WWJ-TV
Overview
Virtual channel
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62 (digital
Digital terrestrial television
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channel 44), is the CBS
CBS
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-owned and operated
Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States
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television station in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It is co-owned with Detroit's CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
station, WKBD-TV (channel 50), and the two stations share a studio in Southfield, Michigan
Southfield, Michigan
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.04% is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road...
, a Detroit suburb.
The station broadcasts its signal from a transmitter located in Oak Park, Michigan
Oak Park, Michigan
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,793 people, 11,104 households, and 7,595 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,863.8 persons per square mile . There were 11,370 housing units at an average density of 2,263.9 per square mile...
. WWJ-TV serves as a CBS programming source for several Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
cable systems. The station is one of five local Detroit television stations seen in Canada on the Shaw Direct satellite service.
Channel 62 signed on air September 29, 1975
1975 in television
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, as WGPR-TV (for "Where God's Presence Radiates").
