WGPR

WGPR is an affiliate of the Prime Network, and it is located in Detroit, MI. The station is owned and operated by WGPR Incorporated, formed by the Detroit-based International Free and Accepted Modern Masons. This is their second station using the same call letters used by their old station (now real-life WWJ CBS 62). WGPR operates on channel 62.

History
After selling the old WGPR to CBS, WGPR Incorporated decided to once again launch a new station. After the sale was closed in 1995, WGPR went back to work and started looking to launch another station for the minority voice in Detroit. Finally after much groundwork, WGPR returned to the airways on Sept. 3, 2000. Operating as an independent station, WGPR-TV aired programs from NBC and CBS that were pre-empted by WGID (channel 12) and WZZD (channel 22) respectively, as well as older cartoons, a number of religious shows, brokered programs, programs aimed at the black community, R&B music shows and low-rated off-network dramas and barter syndicated programs.

Prime Network Affiliation
In 2011, the Prime Entertainment Group was looking for stations to launch the Prime Network. And they turned their attention to WGPR. WGRP agreed to be a Prime affiliate on the condition that they could preempt some programs on Prime Netowrk for local programming. Prime agreed and when Prime was launched in 2012, WGPR became a Prime affiliate.