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WKBD
Image:Cw50.png
Detroit, Michigan
Branding CW 50
Slogan Contagious Watching
Channels Analog: 50 (UHF)

Digital: 14 (UHF)
Affiliations CW (2006-Present)
Owner CBS Corporation
(Detroit Television Station WKBD, Inc. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property CBS Corporation () is an American Media conglomerate focused on Broadcasting, Publishing, Billboards, and Television )
First air date January 10, 1965
Call letters’ meaning Kaiser
Broadcasting
Detroit
(reference to original owner Kaiser Broadcasting)
Sister station(s) WOMC, WVMV, WWJ, WWJ-TV, WXYT, WXYT-FM, WYCD
Former affiliations Independent (1965-1986; 1994-1995)
United Network (1967)
Fox (1986-1994)
UPN (1995-2006)
Transmitter Power 2340 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
Height 293 m (analog)
269 m (digital)
Facility ID 51570
Transmitter Coordinates 42°29′0.9″N, 83°18′43.5″W
Website www.cw50detroit.com

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History

WKBD-TV first went on the air on January 10, 1965, under the ownership of Kaiser Broadcasting, the broadcasting arm of Kaiser Aluminum. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated Broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977 It started as an all-sports station, predating ESPN by almost 14 years. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to It eventually became a typical UHF independent station running cartoons, sitcoms and old movies; WKBD also was an affiliate of the short-lived United Network in 1967. The Overmyer Network was the product of a failed attempt to create a fourth national Television network in the United States. For many years it had an afternoon movie hosted by Detroit legend Bill Kennedy. For other uses see Bill Kennedy Willard "Bill" Kennedy was an American Actor, voice artist and host of the long-running WKBD also produced a controversial weekly talk show, The Lou Gordon Program, which was seen during the late 1960s and most of the 1970s on all Kaiser stations (and a few non-Kaiser ones), until Gordon's death in 1977. However, sports remained a central part of WKBD's schedule, and it was the over-the-air home of the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons for many years, as well as the Tigers for a decade. The Detroit Red Wings are a professional Ice hockey team based in Detroit Michigan, and current Stanley Cup champions The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Field Communications, which owned WFLD-TV in Chicago, bought a minority interest in Kaiser in 1972. Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News WFLD, channel 32 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Chicago Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Field bought the remainder of Kaiser's shares in 1978.

Over the years, WKBD was the leading independent in Detroit, running a typical schedule of cartoons, off network sitcoms and old movies. Channel 50 was carried on cable systems throughout Michigan. At one point in the early 1980s, WKBD was the only independent station running a full time schedule of entertainment.

In 1982, Field put all its stations up for sale. However, Field had a difficult time selling WKBD for the amount of money it wanted. As a result Field was forced to hold onto channel 50, which at the time was one of the country's top-rated independents. In late 1983, Cox Enterprises offered to buy the station. Cox Enterprises is the successor to the Publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox On January 30, 1984, Cox acquired the station. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The programming remained the same as before, with one notable exception: in the late 1980s WKBD began airing Late Night with David Letterman when NBC affiliate WDIV (channel 4) refused to clear it. Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy Talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's WDIV-TV, channel 4 is the NBC Television station based in Detroit Michigan, United States.

The station retained its title as the leading independent station in the Detroit market until 1986, when it became a charter affiliate of the Fox network, later adopting the name Fox 50. Channel 50 was later sold to the Paramount Stations Group in June 1993. Paramount Stations Group (sometimes abbreviated as PSG was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures

Even though WKBD was one of Fox's strongest affiliates, it lost the Fox affiliation to WJBK-TV (channel 2), Detroit's longtime CBS affiliate, on December 11, 1994. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This was a result of WJBK's owner, New World Communications, making a group deal with Fox to switch the affiliation of nearly all of its stations to Fox. New World Communications was an independent motion picture and television production company and later Television station owner in the United States from the

WKBD briefly went independent again until January 1995, when it became Detroit's UPN owned and operated station. Its programming from its days as a Fox affiliate was unchanged except for prime time programming. Eventually, the older sitcoms were replaced with more first-run syndicated talk or reality shows. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Fox Kids stayed on WKBD until 1998, when it moved to WADL-TV (channel 38). WADL is a full-power commercially licensed broadcast television station in the Midwestern United States. WKBD continued to maintain a morning cartoon block that became the "UPN Kids Disney Block. Walt Disney Television is the Television production division of The Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney name "

In 2000, Paramount's parent Viacom acquired CBS, a move that united channel 50 with WWJ-TV (which CBS acquired in 1995 in the wake of losing its contract with WJBK). Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests WWJ-TV is the CBS - Owned and operated station in Detroit, Michigan. After the merger, WWJ-TV moved from its facilities in downtown Detroit to WKBD's Southfield studios. Southfield is a city in Oakland County of the US state of Michigan.

UPN ended cartoons in the Fall of 2003. Today, WKBD has a format primarily of first-run syndicated talk, courtroom, and reality shows, some recent off-network sitcoms, CW first-run programming, and some drama shows.

On January 24, 2006, the UPN and WB networks announced they would merge into a single network called the CW, to be owned jointly by CBS and the Warner Bros. Television unit of Time Warner. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Warner Bros Television is the television production and distribution arm of Warner Bros Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. WKBD was chosen as the CW's Detroit affiliate, and the station continued to carry UPN programming until September 15, 2006. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. The CW commenced operations on September 18, 2006. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Subchannel Programming
50. 1 / 14. 1 main WKBD/CW programming

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 [1], WKBD will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 14. [2] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WKBD's virtual channel as 50. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP is the protocol used in the ATSC and DVB digital television systems for carrying Metadata In Telecommunications, a logical channel number (LCN also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs

Newscasts

For much of its existence, WKBD produced a single newscast, at 10 p. m. (for a brief time, it also had a noon newscast). In December 2002, the newscast was cancelled after nearly 15 years on the air. Afterwards, the station's 10 p. m. newscast was produced by WXYZ-TV, Detroit's ABC affiliate. WXYZ-TV, channel 7 is the ABC affiliated television station in Detroit. The station hired some of the former WKBD staff, but many simply lost their jobs. As of 2005, the station is no longer broadcasting news. It was replaced with mostly off-network syndicated shows, such as repeats of sitcoms like The King Of Queens and According to Jim. The King of Queens is an Emmy -nominated American Sitcom that ran for nine seasons from 1998 to 2007 According to Jim is an American situation Comedy television series which premiered on October 3 2001 on ABC.

Tara Wall, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, is a former WKBD news reporter and former host of the public affairs program "Street Beat". The Republican National Committee (RNC provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States.

Former Anchors

Sports

Main article: WKBD Sports

On occasion (and regularly during preseason games), WKBD produced broadcasts of Detroit Lions football games, as well as Detroit Pistons basketball games, until the late 1980s when the Pistons decided to produce and distribute the games itself, with WKBD responsible for advertising. See also WKBD Basic Information History WKBD produced and broadcast Red Wings Hockey games from 1965 to 2003 with a 2 year hiatus in the 80s when The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area Both were simulcasted to other stations across Michigan, on a select list of affiliate stations.

On April 16th it was announced that its sister station,CBS O&O WWJ TV will be the new home of The Detroit Lions exhibition games,along with the departure of long time sports producer Toby Cunningham (a part of CBS' budget cuts at all its O&Os) closes the book on the storied history of sports coverage by WKBD[1][2]

Syndex, and Statewide Coverage on Cable

Outside of the Detroit area, however, most programming on WKBD is subject to Syndex territorial restrictions placed on cable systems by the local TV rights holders. Syndication exclusivity (also known as syndex) is a Federal law in the United States designed to protect a local Television station 's rights During the affected programming, cable systems either switch to another channel, or place a text notice on the screen that says something like: "This channel is being blacked out due to FCC regulations. " [3]

(Example: In the Lansing-Jackson market, UPN and some syndicated programs rights are owned by WHTV and WSYM and must be blacked out on local cable systems. )

A notable exception to the rule is the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan television market. Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit. Bay City is a city in the US state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. Although most syndicated programs seen on WKBD are contracted locally to WSMH, most of WKBD's schedule is cleared in the Flint-Tri-Cities TV market because the market does not have a UPN affiliate (however, at 5 p. WSMH (known on the air as FOX 66 is the Fox -affiliated Television station for Mid- Michigan. m. daily, blackouts did occur on the Tri-Cities Charter cable system, when WKBD shows My Wife and Kids, due to local syndex considerations). A charter is the grant of authority or rights stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified My Wife and Kids is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from March 28 2001 until May 17 2005 starring Damon Wayans and In September 2006, WKBD was dropped from Charter's Tri-Cities and Alpena systems (where it was seen on cable 6), to make room for WNEM-TV's "My 5" channel. Alpena is a city in the US state of Michigan and the County seat of Alpena County. WNEM-TV, channel 5 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for Mid- Michigan that is licensed to Bay City. WKBD remains on Comcast cable channel 9 in the Flint area.

In 1995, when Fox switched in Detroit from WKBD to WJBK, many Michigan cable systems outside the Detroit area replaced WKBD with WGKI from Cadillac, in order to keep Fox available in the Upper Peninsula. However, in areas where Fox was already available locally, mainly in the southern and central Michigan markets (especially the Tri-Cities), much of WGKI's programming was blacked out. In 1996, some systems that dropped WKBD for WGKI brought WKBD back.

Following the launch of The CW, WKBD began to be dropped from cable systems outside of the Detroit market, in favor of local or nearest CW or MyNetworkTV affiliates. In addition to Tri-Cities and Alpena, Comcast in Jackson dropped WKBD in favor of "CW 5", the new CW channel operated by WLAJ. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U WLAJ-DT 53-2 CW5 is The CW affiliate for the Lansing Michigan television market WLAJ is the ABC television affiliate serving the Lansing / Jackson, Michigan market of the United States. However, that change did not occur until December 8, 2006 -- almost three months after The CW began.

For many years, WKBD was also available on basic cable in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on Shaw Cable 4. Sault Ste Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo" is a City on the St Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services

Coverage on cable systems

WKBD is available on many cable systems in Southeast Michigan, Southwestern Ontario, and Northwest Ohio. Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U Southwestern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio.

Station Cogeco Comcast Charter Cable WOW! Bright House Buckeye CableSystem Time Warner Cable
Windsor
Essex County		 Chatham
SW ON		 Sarnia Detroit Flint Lansing Brooklyn, MI Metro Detroit
SE MI		 Metro Detroit
SE MI		 Metro Detroit
SE MI		 SE MI Toledo
NW OH		 Erie County, OH BGSU Bowling Green, OH Findlay Waterville
WKBD 60 58 9 5 9 - 5 - 5
204 HD		 5 50 50 - 3 3 8 4

Coverage on cable systems outside the Detroit / Windsor market may be subject to syndex and network blackouts in the United States. Cogeco Inc ( is a Canadian media and communications company The corporation first entered the television business in the mid-1950s with the launch of a Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Charter Communications is an American company providing Cable television, High-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5 WOW! (formerly WideOpenWest is the 12th largest cable provider in the United States Bright House Networks is a Cable television company and the sixth largest MSO in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Buckeye CableSystem is a cable company located in Toledo Ohio and serves Northwest Ohio and parts of Southeast Michigan Time Warner Cable ( (formerly Warner Cable Communications) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada For the town in England see Chatham Kent. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent ( 2006 Southwestern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. Sarnia is a City in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (city population 71419 census area population Flint is a city in the US state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km northwest of Detroit. Brooklyn (formerly Swainsville is a village in Jackson County of the U The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Northwest or northwestern Ohio consists of multiple counties in the northwestern corner of the US state of Ohio. Erie County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Bowling Green State University (BGSU is a public four-year institution located in Bowling Green Ohio, USA, about 20 miles south of Toledo Ohio on Bowling Green is the County seat of Wood County in the US state of Ohio. Findlay is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Hancock County. Waterville is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. Syndication exclusivity (also known as syndex) is a Federal law in the United States designed to protect a local Television station 's rights In Broadcasting, a blackout is when certain programming usually Sports, cannot be televised in a certain Media market. WKBD is not available in Lansing (Comcast) or Erie County, Ohio (Buckeye). Erie County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States.

Station Presentation

WKBD has used many logos in the past to identify itself. They have progressed over the years, using different styles and themes, and also reflect changes in station ownership, and network affiliation.

WKBD's logo from a 1968 TV Guide.

WKBD's "TV50" logo from the summer of 1978 -- The Kaiser logo was used from its 1965 sign-on until 1977. This logo also shows Cadillac Tower in the background. Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts Skyscraper designed by the Architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located at 65 Cadillac Square in This is under Field Communications/Kaiser Broadcasting ownership. Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated Broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977

WKBD's logo from a 1979 TV Guide.

WKBD-TV's color bar test pattern, used when the station signed off in the 1980's.

WKBD's "TV50" logo from July 1983 -- The Field logo was in use from late 1977 to 1985.

WKBD's 1987 logo -- the station was branded eventually as "Fox50" when it was a Fox affiliate. The "50" logo was used from 1985 to about 1994.

WKBD upon joining UPN in 1995 -- it used the "UPN50" branding from then on. This is the first UPN logo.

WKBD's logo in 1998, branded as "UPN 50"

WKBD'S "UPN50" logo from Fall 2001. This was the final "shapes" logo for UPN.

WKBD's "UPN Detroit" logo from Fall 2002. This is the first "UPN Circle" logo, used on WKBD.

WKBD's "UPN Detroit" logo from Fall 2003. This would be the final UPN logo for WKBD.

WKBD's current "CW 50" logo, adopted in September of 2006, upon the start of The CW Network. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season.

References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  2. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101234583&formid=387&fac_num=51570

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