WPAG-TV

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WPAG-TV
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Channels Analog: 20 (UHF)
Affiliations Defunct
Owner Washtenaw Broadcasting
Call letters’ meaning Paul and Art Greene
Sister station(s) WPAG-AM
Former affiliations DuMont? (April 1953-1956); Independent (1956-Dec 1957)

WPAG-TV was a television station in Ann Arbor, Michigan assigned to Channel 20 and started broadcasting in April 1953[1]; it was one of the first UHF stations to sign on in Michigan, with Saginaw's WKNX-TV signing on the same month. Little is known about WPAG-TV, except that it was owned by the same people (Washtenaw Broadcasting) who operated WPAG radio (now WTKA), and that it suspended operations in December 1957 in a futile attempt to get an allocation for Channel 12.[2] WPAG-TV also may have been a DuMont affiliate [1].

The license for Ch. 20 was assigned to WJMY-TV in Allen Park.

[edit] References

  1. ^ St. Joseph Herald Press, 4 March 1953, p. 5
  2. ^ Ironwood Daily Globe, 28 December 1957, p. 2


Preceded by
none		 Channel 20 Detroit occupant
1953-1957		 Succeeded by
WJMY-TV
v • d • e
Broadcast television in the Detroit / Windsor market (Nielsen DMA #11)

American stations
WJBK 2 (Fox) • WDIV 4 (NBC, NBC WX+ on DT2, .2 Net Coming Mid-08) • WXYZ 7 (ABC, RTN on DT2, WX on DT3) • WDWO 18 / WHDA-LP 27 (TCT / COR) • WMYD 20 (MNTV, 4KidsTV, WCSN on DT2) • WUDT 23 (UNI) • WLPC 26 (FN) • WFUM 28 (PBS) • WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (ION) • W33BY 33 / W68CH 68 (Ind) • WADL 38 (Ind / JTV, Word on DT2) • WKBD 50 (The CW) • WTVS 56 (PBS, Kids on DT2, Create on DT3) • WWJ 62 (CBS) • W66BV 66 (TBN) • W67AJ 67 / WLNS 6 (CBS)

Canadian stations
CBET 9 (CBC) • CHWI 16 / 60 (A-Channel) • CIII 22 / 29 (Global) • CICO 32 / 59 (TVO) • CBLN 34 / 64 (CBC) • CFTV 34 (Ind) • CKCO 42 (CTV) • CBLFT 48 / 68 (SRC) • CBEFT 54 (SRC)

Local Cable Television Channels
US: Michigan Channel (PBS, U of M) • WOLV (U of M Student TV) • FSN Detroit
Canada: Leafs TV • Sportsnet Ontario • TFO • TVCogeco Windsor (Windsor & Leamington) • TVCogeco (Chatham & Sarnia)

Defunct television stations
Comcast Local • PASS Sports • WJMY 20 • WPAG 20 (DuMont/Ind)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location; some stations may be available only on cable
Toledo: WTOL 11 (CBS) • WTVG 13 (ABC / News / AW) • WNWO 24 (NBC / RTN / WX+) • WGTE 30 (PBS) • WUPW 36 (Fox) • WLMB 40 (Ind)
Mid-Michigan: WNEM 5 (CBS / MNTV) • WJRT 12 (ABC) • WEYI 25 (NBC) • WSMH 66 (Fox)
Lansing: WILX 10 (NBC) • WKAR 23 (PBS) • WSYM 47 (Fox) • WLAJ 53 (ABC)
Cleveland: WKYC 3 (NBC) • WEWS 5 (ABC) • WJW 8 (Fox) • WOIO 19 (CBS) • WUAB 43 (MNTV) • WBNX 55 (The CW) • WQHS 61 (UNI)
London: CFPL 10 (A-Channel)