From The TV IV

WWJ is the call sign for the CBS affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. It broadcasts on digital channel 44, displayed as virtual 62, the highest virtual channel notation of any CBS affiliate.

Channel 62 (analog) signed on in 1975 as religious independent WGPR and was African-American owned. Prior, channel 62 had been occupied by WXON (now MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYD/channel 20). The original WWJ was on channel 4, an NBC station (now WDIV). WGPR aired NBC and CBS shows bumped by the market's affiliates.

In 1994, Fox struck a deal with New World Communications that would turn a number of ABC, CBS and NBC stations into Fox stations. In Detroit, CBS affiliate WJBK/channel 2 was turned into a Fox station.When no other station in Detroit expressed an interest in getting CBS, the network bought WGPR against the wishes of its owner, the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons. The Masons took CBS to court and lost. Channel 62 became a CBS affiliate on Decmebr 11, 1994. Later in 1995, they changed their call to WWJ. They also increased their power in order to get a better spread throughout Detroit. Analog 62 shut down on June 12, 2009, and WWJ now airs solely on digital 44.

[edit] Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Dr. Phil		How I Met Your Mother	Accidentally on Purpose	Two and a Half Men	The Big Bang Theory	CSI: Miami		Two and a Half Men
Tuesday	Dr. Phil		NCIS		NCIS: Los Angeles		The Good Wife		Two and a Half Men
Wednesday	Dr. Phil		The New Adventures of Old Christine	Gary Unmarried	Criminal Minds		CSI: NY		Two and a Half Men
Thursday	Dr. Phil		Survivor		CSI		The Mentalist		Two and a Half Men
Friday	Dr. Phil		Ghost Whisperer		Medium		NUMB3RS		Two and a Half Men
Saturday	Paid Programming	The Insider	Crime Time Saturday		Crime Time Saturday		48 Hours Mystery		CSI: NY
Sunday	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Three Rivers		Cold Case		CSI: NY

[edit] External Links

Official website for WWJ-TV