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WCAR
Livonia, Michigan;
Broadcast area	[1] (Daytime); [2] (Nighttime)
Frequency	1090 kHz
Ownership
Owner	Birach Broadcasting
History
First air date	October 23, 1963
Former call signs	WIID (?-7/18/79); WIID (?-?); WTAK (?-?); WERB (?-?)
Call sign meaning	Car (a reference to Detroit)
Technical information
Class	B
Power	250 watts (Daytime); 500 watts (Nighttime)
Links
Website	(former) http://www.catholicradio.org/

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WCAR, 1090 AM, in the Detroit market, was 24-hour Catholic radio station based out of Livonia, Michigan. The station aired a variety of talk show programs concerning the Catholic faith, including nationally syndicated content from the Eternal Word Television Network, but also some content from locals. Catholic broadcasts ended on July 31, 2009 with the station's sale to Birach Broadcasting.

History

For the history of the station formerly known as WCAR from 1939 to 1978, at 1130 on the AM dial, see WDFN.

1090 AM was originally WERB in Garden City, Michigan, co-owned with the now-defunct WBRB 1430 AM in Mount Clemens and airing a full-service middle of the road format aimed at the western suburbs of Wayne County. In about 1966, WERB became WTAK, notable for being the Detroit area's first all-talk radio station; the WTAK air staff included such Detroit radio notables as Tom Clay and Paul Winter. WTAK's talk format went under in about 1970, however, due to many advertisers pulling their business from the station because of the controversial nature of some of the topics discussed.^{[citation needed]} WTAK changed to WIID and went to a beautiful music format, which was even more short-lived, and then to ethnic programming by the mid-1970s.

For years afterward, the bulk of AM 1090's programming, as WIID and later (starting in 1979) WCAR, consisted of ethnic programming and some English-language talk. During the mid-1990s, WCAR 1090 was also briefly the Detroit affiliate station for Radio AAHS, a now-defunct nationwide radio network featuring music and stories for young children, and then (after Radio AAHS shut down) a simulcast of the Minneapolis-based dance music station Beat Radio (which replaced AAHS on all of the former AAHS frequencies).

Much of WCAR's programming had been simulcast on sister station WOAP 1080 AM in the Lansing area.

Current Programming

On May 2009, WCAR and WOAP were sold to Birach Broadcasting. Michigan Catholic Radio ended its broadcasts on WCAR on July 31, 2009 when Birach took over the station.

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-'''WCAR''', 1090 AM, in the [[Detroit]] market, was 24-hour [[Catholic]] radio station based out of [[Livonia, Michigan]]. The station aired a variety of talk show programs concerning the [[Catholic]] faith, including nationally syndicated content from the [[Eternal Word Television Network]], but also some content from locals.  MCR broadcasts ended on July 31, 2009 with the station's sale to [[Birach Broadcasting]].
+'''WCAR''', 1090 AM, in the [[Detroit]] market, was 24-hour [[Catholic]] radio station based out of [[Livonia, Michigan]]. The station aired a variety of talk show programs concerning the [[Catholic]] faith, including nationally syndicated content from the [[Eternal Word Television Network]], but also some content from locals.  Catholic broadcasts ended on July 31, 2009 with the station's sale to [[Birach Broadcasting]].
 == History ==