Fifty years ago, WGPR-TV made history in Detroit. Today, through a museum in Detroit and stories shared by WGPR alums ...

SOUTHFIELD (CW50) - WPGR-TV was founded by William Venoid Banks, and was marketed to African American communities in Detroit. WGPR-TV first aired on channel 62, featuring broadcasts of religious shows ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DETROIT – The WGPR-TV Historical Society will host a benefit Friday, February 21 at the Detroit Historical Museum. The evening of dining and music is a effort to raise funds to establish a museum at ...

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Shaun Robinson helps launch a museum exhibit about WGPR-TV 62. Ep 4416/Seg 3. Karen Hudson Samuels of the WGPR-TV Historical Society and Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood join us to discuss the ...

“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” and the legacy of WGPR-TV 62. he award-winning musical "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations," has arrived in Motown, where ...

As the host of "The Scene," which aired on WGPR-TV 62 from 1975 to 1987, Nat Morris, center, introduced Detroit to dancers that became celebrities across Detroit. On Monday, Sept. 25, from the William ...