Detroit, Michigan United States |
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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 () |
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Owner |
Fox Television Stations (New World Communications of Detroit, Inc.) |
First air date | October 24, 1948 |
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) |
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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°WCoordinates: 42°27′38.3″N 83°12′49.2″W / 42.460639°N 83.213667°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www |
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 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, Cogeco channel 716, and AT&T U-verse channel 1002.