Detroit Tigers Radio Network

The Detroit Tigers Radio Network is a network of radio stations that covers much of Michigan, Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana along with a few parts of Northern Wisconsin and some cities along the Michigan border in Ontario, airing 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. Dan Dickerson does play-by-play on the broadcasts and former Tiger catcher Jim Price does color commentary.^[2] Jeff Riger is the studio host. The flagship stations are WXYT 1270 AM and WXYT-FM 97.1 in Detroit.

Wraparound coverage

Pre-game

Coverage begins 20 minutes before game time with two segments. The first is The Brad Ausmus Show, a brief pre-recorded one-on-one interview with Tigers manager Brad Ausmus by Dan Dickerson at home games and Jim Price on road games. 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, often to promote an event or cause), 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.

Affiliates

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

Michigan

Indiana

Ohio

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

• Before merging with WXYT-FM, WXYT/1270 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 but off the air).
• 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, a statue of him stands near the main gate of the stadium, and his name is on the Tigers Wall of Fame in right field of Comerica Park.

See also

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

References