Join Us As We Celebrate 90 Years Of Innovation!

This is 8MK calling…" On August 20th, 1920 – the first commercial radio station in America signed on with those words from a small studio at the Detroit News.  Only about a thousand homes in Michigan had the equipment to hear the new form of communication that became WWJ Newsradio 950.

WWJ rapidly introduced the world to a variety of new experiences – finding innovative ways to provide programming using this new technology.

Open NOW though January 3rd: WWJ Newsradio 950's 90 Years of Innovation Exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum. CLICK HERE for details.

The station provided a long series of innovative "firsts" -- including:

• The first broadcast of a news program
• The first broadcast of election returns
• The first sportscast
• By broadcasting a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert – the first station to broadcast a symphony
• The fist regularly scheduled religious broadcast
• The first play-by play of Michigan Football – when they played Wisconsin
• The first broadcast of Detroit Tigers game
• And the first broadcast from an airplane

90 years later, WWJ Newsradio 950 remains one of America's most celebrated radio stations, providing essential news and information every day to listeners in Metro Detroit.  READ MORE.