WXYT-FM (97.1 MHz FM, branded 97.1 The Ticket) is a sports and talk radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Its programming can be found simulcasted on WXYT (1270 AM), a sister station also owned by CBS Radio. WXYT-FM's transmitter is located in suburban Southfield, Michigan at the intersection of Lincoln and Greenfield Roads and transmits its signal from an antenna 891 feet in height with an effective radiated power of 15,000 watts.
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WXYT-FM (97.1 MHz FM, branded 97.1 The Ticket) is a sports and talk radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Its programming can be found simulcasted on WXYT (1270 AM), a sister station also owned by CBS Radio. WXYT-FM's transmitter is located in suburban Southfield, Michigan at the intersection of Lincoln and Greenfield Roads and transmits its signal from an antenna 891 feet in height with an effective radiated power of 15,000 watts.
WXYT-FM is the flagship station (along with sister station WXYT-AM) for the Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings, and Detroit Tigers; and along with WWJ, the Detroit Pistons . It also carries syndicated programming from the Los Angeles-based Sporting News Radio Network, as well as live (non-Detroit) NFL games from across the country via NFL on Westwood One.
The station that would become WXYT-FM began broadcasting as an experimental Apex AM station called W8XWJ in 1936. In 1940, the station ceased broadcasting while owner Evening News Association (parent company...
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