Sports Programming
WNEM-TV televises regional and national sports from CBS Sports. Local sports include games of the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball teams (via the College Basketball on CBS contract), and Detroit Lions home games vs AFC opponents (via the NFL on CBS contract). The station is also an affiliate of the Detroit Lions Television Network which airs preseason games. Since WNEM-TV's normal coverage area reaches within 75 miles of the Lions' home Ford Field, it is part of the Lions' blackout area; this applies to both preseason and regular season games. Channel 5 has also televised three home games of the local Ontario Hockey League hockey team the Saginaw Spirit.
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