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The nation's first Black-owned and operated television station marks 50 years since it first went on the air
Fifty years ago this month, the nation’s first African American-owned and operated television station began broadcasting here in Detroit. Host Stephen Henderson sits down with WGPR Historical Society President Joe Spencer and the organization's Vice President & Treasurer Doug Morison to talk about the history of WGPR-TV 62.
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