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35-484: Because AM 1090 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations in Little Rock , Baltimore , and Tijuana , Mexico , WCAR must broadcast at a lower power and with a directional antenna to avoid interference. By day, it transmits 250 watts and at night its power increases to 500 watts. For the history of the radio station formerly known as WCAR 1130 AM from 1939 to 1978, see WDFN . On May 23, 1961,

70-530: A Saturday and Christmas Sunday respectively, with Doug Flutie and Tony Dungy . In November 2016, NBC announced that Tirico would perform play-by-play with Cris Collinsworth on three Sunday Night Football games (including the Thanksgiving primetime game) and one Thursday Night Football game, filling in for Al Michaels. Michaels had requested time off due to NBC's increased NFL workload. On February 9, 2017, Bob Costas announced that he would be retiring as

105-588: A different direction. On February 1, 2012, WCAR switched from a talk format to all-sports, featuring ESPN Radio programming. The change was mentioned by Mike Tirico during the Illinois-Michigan State basketball game on January 31, 2012, on ESPN . The flip signified the return of ESPN Radio to the Detroit market for the first time since 2007. WCAR began locally produced sports talk programming in April 2012 with

140-514: A leak the prior month, it was officially announced that Mike Tirico would join NBC Sports effective July 1, 2016. Tirico signed off for the last time on ESPN on June 30, 2016, during the conclusion of that day's coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Tirico's first on-air appearance on an NBC property came during the 2016 Open Championship on NBC's Golf Channel , calling play-by-play for

175-447: A one-hour Detroit Red Wings playoff show. That expanded into a daily afternoon drive time program with more local shows being added until the station was running local programming from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on most weekdays. The locally produced programming abruptly ended on May 3, 2013, and WCAR switched over to 100% syndicated programming. At 10 p.m. on July 12, 2013, ESPN Radio pulled its programming off WCAR ending its relationship with

210-612: A sale to Wolpin Broadcasting in 1969, WTAK changed to WIID ("wide") in January 1970 and went back to a suburban-oriented MOR format. By late 1973, polka musician Big Don Martin was serving as WIID's program director, with much Polish (and other ethnic) music airing on the station. For years afterward, the bulk of AM 1090's programming (as WIID and, starting in 1979, WCAR) consisted of paid brokered programming , in foreign languages and some English-language talk. On July 29, 1996, WCAR 1090 became

245-490: A similar move to 2016, Tirico filled in for Al Michaels on a few Sunday Night Football games during the 2020 season. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , NBC decided to give Michaels 3–5 "bye weeks", in order to minimize travel. One of those weeks was due to Michaels failing to pass NBC's COVID-19 protocols. He also worked one of NBC's two Wild Card games , albeit remotely, also due to COVID-19 protocols. In addition, Tirico had planned to work NBC's Thanksgiving game, but it

280-540: Is an American sportscaster . He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC 's Sunday Night Football , having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play announcer on ESPN 's Monday Night Football . Tirico has called a multitude of sports in his career, including the NBA , NHL , college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and World Cup soccer . Tirico left ESPN after 25 years with

315-595: Is currently simulcasting WSDS. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AM 1090 The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1090 kHz : 1090 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency. KAAY Little Rock , WBAL Baltimore and XEPRS-AM Rosarito - Tijuana share Class A status on 1090 AM. Stations in bold are clear-channel stations . Stations in bold are clear-channel stations . Download coordinates as: Mike Tirico Michael Todd Tirico ( / t ɪ ˈ r iː k oʊ / ; born December 13, 1966)

350-512: The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings , joined by Eddie Olczyk on color commentator and Brian Boucher as the " Inside-the-Glass " reporter. Although he has served as studio host for selected NHL broadcasts, this marked his first broadcast as commentator. His performance was well received by viewers and sportswriters. Starting in January of that year, he hosted both the 2019 NHL Winter Classic and 2020 NHL Winter Classic . In

385-475: The Lansing radio market. The two stations aired ethnic brokered programming, along with religious content from Michigan Catholic Radio. (WOAP now airs an adult hits format.) In May 2009, WCAR and WOAP were sold to Birach Broadcasting . Michigan Catholic Radio ended its broadcasts on WCAR on July 31, 2009 when Birach took over the station. Beginning in 2009, the station aired a syndicated talk format with Imus in

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420-584: The NBA Finals on ESPN Radio . He anchored the 2009 U.S. Open (tennis) and co-anchored the 2010 FIFA World Cup , the 2014 FIFA World Cup , and UEFA Euro 2016 (his last assignment at ESPN/ABC). Tirico was one of the subjects covered in Mike Freeman's 2000 book ESPN: An Uncensored History , where accounts of misconduct involving him sexually harassing and stalking at least six women led to an employment suspension for three months in 1992. On May 9, 2016, after

455-563: The Outback Bowl ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 and 2014) and Orange Bowl ( 2011 and 2012 ). On April 21 and 22, 2007, he appeared as a guest host, filling in for Michael Wilbon , alongside Tony Kornheiser on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption . Tirico currently teams with Cris Collinsworth for Sunday Night Football on NBC . Tirico hosted his first show from WAER radio in Syracuse,

490-719: The Super Bowl LVI , traveling to Los Angeles part-way through the Games to anchor Olympics coverage from outside SoFi Stadium on the weekend of the Super Bowl. NBC announced in July 2024 that the NBA would return to the network in 2025 after a 23-year absence. Tirico has been named the main play-by-play announcer for NBA games on NBC. Tirico has been paired in the college football booth with Tim Brant , Terry Bowden , Mike Gottfried , Kirk Herbstreit , Lee Corso , and David Norrie . Since

525-483: The 1964-1965 time frame, Gil Wuttke was the WERB radio station Chief Engineer and late afternoon/evening DJ , playing easy listening music. Around 1966, WERB became WTAK, still under Malrite's ownership. WTAK was notable for being the Detroit area's first all- talk radio station. (The WTAK call sign referred to TALK.) The air staff included such Detroit radio notables as Tom Clay , Vic Caputo, and Paul Winter. Following

560-590: The Detroit network affiliate station for Radio AAHS , a now-defunct nationwide radio network featuring programming for children. Then, after Radio AAHS shut down on January 30, 1998, it aired the Minneapolis -based dance music format " Beat Radio " which replaced AAHS overnights on all ten of the company-owned former AAHS stations around the country. In the late 1990s, much of WCAR's programming had been simulcast on sister station WOAP 1080 AM in Owosso , focused on

595-479: The Morning , Brian Kilmeade , Robert Wuhl , Jim Bohannon and Red Eye Radio , using newscasts from CNN , Fox News Radio and MarketWatch . A new afternoon drive time show featuring local legendary broadcasters Bill Bonds & Rich Fisher (Bonds & Fisher) debuted on October 3, 2011. The show was cancelled in late December 2011. The station considered retooling the talk format, but management decided to go in

630-742: The beginning of the 2017 season, Tirico has served as play-by-play for Notre Dame Football on NBC , partnering with Doug Flutie and later Tony Dungy . In 2021, Drew Brees joined NBC Sports as Tirico's partner for Notre Dame games and on Football Night in America with Tirico and Dungy. His partners in NBA coverage have included Tom Tolbert , Hubie Brown , and Greg Anthony . His color commentators for golf coverage were Curtis Strange , Ian Baker-Finch , Nick Faldo , and Paul Azinger . He has worked with Len Elmore on college basketball coverage. Tirico worked with Jon Gruden on Monday Night Football and also

665-497: The first three hours of first and second round coverage. Tirico moved to the studio host role in the afternoons on both Thursday and Friday, and he hosted all on the coverage on NBC proper over the weekend. Tirico served as a studio host and contributor for NBC's broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro in August. Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated suggested that Tirico could potentially succeed Bob Costas as

700-476: The format due to low ratings. On May 9, 2014, WCAR announced it was switching from NBC Sports Radio to Yahoo! Sports Radio , effective May 12. Yahoo! was renamed "SB Nation Radio" in 2016. On May 7, 2018, the format flipped again, this time to hip hop and R&B music, as "The Switch." This format was short-lived, as WCAR returned to all-sports in early June 2018, again carrying SB Nation Radio. The station affiliated with Fox Sports Radio November 2020. WCAR

735-472: The network when his contract expired in mid-2016, and was subsequently hired by NBC Sports . Tirico debuted during NBC's coverage of the 2016 Open Championship and has since served as the network's lead host for golf coverage. Since joining NBC Sports, Tirico has become lead primetime host of the Olympics on NBC , was the lead play-by-play for Notre Dame Football on NBC , host of Triple Crown races on NBC,

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770-487: The play-by-play for ESPN's Thursday night college football package (1997 to 2005), college basketball coverage (1997 to 2002), NBA coverage (2002 to 2016), and golf coverage for ESPN/ABC (1997 to 2015). Tirico also hosted studio coverage of various ESPN and ABC covered events, including a stint on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown (previously known as NFL Prime Monday ) from 1993 to 2001 and ABC's NBA studio shows. He also broadcast NBA games on ESPN / ABC and play-by-play for

805-626: The primetime host of NBC's Olympics coverage. NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus explained following the 2014 Winter Olympics that the division had begun to "think about what life after Bob might be, whether post- Rio , post- Pyeongchang , post- Tokyo , whenever he does not want to do it anymore." Deitsch also felt that Tirico's experience in radio could allow him to contribute to the NBC Sports Radio network. Sports Business Journal initially reported that Tirico would serve as NBC's lead play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football (which

840-489: The primetime host of NBC's coverage of the Olympics, and that Tirico would replace him beginning at the 2018 Winter Olympics . Tirico also replaced Costas as studio host for NBC's NFL coverage and Football Night in America . On May 31, 2017, it was announced that Mike Tirico would permanently replace Al Michaels as the play-by-play commentator for all of NBC's Thursday Night Football games. Starting that year, he took over

875-823: The role of Tom Hammond in Triple Crown coverage and became full-time as the play-by-play announcer for Notre Dame football. Tirico skipped Super Bowl LII in order to focus on preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which began the following Friday, but contributed to NBC's pregame coverage from Pyeongchang. In the 2018 NFL season, after losing Thursday Night Football to Fox, Tirico was assigned to NBC's Thanksgiving game, joined by his Football Night in America colleagues Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison. He also called two NFL Network Special games in December produced by Fox Sports . On February 20, 2019, Tirico called his first NHL game on NBCSN's Wednesday Night Hockey , between

910-647: The show to focus more on his television duties; the show would carry on as The Scott Van Pelt Show , with Ryen Russillo becoming the new co-host. In 2017, Tirico won the Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Tirico and his wife Debbie, a Michigan native, have two children. The Tiricos have lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan , since 1999. Tirico's parents, Donald and Maria, were separated when he

945-635: The station first sign-on as WERB in Garden City, Michigan . It was co-owned with the now-defunct WBRB in Mount Clemens and aired a full service / middle of the road format aimed at the western suburbs of Wayne County . The original owner was Milton Maltz, the founder of the Malrite Communications Group (now Raycom Media). WERB started as a daytimer , required to go off the air at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 1090. In

980-485: The station where he started his sports broadcasting career, on the campus of Syracuse University . Fellow Orange alum Bob Costas was his first guest. On September 20, 2007, Tirico began hosting the short-lived The Mike Tirico Show on ESPN Radio with co-host Scott Van Pelt (later renamed Tirico &Van Pelt in May 2008), replacing Dan Patrick in its previous timeslot. On May 19, 2009, Tirico announced he would be leaving

1015-463: The station, with the ESPN affiliation going to WMGC-FM as that station switched to a sports format. WCAR picked up NBC Sports Radio in its place. WCAR began using 100% of NBC Sports Radio's national programming with no local programming announced. WCAR is directly competing with WXYT , WXYT-FM , and WDFN as the four sports stations in Detroit. WMGC-FM was a competitor until June 2016, when it dropped

1050-410: Was about 4, and he says he has since lost contact with his father's side of the family. His mother's side of the family are all of Italian ancestry. "The only contact I had growing up was with my mom’s side of the family. And they are all as white as the refrigerator I’m standing in front of right now." In regard to a genealogical test to see if he has a black ancestor, he said "Yeah. I’d like to find out

1085-399: Was expanding to NBC during the upcoming season), and was likely to be a future successor to Al Michaels . The NFL later stated that its contract with NBC required that the network use its lead play-by-play commentator for all primetime broadcasts nationally over-the-air. In the meantime, Tirico called the two preseason games allocated to NBC, hosted Football Night in America on-site and

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1120-536: Was placed on play-by-play for NBC's first three Notre Dame college football games to fill in for Dan Hicks , due to Hicks' conflicts with his lead play-by-play role on NBC's golf coverage , including the 2016 Ryder Cup . Tirico would join Hicks to host Sunday coverage of the event. Consequently, he only called to two late-season games in the Thursday Night Football package produced for NFL Network , held on

1155-424: Was postponed to Sunday. Tirico then called the originally planned Sunday night game with Tony Dungy and Kathryn Tappen . Michaels had planned to work the postponed game, but the former game was postponed again to Tuesday, so NBC kept Tirico on duty for the planned Sunday night game, but also placed him back on duty for the game that was later postponed to Wednesday. Tirico hosted both the 2022 Winter Olympics and

1190-539: Was the first recipient of the Robert Costas scholarship. Tirico joined ESPN in 1991 as a SportsCenter anchor, after four years as sports director at CBS affiliate WTVH in Syracuse, New York , during his undergraduate years at Syracuse University . Tirico was noted for his versatile nature and the variety of assignments he handled for SportsCenter . Tirico was the first host seen on ESPNews . Tirico handled

1225-632: Was the host of NBC's Football Night in America , and was the host of NBC's coverage of the Indianapolis 500 and hosted NBC's coverage of the Stanley Cup . Tirico was born in New York City to an Italian American mother and an African American father. He grew up in the borough of Queens , graduating from Bayside High School . In 1988, he graduated from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University . At Syracuse, he

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