Changes: WWJ-TV

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For the NBC affiliate that previously used the WWJ-TV callsign between 1947 and 1978, see WDIV-TV.

WGPR-TV

1975–1977

WWJ-TV started out as WGPR-TV, an independent television station owned and operated by an African-American Freemasonry. WGPR was the first Black-owned television in the United States.

1977–1983

1983–1985

1985–1994

1986

1994–1995

On December 11, 1994, WGPR became a CBS affiliate after its previous affiliate WJBK switched to Fox and WGPR was sold to CBS the following summer.

WWJ-TV

1995–2002

On July 24, 1995, the station changed its call letters from WGPR to WWJ-TV after its newly-made sister radio station, which CBS has owned since 1989. The station was branded on-air as Detroit's 62 CBS after CBS acquired the station.

2002–2006

In 2002, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as simply CBS Detroit thereby dropping its analog channel number in the process due to the fact of being the only CBS O&O station operating one of the highest analog channel numbers in existence. Similar "(NETWORK) (CITY)" branding conventions were already in use at the time by two other UHF major network owned-and-operated stations: Chicago station WFLD and Philadelphia station WTXF-TV, both owned-and-operated stations of Fox (and ironically two of WJBK's sister stations).

2006–2008

2008

File:0clry8s.png

On January 7, 2008, the station dropped its "CBS Detroit" moniker and rebranded using its call letters on-air, putting in line with its CBS O&O sister stations WBZ-TV, KDKA-TV, WCCO-TV, WJZ-TV, KUTV, KPIX, and flagship stations KCBS-TV and WCBS-TV.

2008–2012

2008–2010

2010–2012

File:WWJTV CBS Detroit.png

In late 2009, the "CBS Detroit" moniker was reinstated on a secondary basis replacing the slogan introduced in the 2008 rebranding, "Driven by Detroit".

2012–present

2012–2013

On March 15, 2012, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as CBS 62, after a ten-year absence from using the channel 62 allocation for on-air branding use, putting the station in line with most of CBS' other owned-and-operated stations (except the four other CBS O&O's which continue to use their call letters as their on-air branding) and also to avoid confusion with former sister station WWJ-AM.

2013–2016

In 2013, WWJ added a blue box around its CBS 62 logo and also placed the call sign in Myriad Pro below the logo. This logo resembles that of Minneapolis-St. Paul-based sister station WCCO-TV, though the station still goes by the name CBS 62.

2016–present

On September 12, 2016, WWJ-TV dropped the blue box surrounding the logo (and the call sign under it) in favor of the 2012–2013 logo, only this time, the CBS eye is silver and the channel number is in gold, the same look has already been adopted by the other CBS O&Os.

Video

WKBD-WWJ_news_opens — WKBD-WWJ news opens

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+{{for|the [[NBC]] affiliate that previously used the WWJ-TV callsign between 1947 and 1978|WDIV-TV}}
-== WGPR-TV ==
-=== 1975–1977 ===
+==WGPR-TV==
+===1975–1977===
 [[File:Detroit_TV_Logos_Past_and_Present_2_(Now_with_WXYZ_Logos)_0802.png|center|200px]]
 WWJ-TV started out as '''WGPR-TV''', an independent television station owned and operated by an African-American Freemasonry. WGPR was the first Black-owned television in the United States.
-=== 1977–1983 ===
+===1977–1983===
+[[File:Dca760818.jpg|center|200px]]
-<gallery widths="200" position="center">
+<gallery spacing="small" gallery="gallery" position="center" widths="175" captionalign="center" captionsize="small" bordersize="none" bordercolor="transparent">
-Dca760818.jpg
-Wgpr.png
+Wgpr.png|
 </gallery>
-=== 1983–1985 ===
+===1983–1985===
 [[File:700club830516.jpg|center|200px]]
-=== 1985–1994 ===
+===1985–1994===
 [[File:WGPR_TV.png|center|200px]]
-=== 1994–1995 ===
+===1986===
-[[File:Detroit_TV_Logos_Past_and_Present_2_(Now_with_WXYZ_Logos)_0874.png|center|200px]]
+[[File:Screenshot_2018-03-04-08-05-28.png|center|200px]]
-On December 11, 1994, WGPR became a CBS affiliate after its previous affiliate [[WJBK]] switched to [[Fox]] and WGPR was sold to CBS the following summer.
+===1994–1995===
+[[File:Wgpr_cbs_62_1995_logo.png|thumb|center]]
+On December 11, 1994, WGPR became a [[CBS]] affiliate after its previous affiliate [[WJBK]] switched to [[Fox]] and WGPR was sold to CBS the following summer.
 <gallery spacing="small" gallery="gallery" position="center" widths="175" captionalign="center" captionsize="small" bordersize="none">
+Screen Shot 2016-12-14 at 4.29.39 PM.png
+Detroit TV Logos Past and Present 2 (Now with WXYZ Logos) 0874.png
 CBS Affiliate ID s 1995-Part 1 25.jpg
+PTV PARK CLASSICS bug.png|For an unknown reason, the background footage used in this ident was shot prior to the completions (by 1994) of the One Detroit Center and 150 West Jefferson buildings.
-PTV PARK CLASSICS bug.png
+WGPR-DrQuinn95ID.jpg
 </gallery>
-== WWJ-TV ==
+==WWJ-TV==
-=== 1995–2002 ===
+===1995–2002===
 [[File:Detroit_TV_Station_Logos-Past_and_Present_29359.png|center|200px]]
+On July 24, 1995, the station changed its call letters from WGPR to '''WWJ-TV''' after its newly-made [[WWJ (AM)|sister radio station]], which CBS has owned since 1989. The station was branded on-air as '''Detroit's 62 CBS''' after CBS acquired the station.<gallery position="center">
+wwjtv.gif
+WKBD-WWJ news opens_7.jpg
+logo_aff.gif
+CBS-EWN11PM.png
+CBS-WEB-BANNER.png
+</gallery>
+===2002–2006===
-On July 24 1995, CBS changed its call letters from WGPR to''' WWJ-TV '''after its [[WWJ (AM)|sister radio station]], which CBS has owned since 1989. The station was branded on-air as '''Detroit's 62 CBS''' after CBS acquired the station.
-=== 2002–2006 ===
 [[File:WWJ62.png|center|200px]]
+In 2002, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as simply '''CBS Detroit''' thereby dropping its analog channel number in the process due to the fact of being the only CBS O&O station operating one of the highest analog channel numbers in existence. Similar "(NETWORK) (CITY)" branding conventions were already in use at the time by two other UHF major network owned-and-operated stations: Chicago station [[WFLD]] and Philadelphia station [[WTXF-TV]], both owned-and-operated stations of Fox (and ironically two of WJBK's sister stations).
+===2006–2008===
-In 2002, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as '''CBS Detroit''' thereby dropping its analog channel number in the process due to the fact of being the only CBS O&O station operating one of the highest channel numbers on the dial.
-=== 2006–2008 ===
 [[File:Detroit_TV_Station_Logos-Past_and_Present_31323.png|center|175px]]
-=== 2008 ===
+===2008===
 [[File:0clry8s.png|center|200px]]
+On January 7, 2008, the station dropped its "CBS Detroit" moniker and rebranded using its call letters on-air, putting in line with its CBS O&O sister stations [[WBZ-TV]], [[KDKA-TV]], [[WCCO-TV]], [[WJZ-TV]], [[KUTV]], [[KPIX-TV|KPIX]], and flagship stations [[KCBS-TV]] and [[WCBS-TV]].
+===2008–2012===
-On January 7, 2008, the station dropped its "CBS Detroit" moniker and rebranded using its call letters on-air, putting in line with its CBS O&O sister stations [[WBZ-TV]], [[KDKA-TV]], [[WCCO-TV]], [[WJZ-TV]] and [[KPIX]].
+====2008–2010====
+[[File:05v78qx.png|center|200px]]
-=== 2008–2010 ===
+====2010–2012====
-[[File:05v78qx.png|center|200px]]
-=== 2010–2012 ===
 [[File:WWJTV CBS Detroit.png|center|200px]]
 In late 2009, the "CBS Detroit" moniker was reinstated on a secondary basis replacing the slogan introduced in the 2008 rebranding, "Driven by Detroit".
 <gallery position="center" bordercolor="transparent">
 First Forecast Mornings open.png|6:00 A.M. open of ''First Forecast Mornings'', a morning newscast produced in partnership with the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. The program debuted in 2009, but was since cancelled in 2012.
 </gallery>
-=== 2012–2013 ===
+===2012–present===
+====2012–2013====
 [[File:62cbslogo2.svg|center|200px]]
+On March 15, 2012, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as '''CBS 62''', after a ten-year absence from using the channel 62 allocation for on-air branding use, putting the station in line with most of CBS' other owned-and-operated stations (except the four other CBS O&O's which continue to use their call letters as their on-air branding) and also to avoid confusion with former sister station WWJ-AM.
+====2013–2016====
-On March 15, 2012, WWJ-TV rebranded itself as '''CBS 62''', after a ten-year absence from using the channel 62 allocation for on-air branding use, putting the station in line with most of CBS' other owned-and-operated stations (except the four other CBS O&O's which continue to use their call letters as their on-air branding) and also to avoid confusion with sister station WWJ-AM.
-=== 2013–present ===
 [[File:CBS_62_WWJ-TV_Logo_2013.svg|center|200px]]
+In 2013, WWJ added a blue box around its CBS 62 logo and also placed the call sign in Myriad Pro below the logo. This logo resembles that of Minneapolis-St. Paul-based sister station [[WCCO-TV]], though the station still goes by the name CBS 62.
+====2016–present====
-In 2013, WWJ added a blue box around its CBS 62 logo and also placed the call sign in Myriad Pro below the logo. This logo resembles that of Minneapolis-St. Paul-based sister station [[WCCO-TV]].
+[[File:WWJ_CBS_62_2016.svg|center|200px]]<br />
+[[File:WWJ TV CBS 62.jpg|center|200px]]
+On September 12, 2016, WWJ-TV dropped the blue box surrounding the logo (and the call sign under it) in favor of the 2012–2013 logo, only this time, the CBS eye is silver and the channel number is in gold, the same look has already been adopted by the other CBS O&Os.
+<gallery position="center">
+WKBD-WWJ news opens_6.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Video==
-[[File:WWJ_Decades.jpg|center|201px]]
+[[File:WKBD-WWJ news opens|thumb|center|330 px]]
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