Harry Heilmann, early ballplayer turned play-by-play broadcaster, served the fans
Former Detroit Tiger outfielder and first baseman Harry Heilmann became part of an unusual radio pairing in 1934 when he began broadcasting the team’s baseball games on WXYZ. The station, now WXYT, fed game broadcasts to the Michigan Radio Network which carried them throughout the state as far as the Upper Peninsula and into neighboring states.
Source: thenewsherald.com
