In 2001 , WXYZ debuted a 7 p.m. newscast , a move that occurred after the September 11 attacks when the station chose to move ABC 's '' World News Tonight '' ahead by 30 minutes to 6:30 p.m . The 7 p.m. newscast became a forum for interviewing guests and newsmakers on daily issues and became a ratings success in key demographics . The station also expanded its noon newscast to one hour . In 2002 , WXYZ-TV entered into a news share agreement with Viacom , then-owner of WWJ-TV and UPN affiliate WKBD-TV to produce WKBD 's 10 p.m. newscast ; this resulted in WKBD shutting down its news department , while also effectively cancelling the newscast it produced for WWJ-TV . A handful of Viacom 's Detroit employees were transferred to WXYZ . Viacom would also transfer the operations of its CBS News satellite news-gathering service CBS Newspath to offices at WXYZ 's Broadcast House studios , since WXYZ would also be allowed to use the resources of CBS News . The newscast was canceled in late 2004 due to poor viewership ( today , neither WKBD nor WWJ-TV airs any local news programming )
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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