WKBD-TV, Virtual channel 50 (digital channel 14), (branded as CW 50) is an owned-and-operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with sister station WWJ-TV (channel 62). Its studios and transmitters are located at 11 mile and Inkster Roads in Southfield, Michigan. It currently operates with a power of 180 kW from a tower 1,000 foo...
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WKBD-TV, Virtual channel 50 (digital channel 14), (branded as CW 50) is an owned-and-operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with sister station WWJ-TV (channel 62). Its studios and transmitters are located at 11 mile and Inkster Roads in Southfield, Michigan. It currently operates with a power of 180 kW from a tower 1,000 foot in height but has filed an application to increase it to 370 kW.
WKBD first went on the air on January 10, 1965, under the ownership of Kaiser Broadcasting, the broadcasting arm of Kaiser Aluminum. It started as an all-sports station, predating ESPN by almost 14 years. 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. For many years it had an afternoon movie hosted by Detroit legend Bill Kennedy. WKBD also produced a...
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