WBKB-TV

:''This article is about WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan. For the stations in Chicago that formerly used the call sign, see WBBM-TV and WLS-TV.''
'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 in its Market. The station first went on the air in November, 1974. It has always been a CBS affiliate. The Alpena DMA consists only of Alpena and Alcona counties and is the third smallest (#208) Media 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.
Prior to its sale, the station's call letters were jokingly referred to by those inside the industry as "'W'e 'B'arely 'K'now 'B'roadcasting", in reference to the station's longtime reputation for hiring recent college and trade school graduates just starting out in the television business.
In January 2004, the station was sold to Stephan Marks, whose holdings also include Marquette's WBKP and WBUP. Shortly afterward, a new newscast, '''UGN News''' (or "Upper Great Lakes News Network"), debuted, originating from WBUP and WBKP, featuring news from the entire Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan regions. The format was later changed back to news from only each respective area.
In addition to the Michigan stations, Marks also owns KYUS in Miles City, Montana and KXGN-TV in Glendive, Montana.
The WBKB call letters originally belonged from 1946 to 1953 to channel 4 in Chicago. It was owned by the 'B'alaban and 'K'atz 'B'roadcasting 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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★ Official site

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★ WBKB News Staff

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