot AC WKHM-FM "K105.3"....	1450 AM
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, Michigan The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...	WKZO	590 AM
Lansing Lansing, Michigan Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...	WVFN WVFN WVFN is a radio station licensed to East Lansing, Michigan, broadcasting a sports radio format. It broadcasts on AM frequency 730 kHz and is under the ownership of Cumulus Media....	730 AM
Marquette Marquette, Michigan Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...	WDMJ WDMJ WDMJ and WIAN , The Talk of Marquette, are a pair of radio stations broadcasting a news-talk format.- Sources :**-External links:...	97.5 FM
Mio Mio, Michigan Mio is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Oscoda County and is situated along the boundary between Mentor Township on the east and Big Creek Township on the west....	WAVC	93.9 FM
Muskegon Muskegon, Michigan Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...	WLCS WLCS WLCS is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to North Muskegon, Michigan, it first began broadcasting under the WFMM call sign....	98.3 FM
Newberry Newberry, Michigan Newberry is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Luce County. Located within McMillan Township at its very southern end, it shares some administrative responsibilities with the surrounding township. The population was 2,686 at the 2000 census.The village was named in...	WNBY WNBY (AM) WNBY is a radio station licensed to Newberry, Michigan broadcasting a classic country format.- Sources :*...	1450 AM
Petoskey Petoskey, Michigan Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,080. It is the county seat of Emmet County....	WMBN WMBN WMBN is an AM radio station broadcasting at 1340 kHz in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. The station, owned by MacDonald-Garber Broadcasting, airs Dial Global's satellite-delivered America's Best Music format of adult standards and soft adult contemporary oldies.WMBN went on the air in April...	1340 AM
Port Huron Port Huron, Michigan Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Sarnia,...	WPHM WPHM WPHM is a news, talk and sports radio station in Port Huron, Michigan that broadcasts on AM 1380 with 5,000 watts. WPHM is owned by Radio First. The station includes programming from Dr. Joy Browne, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey, and local morning show host Paul Miller...	1380 AM
Saginaw Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...	WSGW WSGW (AM) WSGW is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk format. Licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1950. WSGW also has a sister station, WSGW-FM 100.5, which also has a news-talk format. The two stations identify themselves separately on air. WSGW-AM is branded as NewsRadio...	790 AM
Sandusky	WTGV-FM WTGV-FM WTGV-FM is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format, serving Sandusky and the Thumb and Blue Water area of Michigan. WTGV is owned and operated by Sanilac Broadcasting....	97.7 FM
Sault Ste. Marie	WSOO WSOO WSOO is a radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The station airs a gold-based Soft Adult Contemporary format during daytime hours, featuring music from the 1960s through the 2000s, and features sports talk programming from ESPN Radio at night....	1230 AM
Sturgis Sturgis, Michigan Sturgis, is a city in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,994 at the 2010 census. The city is located at the northeast corner of Sturgis Township and at the intersection of US 12 and M-66....	WBET	1230 AM
St. Joseph St. Joseph, Michigan St. Joseph is a city in the US state of Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,789. It lies on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, about east-northeast of Chicago. It is the county...  / Benton Harbor Benton Harbor, Michigan Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located west of Kalamazoo. The population was 10,038 at the 2010 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...	WSJM WSJM (AM) WSJM is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk format. Licensed to St. Joseph, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1956....	1400 AM	Simulcast on WSJM-FM WSJM-FM WSJM-FM is a radio station broadcasting a simulcast of WSJM 1400 AM, a News-Talk-Sports station. Licensed to Benton Harbor, Michigan.-History:...  94.9 FM
Traverse City Traverse City, Michigan Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse...	WCCW WCCW (AM) WCCW is one side of a radio combo in Traverse City, Michigan. It is owned by the Midwestern Broadcasting group, which to this day includes the family members of its original partners from the early 1940s, the Biedermans, Kikers and McClays. Midwestern acquired WCCW AM/FM, its long-time "local...	1310 AM

Indiana

City	Callsign	Frequency
Angola Angola, Indiana Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Steuben County . Angola was founded by Thomas Gale and Cornelius Gilmore. Angola is home to Trine University...	WLKI WLKI WLKI is an American FM radio station licensed to and based in Angola, Indiana, and serving portions of northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and south-central Michigan...	100.3 FM

Ohio

City	Callsign	Frequency
Archbold Archbold, Ohio Archbold is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,290 at the 2000 census.Archbold is home to Northwest State Community College...	WMTR-FM WMTR-FM WMTR-FM is a radio station that broadcasts at 96.1 MHz on the FM dial in Wauseon, Ohio. WMTR-FM airs an adult hits format combining classic rock and Classic Hits material...	96.1 FM
Toledo Toledo, Ohio Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...	WLQR WLQR WLQR is a sports/talk radio station on 1470 kHz in Toledo, Ohio. It is the Toledo affiliate of ESPN Radio and is owned by Cumulus Media. Since June 2009 the station has been simulcast on 106.5 MHz as WLQR-FM, calling itself "106-5 The Ticket"....	1470 AM

History and former 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
  WJR
  WJR is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It broadcasts a news/talk format. It is a class A clear channel station whose broadcasts can be heard throughout most of the Midwest, eastern United States and Canada at night, making it one of the most powerful radio stations in the...
  
  . 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
  WWJ (AM)
  WWJ is Detroit, Michigan's only 24-hour all-news radio station. Broadcasting at 950 kHz, the station is owned and operated by CBS Corporation subsidiary CBS Radio. The station first went on the air on August 20, 1920 with the call sign 8MK...
  
  , WJBK (currently known as WLQV
  WLQV
  WLQV is a radio station serving the Detroit, Michigan market. The station's fifty-thousand watt daytime signal enables it to be heard from Michigan's Thumb area down to Northwest Ohio, and from Lansing, Michigan to Chatham, Ontario, Canada. WLQV has a Christian talk format.-WJBK:WLQV first signed...
  
  ) and WKMH (currently known as WDTW).

• The Tigers' most famous announcer is Ford C. Frick Award
  Ford C. Frick Award
  The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball." It is named for Ford Christopher Frick, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball...
  
   winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell
  Ernie Harwell
  William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 years, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television...
  
  , who called Tigers games mostly on the radio from 1960-2002. The press box at Comerica Park
  Comerica Park
  Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....
  
  is named The Ernie Harwell Media Center in his honor, and a statue of him stands near the main gate of the stadium.