through. Their show was moved to sister station WKRK, while WXYT picked up "Mike and Mike in the Morning" from ESPN Radio. In August 2007, WXYT became an ESPN Radio affiliate, same as its Detroit sports radio competitor, WDFN. The two stations briefly simulcast ESPN content until the merger of WXYT with WKRK in October 2007, at which point WXYT picked up WKRK's affiliation with Sporting News Radio while dropping ESPN. WXYT airs one-minute sports news updates, called "Sports Headlines", at the top of every hour, as well as a quick update at the bottom of the hour on weekends and from 3-9 p.m. Monday thru Friday. This is unlike many other sports stations across the country which air their sports news updates three times an hour. In January 2007, WXYT announced that it had renewed its flagship-broadcast contracts with the Tigers and Red Wings. Beginning with the 2007 season, the Tigers would have their games simulcast on WKRK. The Red Wings' simulcast began in spring 2007. These contracts were extended in July 2010. Detroit's Sports Powerhouse/The Ticket On October 1, 2007, WXYT began a simulcast with FM sister station WKRK, which dropped its hot talk format in the process. Mike and Mike in the Morning was replaced by Deminski & Doyle, and the ESPN Radio affiliation was dropped in favor of Sporting News Radio. The AM/FM simulcast took the name "Detroit's Sports Powerhouse: 97.1 FM & 1270 AM." On November 6, the simulcast was renamed "97.1 The Ticket." WKRK took the call letters WXYT-FM in the process. The only mention of the 1270 facility came during the top of the hour legal station identification. Another change was the names of the midday show to "The Big Show" and the afternoon show switched from "The Sports Inferno" to the last names of the hosts. Along with WXYT-FM, WXYT served as the flagship station for the Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings, and the Detroit Tigers. WXYT-AM-FM also shared with WWJ broadcasts of the Detroit Pistons. It also carried syndicated programming from the Los Angeles-based Yahoo! Sports Radio, as well as live (non-Detroit) NFL games from across the country via NFL on Westwood One. In February 2009, the station announced it would broadcast games for the Detroit Pistons, beginning with the 2009-2010 NBA season. All of these play-by-play rights remain with WXYT-FM to this day. When 1270 was not simulcasting 97.1 FM