 After being broadcast on WWJ, later WDIV, for over 20 years, local coverage switched to WXYZ for several years in the 1980s before returning to NBC-affiliate WDIV in the mid-1990s.It is televised on other stations around Michigan and across the U.S., as well as through Internet television.The coverage of the parade typically includes a preshow featuring a variety of musical acts, often with celebrity performers.