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68-638: WNEM-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Bay City, Michigan , United States, serving northeastern Michigan as a dual affiliate of CBS and MyNetworkTV . Owned by Gray Television , the station maintains studios on North Franklin Street in downtown Saginaw , with a second newsroom in downtown Flint . Its transmitter is located on Becker Road in Robin Glen-Indiantown , in Buena Vista Township , east of Saginaw. On

136-566: A barter in some cases. Oakland County Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan . It is a principal county of the Detroit metropolitan area , containing the bulk of Detroit's northern suburbs. Its seat of government is Pontiac , and its largest city is Troy . As of the 2020 Census , its population was 1,274,395, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan (behind neighboring Wayne County ), and

204-482: A 22-point margin in the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election and again by a 12-point margin in the 2014 election ; conversely, the county favored Democratic candidate Gretchen Whitmer by a 17-point margin in the 2018 election and again by a 23-point margin in the 2022 election . Republicans held a majority on the County Commission for most of its history, but following the 2018 elections, Democrats won

272-496: A breach of journalistic ethics. An attorney for the station said that the broadcast was protected as it involved a public official and that no actual malice was intended. The station's signal is multiplexed : Around May 2008, WNEM launched a cable channel carrying MyNetworkTV (branded as "My 5") along with broadcasts of Detroit Pistons games. It would later be added to its DT2 subchannel. WNEM-TV changed its branding to "WNEM-TV5 Plus" on July 30, 2018. In March 2015, WNEM launched

340-577: A concentration of Arab Americans , who also live in nearby areas, and numerous Asian Americans , particularly Indians , have also settled in these areas. As of the 2020 Census there were 1,274,402 people and 524,762 households in the county with an average of 2.4 persons per household. 70.0% were Non-Hispanic White alone, 13.9% Black or African American alone, 8.8% Asian , 0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native, and 2.5% of two or more races . 5% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). Roughly 13.1% of county residents were foreign-born. Of households in

408-410: A morning show at 8 a.m. Saturday and a two-hour show at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Weekend evenings includes local news in the 6 p.m. hour and an 11 p.m. broadcast. While on WNEM-TV 5 Plus, its news department has an hour-long news at 10 p.m. every day of the week plus a 7 p.m. half-hour on weeknights. WNEM-TV produced news segments for then-sister radio station WNEM (1250 AM); this ended after Meredith donated

476-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

544-630: A narrow 11-10 majority on the commission. In the 118th Congress , Oakland County is represented by four Democrats: Debbie Dingell ( 6th ), Elissa Slotkin ( 7th ), Haley Stevens ( 11th ), and Rashida Tlaib ( 12th ) and two Republicans: John James ( 10th ) and Lisa McClain ( 9th ). The following airports are located in neighboring counties: Amtrak 's thrice-daily Wolverine serves Oakland County, with stations in Pontiac , Troy , and Royal Oak , before continuing on to Detroit and west to Chicago . Surface-street navigation in metro Detroit

612-418: A new 10 p.m. show produced by the now Sinclair-managed WEYI , while WNEM moved that program to its WNEM-TV 5 Plus subchannel. In August 2009, the station began carrying obituaries following its weekday morning, noon and 6 p.m. shows. This service began after local major newspapers in the region including The Bay City Times , The Saginaw News , and The Flint Journal reduced publication to three times

680-660: A result, there are no designated Bicycle Friendly Communities within Oakland County. Only the city of Ferndale has a built comprehensive bicycle network of bike lanes and signed shared roadways. The County of Oakland counterpart in public education (K–12) is the Oakland Schools , an Intermediate school district . The county is also home to multiple renowned private elementary and high schools, including The Roeper School and Cranbrook . School districts: The NFL's Detroit Lions played their home games at

748-466: A short period afterward with a nightlight slide with phone numbers and information about the switch. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of

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816-621: A third subchannel carrying Cozi TV . A fourth subchannel carrying Ion Television , was launched in April 2017. WNEM-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22, using virtual channel 5. WNEM-TV remained on-the-air for

884-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

952-623: A week in June 2009. At first, a free service when it was launched, WNEM-TV began charging $ 100 per obituary in September 2009. As of October 19, 2009, over 700 obituaries appeared on the channel and its website, obitmichigan.com. WNEM-TV became the second television in both Michigan and the United States, after WJBK, to air obituaries on a daily basis. On November 21, 2011, WNEM-TV aired allegations of sexual abuse against U.S. Representative Dale Kildee that were criticized as politically motivated and

1020-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

1088-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

1156-563: Is commonly anchored by "mile roads", major east–west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile (1.6 km) intervals and increment as one travels north and away from the city center. Mile roads sometimes have two names, the numeric name (e.g., 15 Mile Road), used in Macomb County, and a local name (e.g., Maple Road), used in Oakland County (for the most part). The conditions on most non-residential roads in Oakland County are not favorable to bicycling. Exceptions to this are primarily in

1224-463: Is concentrated in suburbs such as Royal Oak, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, and Southfield. Some suburbs, such as Novi, Troy, Birmingham, and Rochester, were historically strongly Republican but are now relatively split between the two parties, with younger adults tending to support Democrats and older residents tending to support Republicans. In 1996, Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to carry Oakland County since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and only

1292-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

1360-405: Is the boundary between these counties. The baseline was used during the original surveying for Michigan, and it serves as the northern/southern boundaries for counties from Lake St. Clair to Lake Michigan . As more working and middle-class populations moved to the suburbs from the 1950s on, this divide (8 Mile Road) became historically known as an unofficial racial dividing line between what became

1428-1037: The NFL on CBS contract). The station is also an affiliate of the Detroit Lions Television Network which airs preseason games. Channel 5 has also televised three home games of the local Ontario Hockey League team the Saginaw Spirit . By 2007, WNEM picked up Detroit Pistons games outside of the network agreements for My5 TV. In February 2007, WNEM picked up 17 Detroit Tigers games through Fox Sports Detroit 's Tigers regional TV network primarily for My5 TV. As of December 2021, WNEM presently broadcasts 35 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Sundays), and produces an additional 10 hours of newscasts for its MyNetworkTV subchannel (with two hours each weekday). In addition to its main facilities,

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1496-590: The Detroit and Pontiac Railroad helped draw settlers in the 1840s. By 1840, Oakland had more than fifty lumber mills, processing wood harvested from the region and the Upper Peninsula. Pontiac, located on the Clinton River , was Oakland's first town and became the county seat. After the Civil War, Oakland was still primarily a rural, agricultural county with numerous isolated villages. By the end of

1564-483: The Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

1632-857: The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac from 1975 through 2001, when they moved to Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. The Detroit Pistons played at the Silverdome from 1978 to 1988. The Silverdome was also the site of Super Bowl XVI , where the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals , the first of 5 Super Bowl titles for the 49ers. The Pontiac Silverdome also hosted various other sporting events, prior to being demolished in 2017. From 1988 to 2017, prior to

1700-568: The Sinclair Broadcast Group , shut down its News Central operation as well as WSMH's news department. Originally entitled TV 5 News at 10 on Fox 66 , the WNEM-TV-produced program recently added new graphics and was renamed Fox 66 News at 10 . On Monday nights during the newscast, the "Fugitive Files" segment aired. On April 27, 2015, WSMH dropped WNEM's hour-long 10 p.m. news from their primary channel in favor of

1768-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

1836-515: The county jail , a civil division, marine division, alcohol and traffic enforcement units, and an aviation division. The marine patrol and rescue unit patrols 450 lakes across the county. Roads that are not maintained by a local community (city/village) are maintained by the independent Road Commission for Oakland County, which is governed by three board members appointed by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Oakland County

1904-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

1972-777: The 1960s, it moved its main studios to the transmitter site in Indiantown, after flirting with the idea of co-locating the television station on the WSAM tower in Saginaw. During its first four years, WNEM-TV had a secondary affiliation with ABC sharing programming from that network with WKNX-TV (channel 57, now WEYI-TV channel 25) until 1958 when WJRT-TV signed-on and took that affiliation. WNEM-TV also aired programming from DuMont until that network dissolved in August 1956. Professional violinist James Gerity's Gerity Broadcasting bought

2040-429: The 19th century, three rail lines served Pontiac, and the city attracted carriage and wagon factories. In the late 1890s streetcars were constructed here and operated between Detroit. At that time, developers made southern Oakland County a suburb of Detroit; a Cincinnati firm platted a section of Royal Oak called "Urbanrest". Migration worked both ways. Several thousand people moved from Oakland County farms to Detroit as

2108-510: The 36th largest Asian population of any county in the country. In 2002, of the Oakland- Wayne - Macomb tricounty area, Oakland County had 49% of the tri-county area's Asian population. The median income for a household in the county in 2020 was $ 92,620, making Oakland County the 71st wealthiest county in the United States and the wealthiest county in Michigan. Of housing units in the county, 71.9% were owner occupied. About 8.72% of

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2176-511: The Buena Vista campus of Delta College , though the complex still houses WNEM-TV's transmitter. On January 16, 1995, WNEM-TV and WEYI swapped networks, and WNEM-TV became a CBS affiliate (announced June 30, 1994). The move came as part of the larger U.S. television network affiliation switches of 1994 that saw CBS' longtime affiliate in Detroit , WJBK-TV , switch to the Fox network, and CBS

2244-452: The Clown host. Chester only being a puppet controlled by Rogoza. Harold Stone joined the show as the puppet master for Mr. Shaakestail, Bard disciple dog late in the shows run, which ended in the early 1960s. Hoss 'n' Stuff featured a puppet horse played by Jim Adams and the mailman Stuff played by Chuck Waters. Stuff would visit Hoss at the fence for a comedic interchange with Stuff being

2312-701: The Oakland County Sheriff since 1999. Ten townships, 3 cities, and 2 villages in the county do not have municipal police forces, but rather contract with the sheriff for police services specific to the municipalities. Those municipalities are Addison Township (including the village of Leonard ), Brandon Township (including the village of Ortonville ), Clarkston , Commerce Township , Highland Township , Independence Township , Lyon Township , Oakland Township , Orion Township , Oxford Township , Springfield Township , Pontiac , and Rochester Hills . The Oakland County Sheriff's Office also operates

2380-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

2448-828: The border between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills . Founded by Territorial Governor Lewis Cass in 1819, sparsely populated Oakland County was formed from Macomb County on 28 March 1820. As was customary at the time, as populations increased, other counties were organized from its land area. Over the next 16 years, Oakland lost territory to the creation of the counties of Lapeer (10 Sep 1822), Saginaw (10 Sep 1822), Sanilac (10 Sep 1822), Shiawassee (10 Sep 1822), Washtenaw (10 Sep 1822), Barry (29 Oct 1829), Calhoun (29 Oct 1829), Eaton (29 Oct 1829), Ingham (29 Oct 1829), Jackson (29 Oct 1829), Kalamazoo (29 Oct 1829), Arenac (2 Mar 1831), Gladwin (2 Mar 1831), Midland (2 Mar 1831), Livingston (21 Mar 1833), and Genesee (28 Mar 1835). Woodward Avenue and

2516-483: The city attracted factories. By 1910, a number of rich Detroiters had summer homes and some year-round residences in what became Bloomfield Hills. The auto age enveloped Pontiac in the early 1900s. The Oakland Motor Car Company was founded in 1907 and became a part of General Motors Corp., which was soon Pontiac's dominant firm. In the 1950s, Oakland County's population boomed as the Detroiters began migrating to

2584-576: The county in 2012, though by a smaller margin. Hillary Clinton won a narrow majority in 2016. In 2020, Joe Biden won 56 percent of the vote. He received over 400,000 votes, and became the first Democrat to carry the county by a margin of over 100,000 votes. While the Democratic Party has found increasing success in presidential elections in Oakland County, the state Republican Party has remained strong in some recent gubernatorial and state elections. The county favored Republican Rick Snyder by

2652-667: The county, 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. About 50.6% of county residents were female. Roughly half (49.5%) of county residents ages 25+ had at least a bachelor's degree. Among Asian Americans, eight ethnic groups had more than 1,000 members in the county in 2000. The most numerous were those of Asian Indian descent, with 20,705. Next were those of Chinese heritage, numbering 10,018. Next were those of Japanese (5,589), Filipino (5,450) Korean (5,351), Vietnamese (1,687), Pakistani (1,458) and Hmong (1,210) ancestry. In 2001, Oakland County had

2720-414: The fourth to do so since 1892. Al Gore and John Kerry also carried the county, by narrow margins of less than 7,000 and 3,000 votes respectively, against George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, respectively. In 2008, the county swung significantly to Barack Obama , who became the first Democrat to win a majority in the county since LBJ, and only the third to do so since 1884. ( See table at right .) He again carried

2788-600: The headquarters of Oakland Schools, the Road Commission, and a number of other departments. In May 2023, the county government announced a plan to relocate select offices from the Service Center back to downtown Pontiac. The Oakland County Sheriff's Office is the largest sheriff's department in the state of Michigan . In 2017 it had 859 uniformed officers, although in 2022 it had nearly 100 unfilled vacancies. Republican Michael Bouchard has served as

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2856-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

2924-643: The inner-ring suburbs within the southeast corner of the county. This is due to their street grid . A primary reason for these unfavorable cycling conditions is the Road Commission for Oakland County has a policy of not accommodating bicycles on the road. As a result, some communities have designated sidepaths (locally called "safety paths") as bike routes which do not meet the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) guidelines for bicycling facilities and have been found to be less safe than on-road bike facilities. As

2992-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

3060-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

3128-405: The most populous county in the United States without a city of 100,000 residents. Founded in 1819 and organized the following year, Oakland County is composed of 62 cities, villages, and townships. In 2010, Oakland County was among the ten wealthiest counties in the United States to have over one million residents. It is also home to Oakland University , a large public institution that straddles

3196-415: The national median. Oakland County is home to several super-regional shopping malls such as Oakland Mall , Somerset Collection , Twelve Oaks Mall , and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 907 square miles (2,350 km ), of which 868 square miles (2,250 km ) is land and 40 square miles (100 km ) (4.4%) is water. Oakland County

3264-531: The population were below the poverty line . The county government operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records , administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.—are

3332-780: The predominantly black city and almost exclusively white suburbs. Since the late 20th century, the patterns of de facto segregation have faded as the suburbs have become more diverse. Middle-class African Americans have left Detroit, settling in inner-ring suburbs, notably Southfield (where the population is 75% Black), west of Woodward Avenue . Based on the 2010 Census, the following cities also have significant non-white populations: Farmington (25.3%), Farmington Hills (31.7%), Novi (30.12%), Oak Park (62.61%), Lathrup Village (72.97%), Orchard Lake Village (16.08%), Rochester Hills (20.94%), Troy (29.4%), Wixom (26.28%), West Bloomfield (24.0%), Bloomfield (18.28%), Bloomfield Hills (14.2%), Ferndale (17.2%), and Madison Heights (17.7%). Ferndale has

3400-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

3468-650: The responsibility of individual cities and townships. Most county operations are based at the Oakland County Service Center, which straddles Telegraph Road, split between Pontiac and neighboring Waterford Township. The east campus (in Pontiac) consists mostly of the courthouse, jail, and Sheriff's Office, while the west campus (in Waterford) contains the county executive's office, Children's Village (the county's juvenile detention center ), and

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3536-501: The rest of its run. WNEM now clears the entire CBS daytime lineup on its primary channel, having moved Guiding Light ' s replacement Let's Make a Deal over from My5 in 2012. It currently airs at 10 a.m. As of April 1 , 2011, Comcast cable subscribers in Holly, Michigan , and surrounding areas recently had WNEM-TV replaced with Detroit's WWJ-TV as the main CBS network affiliate. My5

3604-522: The secondary WB affiliation in October 1999 to WEYI. It dropped CBS' daytime soap opera Guiding Light in 1996 due to low ratings, which made it one of two CBS stations in the nation that did not carry the program for what would turn out to be its final 13 years (the other was KOVR in Sacramento, California ). However, by 2007 the show was aired instead on My5 at 10 a.m., and stayed there for

3672-623: The show. A transfer from the Cadillac – Traverse City market, the station had a Western show featuring Kenny Roberts, the "Jumping Cowboy." WNEM-TV televises regional and national sports from CBS Sports . Local sports include games of the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball teams (via the College Basketball on CBS contract), and Detroit Lions home games against AFC opponents (via

3740-495: The station in 1961 and sold it to the Meredith Corporation in 1969. The transition to Meredith was first announced in 1968, and was at that time, the first and only NBC affiliate owned by the company (a distinction later held by WSMV , until it was transferred to Gray). In the mid-1980s, the station moved its primary studios to their current location in downtown Saginaw. The Becker Road studios would later be used for

3808-679: The station operates a Genesee County Bureau at the Wade Trim Building on Saginaw Street in Downtown Flint. This had been located in Mundy Township 's Gateway Center until October 2008. WNEM-TV operates their own weather radar , known as "First Warn 5 Pinpoint Doppler Radar", on the eastern side of MBS International Airport which is also streamed live on its website. WNEM broadcasts news at 4:30, 5, 6 and 9 a.m., noon, 5, 5:30, 6 and 11 p.m. On weekends, they broadcast

3876-482: The station to Ave Maria Communications, which adopted a Catholic radio format. WSGW 790 AM in Saginaw now rebroadcasts the 6 p.m. news. WNEM-TV 5 Plus previously rebroadcast the main channel's weeknight 6 o'clock newscast at 7, but this has since been replaced by a live newscast at 7. In 2006, WNEM-TV entered into a news share agreement with Fox affiliate WSMH for their existing nightly prime time broadcast at 10 on that station. This came about after that station's owner,

3944-573: The straight man. Mr. Hot Dog originated as an ad featuring Jim Peyton as the logo character of the restaurant chain of the same name. Quickly, the character had its own Saturday morning program with the added puppet character of Daddy Cool with a long wiener-shaped nose. From 1958 to 1968, Chuck Waters as "Captain Muddy" of the S.S. Mudhole hosted the Popeye cartoons. Adventure Patrol was hosted by station manager Tom Mathews with little else known about

4012-529: The suburbs. While the neighboring Macomb County was more inhabited by auto workers and other blue-collar workers, Oakland County's residents tended to be more affluent and generally white-collar (e.g. doctors, lawyers). Oakland County was for a time the fourth-wealthiest county in the United States, though its position has declined somewhat since the Great Recession. The median price of a home in Oakland County increased to $ 164,697, more than $ 30,000 above

4080-408: The time, Gray owned WJRT-TV and as both stations rank among the top four in terms of total viewers, it intended to keep WNEM and sell WJRT to a third party. On July 14, Gray announced it would sell WJRT to Allen Media Group, a subsidiary of Byron Allen 's Entertainment Studios , which was in the process of also acquiring several Quincy Media stations through Gray until August 2, 2021. The acquisition

4148-881: The week before May 5, 1952, Goodwill Stations, owner of WJR radio in Detroit, announced the intent of applying for four station licenses which would operate as a regional network—UHF channel 50 in Detroit, channel 11 in Toledo, Ohio , channel 12 in Flint and channel 5 in Bay City. WNEM-TV was founded by the Northeastern Michigan Corporation, hence the call letters, on February 16, 1954, as an NBC affiliate. Originally, its main studios were located on rented space at Bishop International Airport in Flint with auxiliary studios in its city of license, Bay City. In

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4216-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

4284-463: Was also replaced with WMYD as the main MyNetworkTV affiliate. While Holly is much closer to Flint than Detroit (15 miles [24 km] compared to 45 miles [72 km]), it is in the far northern portion of Oakland County , which is technically part of the Detroit television market . On May 3, 2021, Gray Television announced it would acquire Meredith's Local Media stations for $ 2.7 billion. At

4352-463: Was completed on December 1, a couple months after Gray divested WJRT. Little to no records are held regarding the station's early programming. The few that were remembered are Chester the Clown , Hoss 'n' Stuff , Mr. Hot Dog , "Captain Muddy" hosting Popeye cartoons, Adventure Patrol and the "Jumping Cowboy." At launch, the station hired Chet Rogoza as an announcer and drafted as the Chester

4420-431: Was established, as all townships are equal in size (save for slight variations due to waterways). Section 16 in each township was reserved for financing and maintaining public education, and even today many schools in Oakland County townships are located within that section. Wayne County , where the city of Detroit is located, borders Oakland County to the south. 8 Mile Road , also known as "Baseline Road" in some areas,

4488-539: Was historically a bastion of suburban conservatism, and was hence a longstanding stronghold of the Republican Party . In the 1990s it became highly competitive, and since 2008 it has increasingly shifted Democratic, giving over 50% of its votes to the Democratic candidate for president in each election. Republican strength is concentrated in the many exurban townships of the county, while Democratic strength

4556-465: Was originally divided into 25 separate townships , which are listed below. Each township is roughly equal in size at six miles (9.7 km) by six miles, for a total township area of 36 square miles (93 km ). The roots of this design were born out of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the subsequent Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Oakland County itself is a prime example of the land policy that

4624-480: Was unable to get WXYZ-TV (whose ABC affiliation was renewed), WXON-TV , WKBD , WDIV , or WADL to switch networks; CBS eventually purchased independent station WGPR-TV and transformed it into WWJ-TV in December 1994. The day that WNEM-TV became a CBS affiliate, it also took on secondary affiliations with both UPN and The WB and aired programming from the two networks late at night. The station relinquished

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