WGPR-TV62 was the first black-owned TV station in the nation, started by the late attorney and minister William Banks in 1975, on East Jefferson in Detroit. It's impact is still felt today. Which is ...

One of the most popular sports television shows around brought its top star to the place that indirectly helped give him become a superstar. On Friday, ESPN commentator Stephen. A. Smith did a remote ...

The timing of a new Detroit Historical Museum exhibit devoted to WGPR-TV (Channel 62), the country’s first African-American-owned television station, could not be better. At a time when Hollywood is ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — WGPR’s history dates back 50 years – that’s when William Banks and a colleague attended a White House dinner – pressing then-President ...

DETROIT — Detroit's Black history runs deep, so it's no surprise that America's first fully owned and operated television station found its home in the city. Signing on for the first time in Detroit ...

WGPR-TV was the first Black-owned and operated television station in the continental United States, launching in Detroit in 1975. The station provided a platform for Black stories and served as a ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (CBS Detroit) - It's a focus on mentoring and guiding the next generation as leaders past and present appear on a special repeat episode of "Michigan Matters" airing 8 am Sunday on ...

Construction workers sawed and jackhammered in the rafters, but Amyre Makupson barely heard the ruckus. The 69-year-old had traveled back to 1975, when she (then Amyre Porter) and Pal D’Que led off ...

The station played a pivotal role in developing Black talent. TV personality Shaun Robinson has been reporting for almost 30 years. She worked in local news in Miami before going on to the national ...

Detroit — A quiet crowd of nearly 20 people was seated inside a corner of the William V. Banks Broadcast Museum, formerly Detroit's WGPR-TV62, the nation’s first Black-owned and operated television ...