WJBK Detroit

Fox-owned WJBK Detroit (DMA 11) today named Jay Towers anchor of the weekday morning Fox 2 Morning News. Effective Aug. 25, Towers will anchor from 6 to 9 a.m. alongside […]

Fox is promoting Kevin Roseborough to the top news spot at its Detroit O&O to succeed  Dana Hahn who left last month to become news director of Fox’s WTTG Washington

Fox promotes Brian Hannan to oversee all finance, strategic planning and business functions of WFLD-WPWR Chicago and WJBK Detroit.

Randy Wimbley has joined the news team at Fox O&O WJBK Detroit (DMA 11). Effective Monday, July 15, Wimbley will be a general assignment reporter contributing to various newscasts throughout […]

This is the second in a series of articles previewing the finalists in the 2013 PromaxBDALocal Awards. The winners will be announced at the PROMAX Station Summit on Thursday, June 27, in Las Vegas. The category today is News/Information Program Spot, which is any video created to promote a news, information or current affairs program, etc. The finalists are WJBK Detroit; KPIX San Francisco; WPFO Portland, Maine; WGN Chicago; CP24 Toronto; and CTV-BC Vancouver.

On Saturday, May 18, Fox O&O WJBK Detroit (DMA 11) supported the 22nd annual Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure. More than 30,000 people took to the streets […]

Here’s another small sampling of the investigative reporting being done at stations. The stories turned up breaches of airport security in Nashville; abbreviated prison sentences in Indiana; industrial pollution in North Birmingham, Ala.; and uncertified, previously owned mattresses in Detroit.

The group moves Michael Renda from WFLD-WPWR Chicago to take over WJBK Detroit, succeeding Jeff Murri who died in February. It then moves Dennis Welsh from its WOFL-WRBW Orlando/WOGX Gainesville to head up the Chicago duopoly.

With news volume at stations increasing overall, the most prolific news producing stations across the country, including many Fox O&Os and affiliates, are finding that making that major commitment — some with 60 hours a week or more — is bringing big benefits to both their bottom lines and brands while strengthening their ties to the community. Says WJBK Detroit News Director Dana Hahn: “For our viewers, it doesn’t matter what time you’re heading out to work or whether you’re sleeping late. We are going to be there for you.”

Fox O&O WJBK Detroit (DMA 11) and the Detroit Zoological Society are teaming up to give three lucky children from Metro Detroit an opportunity to be reporters for the day […]

The Fox O&O reports: “We knew him as a wonderful, energetic and giving person.  We are deeply saddened and shocked by his loss.” The cause of death has not been released.

Fox O&O WJBK Detroit (DMA 11) has promoted Tom Balanowski to VP of engineering and operations. Previously, he was the assistant chief engineer, a position he has held for the […]

With the city on the rebound, Detroit’s news-producing affiliates WDIV (NBC), WXYZ (ABC) and WJBK (Fox) are investing heavily in their digital platforms to secure core audiences while drawing the newcomers (artists, techies and the like) lured by the chance to build from the ground up.  “We are trying to reinvent ourselves along with them,” says Catherine Badalamente, VP of digital media for Graham Media, which owns NBC affiliate WDIV.