Detroit, Michigan United States |
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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 |
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) |
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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°WCoordinates: 42°26′52.5″N 83°10′23″W / 42.447917°N 83.17306°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | detroit |
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.