WKBD-TV

1 1965–1978
2 1978–1984
3 1984–1995
4 1995–2001
5 2001–2002
6 2002–2004
7 2004–2006
8 2006–present
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1965–1978

SVG NEEDED

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 was shared with Kaiser's other independent stations.

1978–1984

Field Communications acquired the Kaiser stations in 1978, and WKBD began using Field standardized station branding.

1984–1995

1984–1990

SVG NEEDED

Field put all of its stations up for sale in 1982, which then sold all of its stations except WKBS-TV as part of its liquidation in 1983. Despite their struggle to sell the station for the amount of money they wanted, Field later sold WKBD to Cox Enterprises in 1984 and became one of the original charter Fox affiliates, falling in-line with then-sister stations KTVU in Oakland and KDNL-TV in St. Louis on October 9, 1986.

1990–1994

SVG NEEDED

In June 1993, the Paramount Stations Group purchased WKBD from Cox Enterprises. A year later, Viacom became the owner of WKBD after it acquired its parent company Paramount Pictures.

1994–1995

SVG NEEDED

Later on December 11, 1994, WKBD lost its Fox affiliation as WJBK and its owner, New World Communications, signed a deal with the network. The Fox logo was removed from the station's logo as a result.

1995–2001

SVG NEEDED

On January 16, 1995, Viacom launched UPN, with WKBD serving as one of the backbones of the new network. Soon afterward, it began branding itself as UPN 50.

2001–2002

SVG NEEDED

2002–2004

SVG NEEDED

In 2002, UPN unveiled a new logo and WKBD changed its name to UPN Detroit.

2004–2006

SVG NEEDED

2006–present

In 2006, UPN and The WB merged to form The CW. WKBD would become the Detroit area's CW affiliate.

January 10, 2015

V • T • E

Television stations in Southeast Michigan and Southwest Ontario, including Detroit, Ann Arbor, Pontiac and Windsor

Current stations:

Independent

16/26

CHWI-DT/CHWI-DT-60

CTV2

WDWO-CD

Azteca

19/32

CICO-DT-32/CICO-DT-59

TVO

WMYD

MNTV -> Indepedent

22/29

CIII-DT-22/CIII-DT-29

Religious

Independent

WUDL-LD

Infomercials

WADL

Independent -> MNTV

WKBD-TV

Defunct stations:
Note: All stations with call letters in bold were network owned-and-operated stations at the time they went off the air.

WPAG-TV

Independent

Independent

DSTR

Defunct cable stations:
Note: Availability of these channels may varied by location, service provider and time period.
Comcast Local | MGTV | PASS

V • T • E

ViacomCBS

Part of National Amusements

See also: List of CBS-owned stations

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

VH1:
India | Italy

Spike:
Australia | Italy | Netherlands

V • T • E

Grupo Telefe

Part of ViacomCBS

Other assets
Telefe Contenidos | Telefe Films | Telefe Móvil | Telefe Música | Telefe Teatro

Former channel & assets
Radio Continental | Canal 11 Lapacho | Canal 13 Rio Grande

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia

Part of ViacomCBS

Nickelodeon:
UK & Ireland³ (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)
Australia & New Zealand (Nick Jr. | NickMusic²)

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland³ (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Production companies:
United Kingdom: ViacomCBS International Studios UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes
Australia: 10 Play | 10 All Access⁵ | 10 Speaks | 10 Travlr

Other assets:
Milkshake! | 5 News | 10 News First | 10 Sport | 10 Intensify

V • T • E

10 News First

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Studio 10 | Sports Tonight | The Project | The Sunday Project

¹Under license from Direct Group.
²Joint venture with Foxtel.
³Joint venture with Sky Group.
⁴Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁵Managed by ViacomCBS Streaming.

V • T • E

Viacom18

Parent companies: TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and ViacomCBS

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD, Rishtey Cineplex and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD+ | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon ^HD+, Nickelodeon Sonic and Nick Jr.

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada ^HD, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla ^HD and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi ^HD | Tamil: Colors Tamil ^HD | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors ^HD

Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.)

Upcoming channels: Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Video-on-demand: Voot
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BeIN Media Group
²Co-owned with TV18
³Co-owned with NBCUniversal
⁵Co-owned with 20th Century Studios
⁶Co-owned with WarnerMedia
⁷Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting
⁸Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System
⁹Co-owned with Corus Entertainment
¹⁰Co-owned with 1+1 media
¹¹Co-owned with RTL Group
¹²Joint venture with AMC Networks International
¹³Joint venture with BBC
¹⁴Joint venture with Marvel Comics
¹⁵Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009
¹⁶Co-owned with Viva Entertainment
¹⁷Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting
¹⁸Co-owned with Solar Entertainment
¹⁹51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting
²⁰Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
²¹Joint venture with RTL Group
²²Co-owned with ABC
²³Process of acquisition from WarnerMedia Latin America still pending approval from the local governments.

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CW owned and affiliated television stations

Owned Television Stations

Notes
^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}
⁺Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus.
⁺¹Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel.

WKBD-TV

Contents

1965–1978

1978–1984

1984–1995

1984–1990

1990–1994

1994–1995

1995–2001

2001–2002

2002–2004

2004–2006

2006–present

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