Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the host of "The Scene," which aired on WGPR-TV 62 from 1975 to 1987, Nat Morris, center, introduced Detroit to dancers that ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 62 celebrate diversity in the media at fundraising gala with Stephen A. Smith. WGPR Historical Society President Joe Spencer and ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith join Stephen Henderson to ...

“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 ...