WBKB-TV
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| Alpena, Michigan | |
| Branding | CBS 11 |
| Channels | 11 (VHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Stephan Marks (Lake Superior Community Broadcasting) |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Transmitter Power | 316kw; 204m HAAT |
| Website | wbkbtv.com |
WBKB-TV Channel 11 in Alpena is the CBS affiliate for the northeastern portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. It is the only Commercial Television Station station in its Market. The station first went on the air in November, 1974. It has always been a CBS affiliate and at one time had its own newscast. The Alpena DMA consists only of Alpena and Alcona counties and is the third smallest (#208) Nielsen market in the United States. WBKB also serves portions of the Traverse City-Cadillac and Flint-Saginaw-Bay City markets.
WBKB's Transmitter is located near Hubbard Lake in Alcona County.
In January 2004, the station was sold to Lake Superior Community Broadcasting, whose holdings also include Marquette's WBKP. Shortly afterward, a new newscast, UGN News (with "UGN" meaning "Upper Great Lakes Network"), debuted, originating from WBUP and WBKP, featuring news from the entire Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan regions.
Lake Superior Community Broadcasting is owned by Stephan Marks of Maryland. In addition to WBKB, Marks also owns KYUS-TV in Miles City, Montana, KXGN-TV in Glendive, Montana and WBUP in Marquette, Michigan.
The WBKB call letters originally belonged from 1946 to 1953 to channel 4 in Chicago. It was owned by the Balaban and Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of Paramount Pictures that is now CBS affiliate WBBM-TV (on channel 2). WBKB then transferred to Chicago's ABC "O&O" channel 7 from 1953 to 1968 when it was renamed WLS-TV.
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| Broadcast television in the Alpena market (Nielsen DMA #208) | ||
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WTOM 4 (NBC) - WCML 6 (PBS) - WBKB 11 (CBS) - W18BT 18 (TBN) |
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WNEM-DT 5.2 (MNTV, Bay City) - CBMT 6 (CBC, Montreal) - WJRT 12 (ABC, Flint) - WFUP 45 (FOX, Vanderbilt) |
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| Broadcast television in the Mid-Michigan (Flint / Saginaw / Bay City / Midland) market (Nielsen DMA #66) | ||
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WNEM 5 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WJRT 12 (ABC) - WCMU 14 / WCML 6 (PBS) - WDCP 19 / WDCQ 35 (PBS) - WEYI 25 (NBC) - WFUM 28 (PBS) - WHNE-LP 32 (A1) - WBSF 46 (The CW) - W46CR 46 (3ABN) - WAQP 49 (TBN / TCT) - WXON 54 (Ind) - WSMH 66 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) |
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| Stations in adjoining markets that serve part of the Mid-Michigan market: | ||
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CBMT 6 (Montreal, CBC) - CBET 9 (Windsor, CBC) - WKBD 50 (Detroit, The CW ) |
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| Defunct Television Stations: | ||
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WJMN 31 (Escanaba) - WWMT 3 (Kalamazoo) - WNEM 5 (Bay City) - WLNS 6 / W67AJ 67 (Lansing / Ann Arbor) - WWTV 9 / WWUP 10 (Cadillac / Sault Sainte Marie) - WBKB 11 (Alpena) - WWJ 62 (Detroit) |
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1Satellite of WFRV-TV, Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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| See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB and Other stations in Michigan and CBC, CTV, Global, SRC and Other stations in Ontario | |
