WCAK-CA

WCAK-CA (channel 7) is a CW affiliate serving Marquette, Michigan, which is licensed to Crystal Falls. The station is owned by Confection Broadcasting.
== History ==
On January 11, 1995, WCAK-CA signed on as an affiliate of The WB, which had launched the same day. The station was branded as Michigan's WB (although not actually reaching all of Michigan), and produced a 10 pm newscast called Michigan's WB News at 10:00.
The station was owned by Western Upper Peninsula Television, which also owned Marquette's UPN affiliate, WUPT-CA, making the two sister station. In 1997, WCAK began producing a morning newscast for WUPT, Michigan's WB News This Morning on WUPT-LP 49, running from 6 am to 8 am. The newscast received poor ratings and was canceled in 1999, however the 10 pm newscast was successful and remained until The WB shut down in 2006.
As an affiliate of The WB, syndicated programming on WCAK included The Roseanne Show, Full House, and Magnum, P.I.
In September of 2006, the original incarnation of The WB merged with UPN to create The CW. With the new affiliation, WCAK dropped the 10 p.m. newscast in favor of reruns of The Nanny and The Bernie Mac Show, due to a steady decline in ratings. However, WCAK maintained a news department until 2010, in the event of breaking news or severe weather. Also in 2010, WCAK was bought by Confection Broadcasting. 
In 2021, Confection announced plans to open the station's news operation once again. Further developments were released on September 7, 2021, when the premiere date of November 1 was announced. The newscasts will air for an hour at 6 p.m. and a half-hour at 10 p.m. 
Syndicated programming on WCAK-CA includes Family Guy, Couples' Court with the Cutlers, and Monk.
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995
Category:Former WB network affiliates
Category:CW network affiliates
Category:Marquette, MI
Category:The WB Classics network affiliates
Category:Circle network affiliates