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WJBK

WJBK
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Detroit, Michigan
United States
Branding Fox 2 Detroit (general)
Fox 2 News (newscasts)
Slogan News That Works for You (newscasts)
Fox 2, Working for You (general)
Channels Digital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 2 ()
Affiliations
Owner Fox Television Stations
(New World Communications of Detroit, Inc.)
First air date October 24, 1948; 68 years ago (1948-10-24)
Call letters' meaning "Jesus, Be Kind", derived from former sister station WJBK radio (now WLQV)
Sister station(s) Fox Sports Detroit
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 2 (VHF, 1948–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 58 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations
Transmitter power 27 kW
Height 314 m (1,030 ft)
Facility ID 73123
Transmitter coordinates 42°27′38.3″N 83°12′49.2″W / 42.460639°N 83.213667°W / 42.460639; -83.213667Coordinates: 42°27′38.3″N 83°12′49.2″W / 42.460639°N 83.213667°W / 42.460639; -83.213667
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.fox2detroit.com

WJBK, virtual channel 2 (VHF digital channel 7), is a Fox owned-and-operated television station located in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. WJBK maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on West 9 Mile Road in the Detroit suburb of Southfield.

WJBK's over-the-air signal covers the entire Metro Detroit area, along with the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario, surrounding the city of Windsor. The station is carried on most cable television systems in southeast Michigan, southwestern Ontario and northwest Ohio. It is also carried on certain Canadian cable television providers.

On cable, the station is available in standard definition on channel 12 on Comcast Xfinity's Detroit city and South Oakland County suburbs systems, channel 2 in other suburbs and outlying areas and on AT&T U-verse, and channel 7 on Cogeco's Windsor system, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 234, and AT&T U-verse channel 1002.


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