WWJ (originally 8MK) and The Detroit News - early commercial radio news broadcasts

WWJ began as station 8MK operated by The Detroit News and started regularly scheduled broadcasts in August 1920 from The Detroit News building, making it one of the earliest radio stations to broadcast scheduled news and information. The station and the paper conducted early commercial radio experiments and public news broadcasts from this Detroit location. Historians debate which U.S. station was strictly 'first,' but WWJ/8MK is consistently cited as among the pioneers of commercial news radio service. The Detroit News building served as the original studio and broadcast site for those early transmissions.