J - TV ▁was ▁the ▁flags hip ▁station ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁W JB K ▁( channel ▁ 2 ) ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁Fox ▁affili ate ▁in ▁Detroit ▁since ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁before ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁CBS ▁affili ate , ▁and ▁as ▁such , ▁W JB K ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁has ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁station ▁for ▁most ▁L ions ▁games . ▁For ▁much ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁while ▁W JB K ▁was ▁waiting ▁for ▁its ▁CBS ▁affili ation ▁contract ▁to ▁exp ire , ▁the ▁L ions ▁games ▁were ▁shown ▁on ▁W KB D - TV ▁( at ▁the ▁time ▁owned ▁by ▁Via com , ▁now ▁owned ▁by ▁CBS ▁as ▁a ▁sister ▁to ▁W W J - TV ), ▁with ▁the ▁last ▁game ▁being ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 0 ▁game ▁against ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁J ets , ▁on ▁W KB D ' s ▁last ▁day ▁as ▁a ▁Fox ▁affili ate . ▁ ▁Inter con ference ▁home ▁games ▁were ▁first ▁tele vised ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁( when ▁the ▁NFL ▁first ▁im posed ▁the ▁ 7 2 - hour ▁dead line ), ▁and ▁for ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁these ▁were ▁seen ▁on ▁N BC , ▁with ▁W DI V ▁( channel ▁ 4 , ▁originally ▁W W J - TV ) ▁air ing ▁the ▁games ▁locally . ▁The ▁current ▁W W J - TV ▁( origin ally ▁on ▁analog ▁channel ▁ 6 2 ) ▁has