WPXD began using the channel 50 allocation for its digital signal, broadcasting from Southfield. Out-of-market cable coverage WKBD is available on many cable systems in Southeast Michigan, Southwestern Ontario and Northwest Ohio. Outside of the Detroit area, however, most programming on WKBD is subject to territorial syndication exclusivity restrictions placed on cable providers by the local broadcast rights holders to certain syndicated programs. During the affected programming, cable systems either switch to a feed from another channel, or run an on-screen text notice acknowledging the blacked out programming (such as "This channel is being blacked out due to FCC regulations"). In Canada, some programs may be subject to simultaneous substitution. In 1994, when Fox moved its Detroit affiliation from WKBD to WJBK, many Michigan cable systems outside the Detroit area replaced WKBD with the network's Cadillac affiliate WGKI (now WFQX-TV), in order to keep Fox programming available in the Upper Peninsula. However, in areas where Fox was already available locally, mainly in television markets located in southern and central Michigan (especially the Tri-Cities), much of WGKI's programming was blacked out. In 1996, some systems that dropped WKBD for WGKI brought the former back. Following the launch of The CW, WKBD began to be dropped from cable providers outside of the Detroit market, in favor of local or nearby CW or MyNetworkTV affiliates, and at present is not carried any farther away than Flint and Hillsdale. See also Media in Detroit References External links TV Ark Database: WKBD-50 UPN Detroit – Archive from Internet Archive Wayback Machine The Lou Gordon Program The CW affiliates Comet (TV network) affiliates Charge! (TV network) affiliates TBD (TV network) affiliates KBD-TV Kaiser Broadcasting Field Communications CBS News and Stations Television channels and stations established in 1965 1965 establishments in Michigan Superstations in the United States Companies based in Southfield, Michigan National Hockey League over-the-air television broadcasters