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WWJ-TV
WWJ CBS 62 2016.svg
Detroit, Michigan
United States
Branding CBS 62, WWJ-TV
Slogan Weather, Without the Wait
Channels Digital: 44 (UHF)
(to move to 21 (UHF))
Virtual: 62 ()
Subchannels See Below
Affiliations CBS (O&O)
Owner CBS Corporation
(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)
First air date September 29, 1975; 41 years ago (1975-09-29)
Call letters' meaning derived from sister station WWJ radio
Sister station(s) WDZH, WKBD-TV, WOMC, WWJ, WXYT, WXYT-FM, WYCD
Former callsigns WGPR-TV (1975–1995)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 62 (UHF, 1975–2009)
Former affiliations Independent (1975–1994)
Transmitter power 425 kW
275 kW (application)
Height 323 m (1,060 ft)
326.7 m (1,072 ft) (application)
Facility ID 72123
Transmitter coordinates 42°26′52.5″N 83°10′23″W / 42.447917°N 83.17306°W / 42.447917; -83.17306Coordinates: 42°26′52.5″N 83°10′23″W / 42.447917°N 83.17306°W / 42.447917; -83.17306
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website detroit.cbslocal.com

WWJ-TV, virtual channel 62 (UHF digital channel 44), is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, as part of a duopoly with CW owned-and-operated station WKBD-TV (channel 50). The two stations share studio facilities in the Detroit suburb of Southfield; WWJ-TV's transmitter is located in Oak Park, Michigan.

The station is carried on several Canadian cable providers, predominantly in the province of Ontario, and is one of five local Detroit television stations seen in Canada on satellite provider Shaw Direct.

On cable, the station is available in standard definition on channel 15 on Comcast Xfinity's Detroit city and Wayne County systems and Cogeco's Windsor system, channel 9 on Xfinity's South Oakland County system, channel 14 on most cable systems in outlying areas (except for WOW!, where it is carried on channel 6), channel 62 on AT&T U-verse, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 233, Cogeco channel 713, and U-verse channel 1062.


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