Art Regner
Encyclopedia
Art Regner is a sports radio
broadcaster and author who has been on the Detroit sports airwaves, for WDFN
and WXYT, since the 1990s. He is a native of Livonia, Michigan
and graduated from Franklin High School
. Regner is a graduate of the University of Michigan
and has co-written two sports books on what it means to be a Michigan Wolverine
and Detroit Red Wing
.
Sports Radio 1130, debuting as a guest co-host on the Stoney & Wojo show for the Detroit Tigers
home opener. Regner began his career at WDFN as an original on-air voice. He covered the Detroit Lions
and Detroit Red Wings
, hosting post game shows for each team. Regner became especially beloved for his passionate rants on WDFN
's Detroit Lions
' post game shows and for how he managed callers with similar frustrations. He also hosted a Red Wings weekly show with Chris Osgood
as a frequent guest.
When WXYT won Detroit Tigers
broadcast rights in 2000, the entire station adopted a Sports Talk
format and Regner, along with other WDFN personalities like Pat Caputo
, Marc Spindler
and Terry Foster
, joined "Team 1270". The station changed its tag line several times as both the Detroit Red Wings
and Detroit Lions
eventually signed broadcast rights deals with WXYT and their FM partner WKRK respectively. Regner was a major pre and post game voice on Red Wing broadcasts and professed to be happier that he was "Lions Free".
In 2005, he became co-host of The Big Show with Doug Karsch
, which aired weekdays from 3PM until 7PM in direct competition with WDFN's anchor show and ratings leader, Stoney
and Wojo
. Karsch and Regner were heavily promoted and often broadcast from locations, like the Tigers series in Chicago and 2006 play-offs in Yankee Stadium
. Yet WXYT was constantly tinkering with their line-up, even dropping the all-sports format for a spell when Opie and Anthony replaced a local morning show hosted by Scott "The Gator" Anderson and Marc Spindler. In December 2006, Regner was fired from WXYT in an apparent cost-cutting move. A week later WKRK fired Mark Wilson
and Rob Parker
, hosts of Parker & The Man in a similar local sports radio downsize. These firings prompted many loyalists to email complaints to the stations.
Art is known for "Regnerisims", which are words that he made up. One of the lamest is "Joe-Mars", which is a name given to former Detroit Pistons
Hall of Famer Joe Dumars
.
Most recently he has rejoined WDFN 1130 in a part-time/guest fill-in role. Regner's non-compete clause after being released by WXYT ended March 29. He rejoined WDFN publicly on air for Detroit Tigers Opening Day, co-hosting with Mike Stone on April 2.
Art is also a valued member of St. Damian's Red Softball Team, and one of the founding members of the Relics.
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
broadcaster and author who has been on the Detroit sports airwaves, for WDFN
WDFN
WDFN is a sports-talk radio station in the Detroit, Michigan, market. It broadcasts in the AM radio band at 1130 kHz. WDFN is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and until the end of the 2008-09 NBA season, was the flagship station for the Detroit Pistons....
and WXYT, since the 1990s. He is a native of Livonia, Michigan
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...
and graduated from Franklin High School
Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan)
Benjamin Franklin High School, also referred to as Franklin High School, Livonia Franklin and FHS, is a public high school located in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb west of Detroit.-History:...
. Regner is a graduate of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and has co-written two sports books on what it means to be a Michigan Wolverine
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
and Detroit Red Wing
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
.
Radio career
On April 2, 2007, Regner returned to WDFNWDFN
WDFN is a sports-talk radio station in the Detroit, Michigan, market. It broadcasts in the AM radio band at 1130 kHz. WDFN is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and until the end of the 2008-09 NBA season, was the flagship station for the Detroit Pistons....
Sports Radio 1130, debuting as a guest co-host on the Stoney & Wojo show for the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
home opener. Regner began his career at WDFN as an original on-air voice. He covered the Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
and Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
, hosting post game shows for each team. Regner became especially beloved for his passionate rants on WDFN
WDFN
WDFN is a sports-talk radio station in the Detroit, Michigan, market. It broadcasts in the AM radio band at 1130 kHz. WDFN is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and until the end of the 2008-09 NBA season, was the flagship station for the Detroit Pistons....
's Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
' post game shows and for how he managed callers with similar frustrations. He also hosted a Red Wings weekly show with Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood
Christopher John Osgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He's currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401 career wins. He spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis...
as a frequent guest.
When WXYT won Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
broadcast rights in 2000, the entire station adopted a Sports Talk
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
format and Regner, along with other WDFN personalities like Pat Caputo
Pat Caputo
Pat Caputo is an American sports writer and radio talk show host based in Southeast Michigan. He is a sports columnist for the Oakland Press and an on-air host for WXYT-FM in Detroit. Caputo hosts a radio show, "Caputo and Fithian" with Dennis Fithian...
, Marc Spindler
Marc Spindler
Marc Spindler is a former American football player who was a defensive tackle and defensive end who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Since retiring from football, Spindler has worked for both WDFN and WXYT, two Detroit area sports talk radio stations.In 1986, Spindler was...
and Terry Foster
Terry Foster
Terry Foster is an American sports columnist and radio personality in Detroit. He co-hosts Valenti & Foster on WXYT-FM The Ticket, a sports radio station, with Mike Valenti...
, joined "Team 1270". The station changed its tag line several times as both the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
and Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
eventually signed broadcast rights deals with WXYT and their FM partner WKRK respectively. Regner was a major pre and post game voice on Red Wing broadcasts and professed to be happier that he was "Lions Free".
In 2005, he became co-host of The Big Show with Doug Karsch
Doug Karsch
Douglas Allen Karsch, III is an American talk radio show host and Michigan Wolverines sports reporter based in Detroit, Michigan.-Education and early career:...
, which aired weekdays from 3PM until 7PM in direct competition with WDFN's anchor show and ratings leader, Stoney
Mike Stone (radio personality)
Michael "Mike" Stone, is an on-air host for 97.1 The Ticket WXYT-FM. He is the former host of the Stoney and Wojo radio show on WDFN in Detroit, Michigan until it was canceled on January 20, 2009. He was a blogger and chat host on mlive.com until signing with 97.1 in December 2009...
and Wojo
Bob Wojnowski
Bob "Wojo" Wojnowski is an American reporter and columnist for the Detroit News and former co-host of the Stoney and Wojo radio show on WDFN in Detroit, Michigan...
. Karsch and Regner were heavily promoted and often broadcast from locations, like the Tigers series in Chicago and 2006 play-offs in Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
. Yet WXYT was constantly tinkering with their line-up, even dropping the all-sports format for a spell when Opie and Anthony replaced a local morning show hosted by Scott "The Gator" Anderson and Marc Spindler. In December 2006, Regner was fired from WXYT in an apparent cost-cutting move. A week later WKRK fired Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson (radio broadcaster)
Mark Wilson is a Detroit sports radio broadcaster and a former Associated Press and Michigan Association of Broadcasters' "Michigan Sportscaster of the Year" and former columnist in Detroit's cultural weekly Real Detroit and The Observer & Eccentric newspapers...
and Rob Parker
Rob Parker (sports journalist)
Rob Parker is an American sports columnist for ESPNNewYork.com and ClickOnDetroit.com. Parker is also a regular on ESPN's First Take, where he debates Skip Bayless on the 1st and 10 segment...
, hosts of Parker & The Man in a similar local sports radio downsize. These firings prompted many loyalists to email complaints to the stations.
Art is known for "Regnerisims", which are words that he made up. One of the lamest is "Joe-Mars", which is a name given to former Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
Hall of Famer Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars III , nicknamed Joe D, is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
.
Most recently he has rejoined WDFN 1130 in a part-time/guest fill-in role. Regner's non-compete clause after being released by WXYT ended March 29. He rejoined WDFN publicly on air for Detroit Tigers Opening Day, co-hosting with Mike Stone on April 2.
Art is also a valued member of St. Damian's Red Softball Team, and one of the founding members of the Relics.