WWJ-TV (channel 62) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations division, alongside WKBD-TV (channel 50), an affiliate of The CW.

In 1975, a groundbreaking moment in American media history occurred when WGPR-TV62 in Detroit became the first Black-owned television station in the United States. The museum features the history of WGPR-TV62 with videos, oral histories, & artifacts that bring the station’s impact and influence on broadcasting to Life!

The Federal Communications Committee unanimously voted to permit Dr. Banks to operate UHF Channel 62 in Detroit after WGPR, Inc. demonstrated it had the financial resources to guarantee the million dollars needed for the first-year operation.

2011年1月15日 · WGPR-TV first aired on September 29, 1975 on channel 62 in Detroit, Michigan. Station founder William Venoid Banks was a Detroit attorney, minister and prominent member of the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, an organization he founded in 1950.

WGPR (107.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Detroit, Michigan, broadcasting an urban contemporary radio format. Owned by the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, its studios and offices are on East Jefferson Avenue on Detroit's lower eastside. WGPR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts.

On Sept. 29, 1975, the United States’ first Black-owned television station signed on for the first time. Historical Detroit station WGPR-TV 62 is celebrating its 38th anniversary this week.

2021年5月3日 · In 1973, the Federal Communications Commission granted the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, led by Dr. William V. Banks (1903-1985), a permit to operate UHF television Channel 62 in Detroit. WGPR-TV debuted a few seconds before noon on September 29, 1975, becoming the first African-American owned and operated television station in ...

WGPR-TV channel 62, the first Black /Minority owned and operated TV station in the world was born. Founded by The Free and Accepted Modern Masons, headquartered in Detroit MI. Dr.

The WGPR TV-62 Historical Society established and operates the William V. Banks Broadcast Museum. Over a 24 month period the Society collected photographs, oral histories, artifacts and memorabilia on station history.

On June 14, 1973 the Federal Communications Commission in a unanimous vote granted a permit to operate the television UHF channel 62 in Detroit. That action paved the way for WGPR-TV Channel 62 to become the first African American owned television station in the country when it went on the air on September 29th, 1975; then President Gerald Ford ...