8MK/WWJ

{{Infobox radio station | name = WWJ | logo = WWJ 950newsradio logo.png | logo_size = 150px | city = Detroit, Michigan | country = US | area = Metro Detroit | branding = Newsradio 950 WWJ | frequency = 950 kHz | repeater = | airdate = | format = All-news radio | language = English | power = 50,000 watts | class = B | facility_id = 9621 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = None. Assigned after requesting a call that could be easily understood.<ref name="call letters">Although later speculation has suggested that the new call letters might have stood for stockholders William and John Scripps, page 82 of the Detroit News 1922 station history, WWJ—The Detroit News, stated that "WWJ is not the initials of any name. It is a symbol." Also, the 1973 book The News of Detroit (page 83) stated: "The observant insider noted that the second two letters were the initials of Will's son. But the similarity in the governmentally issued call letters was just a happy coincidence."</ref> | former_callsigns = 8MK (1920–21)WBL (1921–22) | affiliations = CBS News RadioDetroit PistonsMichigan IMG Sports Network | owner = Audacy, Inc. | licensee = Audacy License, LLC | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = | licensing_authority = FCC }}WWJ''' (950 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Detroit, Michigan, featuring an all-news format known as "Newsradio 950 WWJ". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services Metro Detroit, is the market affiliate for CBS News Radio, and the flagship station for the Michigan Sports Network. Operating on a regional broadcast frequency, its studios are in the Panasonic Building in Southfield. The transmitter site is near Newport. WWJ broadcasts full-time with 50,000 watts, using a five-tower directional antenna system during daytime hours, and its entire six-tower array at night. WWJ has the highest field strength — 7,980 mV/m at a distance of 1 km — in a single direction (nighttime pattern) of any U.S. AM station.