WMYD
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Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | TV 20 Detroit (general) 7 Action News on TV 20 Detroit (newscast) |
| Slogan | Taking Action for You |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 20 () |
| Affiliations |
.1: MyNetworkTV .2: Antenna TV .3: Escape |
| Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | September 15, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | MYNetworkTV Detroit |
| Sister station(s) | WXYZ-TV |
| Former callsigns | WXON(-TV) (1968–1997) WDWB (1997–2006) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 62 (UHF, 1968–1972) 20 (UHF, 1972–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Independent/ONTV (1968–1993) PTEN (1993–1995) The WB (1995–2006) 4Kids TV (2003–2008) DT2: Universal Sports (2007–2008) TheCoolTV (2011–2012) Cozi TV (2013-2015) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 324 m |
| Facility ID | 74211 |
| 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 | www.tv20detroit.com |
WMYD, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 21), is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, owners of ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV (channel 7), who operates WMYD as a duopoly.
WMYD maintains studio facilities located at the American Center Building on Franklin Road in Southfield;master control and traffic responsibilities for WMYD originate from centralcasting facilities at the studios of sister stations ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV at Broadcast House 4 miles southeast, also in Southfield; WMYD maintains transmitter facilities located on Eight Mile Road in Oak Park, along the Oakland and Wayne County line. On cable, the station is available on Comcast channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 235.
The station first signed on the air on September 15, 1968 as WXON-TV, broadcasting on UHF channel 62 and operating as an independent station. It moved to channel 20 in 1972 after two short-lived stations abandoned the frequency in the 1950s and 1960s. WPAG-TV in Ann Arbor was first assigned to channel 20 and started broadcasting in April 1953. WPAG-TV was owned by the same people (Washtenaw Broadcasting) who operated WPAG radio (1050 AM, now WTKA), and they suspended operations in December 1957 in a futile attempt to get an allocation move to VHF channel 12. That station may have also been a DuMont affiliate. In 1967, WJMY-TV in Allen Park was awarded a construction permit for channel 20, broadcasting for eight months in 1962-63. After the previous owner died, new owners tried several times to bring WJMY back on, airing a series of test signals in the late 1960s; they finally gave up in 1970, paving the way for WXON to purchase WJMY's construction permit and move to channel 20 in November 1972. WGPR-TV (now CBS owned-and-operated station WWJ-TV) took over the channel 62 frequency in 1975.
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