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The Tigers have spent most of their broadcast televised history across two of Detroit's heritage "Big Three" network stations, WJBK (Channel 2, Fox; formerly with CBS from 1948 to 1994) and WDIV (Channel 4, NBC; originally WWJ-TV from 1947 to 1978), as well as two of the market's former legacy independent stations, WMYD (Channel 20, formerly ...
At sign on, the first program broadcast by WJBK was a presentation of Lucky Pup at 6:15 p.m.. The station was originally an affiliate of both CBS and the DuMont Television Network. It was originally owned by Fort Industry Broadcasting, owned by George B. Storer and then based in nearby Toledo, Ohio.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Bonds hosted an interview segment on the 5 p.m. news called "Up Front" in which he confronted newsmakers with tough questions.
Local TV stations were free to "cherry-pick" which programs they would broadcast. Many of DuMont's "affiliates" carried very little DuMont programming, choosing to air one or two more popular programs (such as Life Is Worth Living , which was aired by 169 stations during the 1953–1954 season) [ 3 ] and/or sports programming on the weekends.
Anne Doyle – WJBK (CBS-TV in Detroit) 1978–1983, and pioneering female sports broadcaster in the U.S. Rich Eisen – ESPN 1996–2003, NFL Network 2003–present; Dick Enberg – NBC 1975–2000, CBS 2000–2014; Marty Glickman; Corey Graves – WWE 2016-present; Greg Gumbel – ESPN 1979–1988, CBS 1988–1993, NBC 1994–1997, CBS 1998 ...
For much of 1994, while WJBK was waiting for its CBS affiliation contract to expire, the Lions games were shown on WKBD-TV (at the time owned by Viacom, now owned by CBS as a sister to WWJ-TV), with the last game being the December 10 game against the New York Jets, on WKBD's last day as a Fox affiliate.
WJBK 2: 1948–1994 Fox (O&O) WWJ-TV 62 (O&O) (previously with CBS (secondary) as WGPR-TV from 1975-1994) Disaffiliated from CBS in December 1994 as a result of a groupwide affiliation agreement between New World Communications, then-owner of WJBK-TV, and Fox. [2] Mount Clemens-Detroit, Michigan: WADL 38: 1992-1994 (secondary) MyNetworkTV
Eliot started broadcasting Detroit weather on WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV on channel 4) from the 1947 to 1980. [7] He later forecasted for WJBK-TV (channel 2) Detroit from 1980 to 1983, [8] and also hosted a movie series on WKBD-TV (channel 50). [9] [10] He was known for his jokes