WKBD TV Channel 50 Detroit

Slogan: CW 50 Detroit

Programming:

Power/Height: 180,000 watts / 883 feet, directional
- Service Area

Digital Channel: 14; PSIP maps to Ch. 50

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Call Sign History:

Call Sign Origin: Kaiser Broadcasting Detroit

Network Affiliation History:

On Air Date: January 10, 1965

Owner: CBS

Telephone: (248) 350-5050

Notes/History:

6/12/2009: Regular programming on analog channel 50 ends as the station moves to digital-only regular broadcasts on Channel 14. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WKBD's virtual channel as 50.

2/2006: Announced that the UPN and WB networks will be shutdown and merged as one new network to be called The CW starting with in Fall 2006. The new network will be owned by WKBD parent CBS and will get Detroit coverage on WKBD.

12/2002: Station's self-produced 10pm newscasts are dropped after a long run and replaced by a news show provided by WXYZ-TV 7. This move would prove to be somewhat temporary and end by 2005, leaving Channel 50 without any newscast for the first time since the 1980s.

10/1999: Construction permit granted to increase ERP to 5,000,000 watts from current 2,340,000.

6/1999: Application filed for digital facilities, construction permit issued 2/17/00

1995: Channel 50 becomes Detroit's affiliate for the newly launched UPN network.

12/11/1994: FOX affiliation moves to Channel 2 (with the exception of FOX Kids programming).

6/1993: Purchased by Paramount Stations Group, which later becomes part of Viacom and later CBS.

1978: Purchased by Field Communications. Field had previously purchased a small share of the station in 1972.

Transmitter location:

Oakland County, 11 Mile and Inkster Rds (Southfield)

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