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- WTKA abstract "WTKA is a radio station located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that broadcasts on 1050 AM. Day power is 10 kW, night power is 500 W. The station covers most of southeast Michigan.First on-air as WPAG in 1945, the station was the first licensed to Washtenaw County, with studios on the third floor of the Hutzel Building, at the corner of Main at Liberty Streets in Ann Arbor. (Currently, a digital service called A3 Radio netcasts from the old WPAG studios.) Owned by brothers Paul and Art Greene, the call letters WPAG were selected to reflect their names. (For many years there was a ladies lingerie and apparel store down on the Hutzel Building's first floor, which caused long-time University of Michigan football broadcaster Bob Ufer to joke that WPAG really stood for "Women's Panties And Girdles".) WPAG also briefly operated a television outlet, WPAG-TV on channel 20 in the 1950s.In the 1960s, WPAG was one of several stations in the Ann Arbor featuring Top 40 musical fare. One of its most popular personalities was Dave Pringle, who later became a fixture on Detroit radio on various stations under the name "Dave Prince" (he adopted the name because Billboard magazine misprinted his name as "Dave Prince" instead of "Dave Pringle" in one issue, and he thought "Prince" sounded better). The station is also notable for being possibly the first to play Bob Seger; in 1961, Seger convinced the station to play a demo of "The Lonely One," a song he had recorded with his group at the time, the Decibels.By 1970, WPAG had transitioned to a full-service format featuring MOR music. Another format change to country music came in the 1970s. The country music format was dropped (just before the movie Urban Cowboy made country music hot) to an automated beautiful music format for the FM, and MOR/news/talk for the AM.In December 1987, WTKA was purchased by Tom Monaghan and had its calls changed to WPZA -- a nod to Monaghan's thriving Domino's Pizza business. In late 1992, Monaghan (who now owns Ave Maria Radio, including Ypsilanti's WDEO), sold WPZA to the MW Blue Partnership; eventually, it went to Cumulus Broadcasting and then to Clear Channel Communications, who flipped the station to all-sports WTKA ("The Ticket").WTKA is now owned by Cumulus Broadcasting due in part to a multi-station swap between Cumulus and Clear Channel that involved stations in Michigan And Ohio.Today, WTKA bills itself as "Sports Talk 1050 AM", the official voice of the University of Michigan sports. Sports Talk 1050 AM carries U-M football, basketball and hockey as well as Detroit Tigers baseball games (a holdover from the WPZA era, as Monaghan also owned the Tigers at that time and the Detroit Red Wings, too.Go Blue Wolverine magazine editor Sam Webb and Ira Weintraub host "The Michigan Insider" weekday mornings from 6-10am. The show features many prominent guests, including sports writer John Bacon, Yahoo Sports contributor Eric Adelson, and frequent interviews with University of Michigan coaches Brady Hoke, John Beilein, Carol Hutchins, Erik Bakich and more. One of the most popular features on "The Michigan Insider" is "Recruiting Roundup" with the latest information on Michigan football and basketball recruiting. The segment is recorded and available at any time on the station's website.Webb also appears Sunday mornings from 9-10am on "The GoBlueWolverine Hour". The 10am-11am spot is then filled by author John U. Bacon and Jamie Morris. Morris is a former University of Michigan tailback. He played under legendary coach Bo Schembechler in the 1980s, becoming Michigan's all-time leading rusher in the process. Now, he ranks third on the all-time list. The show also features a segment known as "Winners and Losers", where both the co-hosts and interns give a look at the best and worst stories in sports that week.On weekday afternoons, the station features CBS Sports Radio programming 12:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. - Ferrall on the Bench2:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. - The D.A. Show10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - The John Feinstein Show12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - The Jim Rome Show3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Huge Show6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Chris Moore & Brian Jones10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Ferrall on the BenchOn April 23, 2007 WTKA fired former University of Michigan hockey player Dave Shand from the station. Shand served as the co-host for the morning show titled "In the Locker Room with Dave Shand." The station gave no reason for the firing. Shand claims University of Michigan athletic director Bill Martin pressured the station to fire him, but a lawsuit against Martin on this claim was dismissed for lack of evidence.".
- WTKA alias "Sports Talk 1050 WTKA".
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- WTKA broadcastNetwork Michigan_IMG_Sports_Network.
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- WTKA callsignMeaning "The TalK of Ann Arbor".
- WTKA city Ann_Arbor,_Michigan.
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- WTKA formerCallsign "WPAG (1945-12/87)".
- WTKA formerCallsign "WPZA (12/87-2/93)".
- WTKA frequency "1050000.0".
- WTKA licensee "Cumulus Licensing LLC".
- WTKA owner Cumulus_Media.
- WTKA programmeFormat Sports_radio.
- WTKA sisterStation WLBY.
- WTKA sisterStation WQKL.
- WTKA sisterStation WWWW-FM.
- WTKA slogan "The Leaders and Best".
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- WTKA wikiPageWikiLink WDEO_(AM).
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- WTKA wikiPageWikiLinkText "WPAG".
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- WTKA affiliations CBS_Sports_Radio.
- WTKA affiliations Michigan_IMG_Sports_Network.
- WTKA airdate "1945".
- WTKA area "http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTKA&service=AM&status=L&hours=D http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTKA&service=AM&status=L&hours=N".
- WTKA branding "Sports Talk 1050 WTKA".
- WTKA callsignMeaning "The TalK of Ann Arbor".
- WTKA city Ann_Arbor,_Michigan.
- WTKA class "B".
- WTKA facilityId "47116".
- WTKA format Sports_radio.
- WTKA formerCallsigns "WPAG".
- WTKA formerCallsigns "WPZA".
- WTKA frequency "1050.0".
- WTKA hasPhotoCollection WTKA.
- WTKA licensee "Cumulus Licensing LLC".
- WTKA name "WTKA".
- WTKA owner Cumulus_Broadcasting.
- WTKA owner Cumulus_Media.