Frank Beckmann, who spent nearly 50 years with Detroit’s WJR-AM radio station, told listeners Wednesday morning that he’s retiring next month. The on-air veteran has filled many jobs, from news ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Dick Haefner, Detroit radio veteran and WJR AM 760 news ...

760 WJR will celebrate its 100th Anniversary in 2022. The Detroit heritage station has adjusted its lineup for the new year. “The last year has brought an unprecedented amount of change and we have ...

The Detroit Lions will have a new radio home in 2016: WJR-AM 760. Lions President Rod Wood, whose promotion from Ford family personal financial adviser to top business executive for the National ...

The Detroit Lions have decided to end their radio broadcast partnership with WJR-AM (760) following the conclusion of the 2020 NFL season. The broadcast of Lions' games on WJR began in 2016 after ...

The former flagship station for Tigers and Red Wings radio broadcasts has re-emerged as a player in contract negotiations for 2016 and beyond. Officials from WJR-AM (760), which carried Tigers and Red ...

Detroit station WJR/NewsTalk 760 AM was honored at the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Awards, winning Station of the Year for the third time in four years. In addition, WJR ...

Legendary Detroit radio broadcaster Paul W. Smith is moving to afternoons on 760 WJR, the radio station announced on Monday. Cumulus Media said starting Tuesday, June 20, Smith will move to a ...

Frank Beckmann, 72, a fixture at WJR-AM (760) for 48 years, died February 12, 2022, of vascular dementia, according to his wife, Karen. (Neal Rubin – The Detroit News) I’m remembering Frank on the ...

WJR-AM (760) host Frank Beckmann announced Wednesday he will retire from the radio station in March. “It’s been a great run here at WJR over 48 years,” he said. A Detroit native, he was a news ...

Detroit Radio News Legend and WJR News Director Dick Haefner. (Cumulus Media) DETROIT – News Talk 760 WJR News Director Dick Haefner has announced his retirement after a remarkable 51-year career in ...