WXYZ (AM)
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| City | Detroit, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area |
Metro Detroit (Daytime) (Nighttime) |
| Branding | CBS Sports Radio 1270 |
| Frequency | 1270 (kHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | October 10, 1925 (as WGHP) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B (Regional) |
| Facility ID | 28627 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°01′39″N 83°20′42″W / 42.02750°N 83.34500°W |
| Callsign meaning |
WXYZ Talk Radio (based upon former callsign) |
| Former callsigns | 1930–1984: WXYZ 1925–1930: WGHP |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (sale to Entercom pending) (CBS Radio Inc. of Detroit) |
| Sister stations |
WXYT-FM, WDZH, WOMC, WWJ, WYCD part of CBS Corp. cluster w/ TV stations WWJ-TV & WKBD-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Detroit.CBSLocal.com |
WXYT (1270 AM, branded CBS Sports Radio 1270) is a commercial radio station licensed to Detroit, Michigan broadcasting a sports talk format. The station serves the Detroit-Windsor market and the Southeastern Michigan and Southwestern Ontario areas. Its transmitter is in Monroe County at Ash Township and operations and studios are at CBS Radio's facilities in Southfield, Michigan. WXYT is a 50,000 watt, Class B station broadcasting on a regional frequency. It is not a clear-channel station because of its frequency and highly directional antenna.
The station is owned by CBS Radio. This station used to be known as WXYZ, an ABC Radio-owned radio station from 1946 until 1984.
WXYT is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for hybrid (analog and HD) broadcasting.
The station went on the air October 10, 1925, as WGHP - named after its owner, George Harrison Phelps. The radio station was licensed in Detroit, then moved to Mt. Clemens in 1927, and moved again to Fraser in 1928. The station was rated at 500 watts.
WGHP was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927. In 1930, the station was purchased by George W. Trendle's Kunsky-Trendle Broadcasting and switched the call letters to WXYZ which were acquired from a U.S. Army station. The station was rated at 1,000 watts when it moved back to Detroit in 1930. Trendle moved the station to the Maccabees Building on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, where it maintained facilities until 1959. However, most programming in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s originated from the former Mendelson Mansion on East Jefferson Avenue. In addition to local programs, WXYZ produced The Lone Ranger, Challenge of the Yukon and The Green Hornet for broadcast throughout the US and Canada.
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