WGPR-TV 62 Detroit Commercials

WGPR-TV 62 Detroit Commercials circa Summer 1986

[@kristathompson6261]

OMG I remember all of these but that Fun Rock one is the most memorable! LOL

[@BigPhillyStyle1982]

I actually remember the commercial for the "Fun Rock" collection when I was 4 and the grandma lip-synching "don't talk back" always creeped me out.

[@mobetta2092]

I remember almost every order of the songs in the commercial

[@whyyyyou]

I remember one commercial they used to air repeatedly [and which I thought was rather amusing] where a nun with boxing gloves urged people to watch Channel 62. She punched the numbers 6 & 2 then she said with a smile ''Make it, a habit."

[@40TheFreshMan]

That's Punch 62 CBS This 62 I wgpr 1st Black owned tv station 8n Detroit

[@whyyyyou]

@@40TheFreshMan Thanx for the info! It's starting to come back now. I fondly remember those old Detroit WGPR 62 days. Chuck Johnson's Soul Beat was something I watched regularly. I dimly recall in the 70's, Ch 62 had a Black horror movie host. I enjoyed it but he only had a brief run & then he was gone. Not sure but I think even The Ghoul was on 62 a few times. Nice to revisit those memories on KZbin.

[@RustyMuck]

Cool time capsule of a long-gone little TV station that could, especially the locally produced ads.

[@TheAverycross]

Great retro station bumper and classic commercials, including the hilarious "Honest Hank" commercial at 8:16!

[@chemistryguy]

Even make fancy hex shapes

[@prycerobertson4695]

Hope you have more from WGPR.

[@ehercj]

I wanted the "Speed Press" and the "Colonial Merchandise Mart" commercial was EPIC!

[@jayc.6406]

I remember the drug psa well, where the dad is talking to the headstone

[@LC-qf8wb]

Nostalgia 😊

[@MarkMoore-my7cp]

'Honest' Hank brought me here in 2024

[@robmclean4352]

8:06 Station ID and locally-produced commercials!

[@nickclayton2517]

I love the old Delta Dart

[@anonimothy5979]

I'm not satisfied 'til I see the Miley & Miley commercial with the guy saying, "Oh Miley, Miley..."

[@Noone9227]

2:04 I remember this foolish commercial. It’s painful to watch. Hugely enjoyed the black cowboy commercial and the nightclub commercial. Love the low budget production. If I lived in Detroit, I would have watched this station even though I’m white.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

I would have as well. However, very few people shared our sentiment until it became a CBS affiliate in the mid-1990s. WGPR was always perennially at or near the bottom of Detroit's television ratings, and the weak broadcast signal it had didn't help either. However, its sister radio station at 107.5 FM was moderately successful, and was more than likely probably what helped keep the TV station from going dark.

[@chemistryguy]

But I don't want a giant cassette. It won't fit in my regular-sized cassette player.

[@elluart0609]

yesssss

[@wecontrolthevideo]

Wow I can use Speed Press to take core samples!

[@pr3ttylady812]

😮I wanted speed press😂😂😂

[@jeffk7734]

Does anyone know who the guy is who gives out the tollfree number for music collection add? In the 70’s and 80’s and early 90’s he announced those numbers all the time, and was heard just about everywhere.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

I want to say his name is Vic Caroli. On several other record/products offers videos in the comments sections featuring the same guy's voice, that name keeps coming up.

[@jeffk7734]

@@mayavenuemisfit814 I wonder if he is still around. In the 90’s they had those Timelife Music Collection infomercials, but he wasn’t on those infomercials.

[@smokedoutvillain]

BRUISER.

[@rudyiraheta80]

was that cbs

[@BigPhillyStyle1982]

It became CBS after channel 2 CBS became Fox in the 90s. Fox was channel 50 at the time and it became UPN. They called it the Network Shuffle.

[@rudyiraheta80]

wrong, the facts of life says that cbs is always on 62, so does gilbert arciniega & steve martin.

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

Rudy Iraheta no CBS was not always on 62, WWJ signed on in 1975 as WGPR a black owned and operated independent station. The original cbs affiliate in Detroit was WJBK 2 Jesus Christ omg 🙄🙄

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

Phil Ouellette thank you, because Channel 62 signed on in September 1975 as WGPR Detroit’s first black owned and operated station. That black owned and operated status came to an end on December 11,1994 when it took the CBS affiliation from WJBK 2 due to the big switch.

[@rudyiraheta80]

facts of life likes # 62 they know it's always cbs so does little caesars

[@PanchamBro2]

God damn too much PSAs in here...

[@luisreyes1963]

What do you expect on a low-rated UHF Analog station?

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

Nobody watched WGPR. It was always Detroit's lowest-rated television station, and even today as a CBS affiliate still is near the bottom of the ratings. Therefore, they took whatever scraps advertisers were willing to throw at them, and filled the rest of their commercial space with aforementioned PSAs.