WDFN

WDFN is a sports-talk radio station in the Detroit, Michigan, market. It broadcasts in the AM radio band at 1130 kHz, which is a clear-channel frequency. WDFN is not considered a clear-channel station because of its Class B status. WDFN is owned by iHeartMedia, and until the end of the 2008-09 NBA season, was the flagship station for the Detroit Pistons. It is affiliated with Fox Sports. WDFN is one of several sports-talk stations in metro Detroit. The others include 1270 AM (CBS Sports), 1090 AM (NBC), 97.1 FM ("The Ticket") and 105.1 FM ("Detroit Sports 105.1"). WDFN is the only one of the five sports stations that carries a significant amount of community programming and infomercials unrelated to sports.

The WDFN studios are located in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, while the station transmitter resides in Trenton.

WDFN is licensed to broadcast in HD.

History

Early history

AM 1130 has been on the air since December 17, 1939, and bore the WCAR calls from its inception until 1979. WCAR was originally licensed to the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan. For many years the station aired a middle-of-the-road/adult standards music format best known for its ownership by the quirky Hy Levinson, who insisted that WCAR air only "good music" and refused to allow anything even remotely resembling rock and roll on his station's playlist.