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WKBD-TV (channel 50), branded as Detroit 50, is an independent television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside WWJ-TV (channel 62), a CBS owned-and-operated station.
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- 1965–1978
- 1978–1984
- 1984–1995
- 1995–2001
- 2002–2004
- 2006–2023
- 2023–present
WKBD-TV originally signed on the air on January 10, 1965, by the Kaiser Broadcasting Company as an independent television station on UHF channel 50. This logo incorporated Kaiser's standard branding of its other independent stations.
Field Communications acquired the Kaiser stations in 1978, and WKBD began using Field standardized station branding.
Field Communications would put its TV assets for sale in 1982, finding new owners for the stations except for the liquidated WKBS-TV/Philadelphia. WKBD-TV would be the last Field station sold, as finding a buyer for their asking price proved difficult. Cox Enterprises would purchase the station in January 1984, however, and unveiled this logo soon ...
On January 16, 1995, Viacom launched UPN. WKBD would serve as a backbone of the new work, and would adopt the "UPN 50" branding.
In 2002, UPN unveiled a new logo and WKBD changed its name to UPN Detroit.
UPN and The WB merged to form The CW in 2006, with WKBD serving as the network's first Detroit affiliate. The channel number returned to the station's identity upon the relaunch, after a four-year absence.
Exercising an option in its 2022 sale of controlling interest in The CW to Nexstar Media Group, CBS News and Stations announced on May 5, 2023 that WKBD-TV and all of their affiliated CW stations would drop the network and move to independent status on September 1. For WKBD-TV, it means a return to independence for the first time since the 1994-1995 interim period. As part of the move, the station began rolling out this "Detroit50" logo in August 2023; the logo is similar in "city + channel" form to fellow ex-CW siblings WUPA/Atlanta, WTOG/Tampa-St. Petersburg, KMAX-TV/Sacramento, KSTW/Seattle-Tacoma and WPSG/Philadelphia.
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Part of National Amusements
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Viacom | CBS Corporation
CW50 Detroit is a CBS-affiliated television station that covers local news and events in the Detroit area. Find out the latest updates on the 2024 NFL Draft, the water crisis anniversary, the safe storage gun law, and more.
Sep 5, 2023 · WKBD-TV (Channel 50) is no longer the local affiliate for the CW network and becomes an independent station. WADL-TV (Channel 38), which was sold to Mission Broadcasting in May, now carries the CW's shows in prime time.
Phone: 248.355.7000. Closed Captioning Contact Information for Broadcast or Online Captioning Complaints call 248-355-7012 or email. CW50 Detroit (WKBD-TV) is owned and operated by CBS...
