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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Sports journalist and TV personality Stephen A. Smith will be in Detroit this weekend for the WGPR Historical Society's fundraising gala. Smith is slated to be the special guest at the ...

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 ...

On Sept. 29, 1975, the United States’ first Black-owned television station signed on for the first time. Historical Detroit station WGPR-TV 62 is celebrating its 38th anniversary this week. According ...

WGPR-TV Historical Society, started by former employees of WGPR-TV 62, has been dedicated to preserving the television station's history. Now the building is being acknowledged as a historic location ...

(WXYZ) — As we continue to celebrate Black History Month in metro Detroit, 7 Action News hosted a Black History Month digital roundtable on Monday night. The ...