What started as an interactive conversation about the news has grown into a vibrant community gathering online every night. The backchannel not only discusses the news of the day, it helps create it – shining a light on the good news in our city and promoting positive ideas.

It's time to get the #backchannel together in real life.

We're excited to be hosting the first #backchannel... [read more]

What started as an interactive conversation about the news has grown into a vibrant community gathering online every night. The backchannel not only discusses the news of the day, it helps create it – shining a light on the good news in our city and promoting positive ideas.

It's time to get the #backchannel together in real life.

We're excited to be hosting the first #backchannel tweetup. What's a tweetup? It's an informal social gathering where you have a chance to meet your twitter friends face-to-face. Our #backchannel tweetup will be loaded with plenty of special guests, one-of-a-kind giveaways and a lot of fun.

You'll have a chance to meet and greet members of the WXYZ Detroit team, including Stephen Clark, Carolyn Clifford, Dave Rexroth, Tom Leyden, Dave LewAllen, Alicia Smith and Victor Faust. We're also inviting the cast and crew of ABC's hot new show Detroit 187ABC which is filming right here in Detroit.

Copper Canyon is loaded with big screen TVs, speedy WiFi, delicious food and craft beer, so come early and plan on staying late. We'll be live tweeting the Action News, Dancing with the Stars, WTS, Detroit 187 and the #backchannel throughout the night. Make sure you power up your laptop or smart phone.

We'll be drawing names throughout the night to win VIP tours of the WXYZ Detroit studios, opportunities to live tweet the news from backstage with anchor Stephen Clark and other cool prizes.

Come out to have a great time, meet the #backchannel and support our favorite ABC shows. This is going to be a fun night.