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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 ...
In March 2007, WJBK began broadcasting Red Wings games in high definition. Previously the Red Wings aired on the station various times between 1956 and 1980 through broadcast rights held by CBS and again from 1995 to 1999 through Fox's contract with the NHL ; this included the team's Stanley Cup Finals victories in 1997 and 1998 .
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 ...
As of 2015, WJBK is the flagship station. The announcers are Jason Ross Jr [2] with play-by-play, Chris Spielman with color commentary, and Tori Petry with sideline reports. . The late Fred McLeod was once a play-by-play TV broadcaster on Lions pre-seas
The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 41. [34] [35] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. WJBK began using the channel 7 allocation for its digital signal after the transition.
Lane is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was named Michigan Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1969 and 1980, inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and is a past president and lifetime member of the Detroit Sports Media Association, [3] which presented him with the Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports ...
Van Patrick called play-by-play from 1950 until his death in 1974. [6] Other past announcers for Lions radio include Frank Beckmann, Bob Reynolds, Dave Diles and Ray Lane. Jim Brandstatter was the Lions' radio color commentator from 1987–2017. [7] [2] Tony Ortiz provided Lions sideline reports from 2001 until 2016. [8]
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.