It was August 20, 1920 when America's
first commercial radio station began operations in Detroit, Michigan...
They were assigned the call letters 8MK by the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation...
In 1922, the call letters were changed to WWJ and today the station's listenership ranks as one of the highest in its market…
WWJ
(then known by the call letters 8MK) started broadcasting from this transmitter
in the offices of the Detroit News...
The first broadcast consisted of
announcer Frank Edwards giving the station's call letters, two songs including
"Roses of Picardy," and a rendition of "Taps" played by a
member of the advertising department of the Detroit News...
Ty
Tyson announced WWJ's first play-by-play account of a Detroit Tigers baseball
game in 1927….
They were assigned the call letters 8MK by the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation...
In 1922, the call letters were changed to WWJ and today the station's listenership ranks as one of the highest in its market…
WWJ
(then known by the call letters 8MK) started broadcasting from this transmitter
in the offices of the Detroit News...
The first broadcast consisted of
announcer Frank Edwards giving the station's call letters, two songs including
"Roses of Picardy," and a rendition of "Taps" played by a
member of the advertising department of the Detroit News... Ty
Tyson announced WWJ's first play-by-play account of a Detroit Tigers baseball
game in 1927….
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO THE MOTOR CITY'S
AMERICA'S FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION!
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