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WJBK ('''''"FOX2"''''') is the Fox - Owned And Operated Television Station in Detroit , Michigan . Its studios and 1003-foot transmitter are co-located in Southfield, Michigan , while its signal covers the Metro Detroit area. On cable, WJBK can be seen on Comcast Detroit channel 12, Bright House Livonia channel 2, and Cogeco Windsor channel 7. In addition, it is one of five local Detroit TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider. HISTORY The station debuted on October 24 , 1948 , as a CBS and DuMont affiliate owned by Storer Broadcasting (under George B. Storer) along with WJBK-AM 1500 (now WLQV) and WJBK-FM 93.1 (now WDRQ). WJBK became affiliated solely with CBS in 1955 after the DuMont network went out of business. In a 1984 corporate deal, the station came under the ownership of KKR. It was then sold as part of a group deal to Gillett Communications in 1987, and then sold to SCI. WJBK was sold to New World Communications in 1993 as part of yet another group deal. In 1994, New World agreed to affiliate its stations, including WJBK, to the Fox Network when Fox won the contract to carry the NFC football package as this was originally carried on the station as a CBS station. As a result, WJBK dropped the CBS affiliation and along with the other New World stations took on the FOX affiliation. CBS moved to a weak Independent Station , WGPR (which would be sold to CBS and renamed WWJ-TV ). Like most other New World stations, WJBK also did not take Fox's children programming, which remained on the market's former Fox station (and charter UPN affiliate) WKBD (before moving to WADL ). Fox bought out New World Communications in 1997, and WJBK became a Fox owned and operated station. Fox brought stronger syndicated shows on WJBK. However, the station continued its practice of not running children's programming from the network (which is no longer shown on weekdays, and is now only seen on Sunday mornings on WDWB ). In 2003, WJBK became the broadcast home of the Detroit Red Wings . The station broadcasts up to ten games a season. WJBK recently moved its longtime noon newscast to 11:00 AM and now airs reruns of '' COPS '' in its noon timeslot. WJBK's programming over the years included the popular horror show "Sir Graves Ghastly" and "J.P. and the Lions," which featured legendary WJR morning personality J.P. McCarthy and members of the Detroit Lions . NEWSCASTS About WJBK's Newscasts After becoming a Fox affiliate station, WJBK maintained a newscast schedule that is very similar to a CBS, ABC, or NBC affiliated station. The exception is the station broadcasts its late evening news at 10 PM rather than at 11 PM. The station is known in the area for its "Problem Solver" investigative unit that was started in 1998. And the station also had an Eyewitness News format which was continued as a Fox station similar to sister WHBQ-TV in Memphis, thus calling itself ''FOX2 Eyewitness News'' for sometime before shortening to the current ''FOX2 News.'' In late 2005, reports circulated stating that Fox owned and operated stations would be doing an 11:00 PM newscast. The test market for this experiment is in Phoenix, WITI in Milwaukee, WDAF in Kansas City and KDFW in Dallas have a 10 PM newscast, which could mean that Fox O&Os in the Central and Mountain Time Zone s could have a 10 PM newscast as expected. WJBK operates an Aerospatiale AS350BA A-star news helicopter called Sky Fox. Newscast Lineup Weekdays
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