The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is a network of 34 radio stations that covers much of Michigan, Northwestern Ohio and portions of Southwestern Ontario that air Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers games and related programming. [1] The network airs all 162 regular season games, and some Spring Training games.
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Wraparound coverage
Pre-game
Coverage begins 20.5 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 wrapups by both announcers, Leyland's live post-game press-conference, and well as live locker-room interviews with players conducted by Jeff Riger.
Flagship stations
The flagship stations are WXYT-AM 1270 AM and WXYT-FM 97.1 FM. If the Detroit Lions or Detroit Red Wings (who the stations are also flagships to) are playing at the same time, only one of the WXYT stations (usually the 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]
- Ann Arbor WTKA 1050 AM
- Archbold, OH WMTR-FM 96.1 FM
- Battle Creek WBCK-FM 95.3 FM (WBCK-AM 930 airs games on weekday afternoons as well as games which conflict with high school, Michigan State Spartans football, or Detroit Lions coverage.) [3]
- Big Rapids/Reed City WDEE-FM 97.3 FM
- Cadillac WATT 1240 AM
- Charlevoix WMKT 1270 AM
- Cheboygan WIDG 940 AM
- Flint WTRX-AM 1330 AM
- Grand Rapids WLAV 96.9 FM
- Grand Rapids WJRW 1340 AM
- 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
- Manistee WMLQ 97.7 FM
- Marquette WDMJ 1320 AM
- Muskegon WEFG 97.5 FM
- Newberry WNBY-AM 1450 AM
- Petoskey WMBN 1340 AM
- Port Huron WPHM 1380 AM
- Sandusky WTGV-FM 97.7 FM
- Sault Ste. Marie WSOO 1230 AM
- Saginaw WSGW 790 AM
- Sturgis WMSH-AM 1230 AM
- St. Joseph/Benton Harbor WSJM-AM 1400 AM (simulcasted on WSJM-FM 94.9 FM)
- Toledo, OH WLQR 1470 AM
- Traverse City WCCW-AM 1310 AM
Games are also aired on Sirius XM Radio, and online at MLB GameDay Audio.
History and Former Broadcasters
- Before merging with WXYT-FM, WXYT-AM was the sole flagship station from 2001-2007.
- The Tigers' flagship station was Detroit's WJR from 1964-2000. 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 Hall of Fame Broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who called Tigers games mostly on the radio from 1960-2002.
See also
References
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