For a behemoth that now dominates the local AM radio dial, its beginnings were surprisingly humble. One hundred years ago Thursday, WWJ radio — Detroit's very first station — was born when Detroit ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Just about every Michigan newsie is familiar with the call letters WWJ. The Detroit radio station turned 102 on Saturday, but its history extends beyond state lines, even ...

It was shortly after World War I that Clarence Thompson, a partner of Lee de Forest, formed a new company Radio News & Music Inc. in New York. His goal was to encourage newspapers to broadcast their ...

The revolution began when an unlikely trio of Detroiters gathered in a Lafayette Boulevard office at the western edge of downtown. It was 8:15 p.m. on Friday Aug. 20, 100 years ago. One of the three ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Longtime WWJ station manager Nat Sibbold died July 18, his ...

Could having one of the first and legendary broadcasting names connect WWJ Newsradio 950 to the spirit world? Not according to the results of an investigation conducted by a local group of paranormal ...