It's a Launch

CBS News Detroit launched on Monday night with a new 6 and 11 PM newscast.

The station had promoted the fact that they were going to launch the new newscasts in 2022, but that never happened.

FTVLive posted a few stories about the Motown CBS O&O dragging their heels and that got the attention of the higher-ups at CBS. Some even flew into Motown to help with the launch.

“After FTVLive called us out, things were kicked into high gear, and we did more in a few weeks than we had for months,” said one station insider. “I’m convinced if it weren’t for FTVLive, we would still be sitting around twiddling our thumbs,” the CBS Detroit employee added.

Glad to see they have finally gotten a newscast on the air; we won’t hold our breath on a “thank you” card, though.

Here is the 11 PM newscast.