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8 unusual facts about WXYZ


Count Scary

After "ShocKtober" was no longer able be aired by WKBD due to the station's commitment to the then-new Fox network, the Count had a special or two on WXYZ, but these were more subdued affairs with fewer segments featuring the character than the older shows.

Johnny Ginger

Grindle had been working as a comedian under the name Jerry Gale when he auditioned to present a program for WXYZ-TV based around re-runs of The Three Stooges.

Michael Charach

Charach began working in television as intern and associate producer on Company, a local talk show on WXYZ-TV Detroit.

Remembering Bo

Remembering Bo is a sixty-minute television special aired annually on WXYZ-TV, Channel 7 in Detroit, Michigan since 2006.

Shaw Broadcast Services

The CRTC approved and on 1 September 1983, CANCOM began transmitting the four Detroit affiliates of the three major commercial networks and PBS: WJBK-TV, WDIV-TV, WXYZ-TV and WTVS.

Troy Dungan

After working in Orlando, KTRK-TV in Houston, WCAU in Philadelphia, and then ABC O&O WXYZ-TV in Detroit—Dungan joined WFAA-TV as chief weather anchor on July 19, 1976.

WXYZ

WXYZ-TV, a television station (channel 7) licensed to serve Detroit, Michigan, United States

WRIF, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to serve Detroit, which held the call sign WXYZ-FM from 1948 to 1971


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1934 in radio

The stations participating in the co-op, all serving as part-owners, include WOR-New York (Bamberger Broadcasting Service/Macy's), WGN-Chicago (The Chicago Tribune), WLW-Cincinnati (Crosley Broadcasting Corporation) and WXYZ-Detroit (Kunsky-Trendle Broadcasting).

2012 Irwin Tools Night Race

Because of this, WOTV in Battle Creek, Michigan was the only West Michigan ABC affiliate airing the race, as WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan was simulcasting WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Michigan's Detroit Lions coverage and, unlike WXYZ-TV, chose not to join the race in progress, choosing to air syndicated programming instead.

Bill Stegmeyer

He arranged for WXYZ, a Detroit radio station, from 1948 to 1950, and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950-58) and CBS (early 1960s).

Earle Graser

In 1932, Graser was hired as a bit player by dramatic productions director James Jewell of Detroit radio station WXYZ.

Essex County, Ontario

Most storms travel from Michigan into Ontario, allowing storm coverage from Detroit TV stations like WXYZ-TV ,WDIV and Fox 2.

Fran Striker

He began a long association with station owner George W. Trendle and radio station WXYZ in Detroit, which was trying to make a name for itself as a producer of radio drama, creating and writing the early series Thrills of the Secret Service, Dr. Fang, and Warner Lester, Manhunter (which introduced Mike Axford, later a supporting character on The Green Hornet).


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