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WGPR Museum Special (YouTube). SteelHeartMedia. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to WWJ-TV.

Official website

WGPR-TV History legacy site

WGPR Historical Society

Guided tour of the William V. Banks Broadcast Museum/WGPR-TV Studios on YouTube

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