WUAB
Encyclopedia
WUAB, identified on-air as "My43 The Block, WUAB", is the MyNetworkTV
affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio
. The station is licensed to the suburb of Lorain
, and it shares a studio in downtown Cleveland with sister station WOIO
, Cleveland's CBS
affiliate. Its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio
. The station also serves as the default MNTV affiliate for Erie, Pennsylvania
, and is available on most cable systems in northwest Pennsylvania.
Prior to 1995, WUAB was one of the leading independent station
s in the country; it was Cleveland's UPN
affiliate from 1995 to 2006. The station, along with WOIO, is currently owned by Raycom Media
and are the largest stations in that group.
WUAB began broadcasting in the 720p
format after their switch from UPN
to My Network TV in September 2006. The newscast on WUAB is also 720p
, even though the news on WOIO
is 1080i
. Up until October 1, 2007, The Tube Music Network was carried on DT-43.2. On that same day, the network ceased operations. On April 1, 2009, WUAB began airing This TV
on DT-43.2. In a coincidental connection with WUAB's roots, This station's programming is from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
television and film library, which is today largely United Artists
' preexisting library (excluding the rights to the a.a.p. library, which now coincidentally rest with Warner Bros.
, which had sold their films to a.a.p. to begin with to raise money in the early TV era).
WUAB is set to become an affiliate for the African-American centric Bounce TV
network, which launched September 26, 2011. WUAB will begin carrying Bounce TV on 43.3 in January 2012.
, then a Transamerica
property) was its original owner, bringing the station to life on September 15, 1968. Eddie Manheim of Marcus Advertising handled the first promotions for the station and the Cleveland billboards read "September 15th. Our First Date". It was the second commercial UHF station in the area; WKBF-TV
had beaten it to the air by eight months. Its main studio was in a combination bowling alley kiddie's room and a trailer in a shopping center (Parmatown) in Parma, with sales offices in downtown Cleveland. WUAB quickly overcame a shaky start to become one of the country's top independent stations. The station's talents, such as Linn Sheldon
(aka children's show host "Barnaby") and Marty Sullivan (aka Saturday afternoon movie host "Superhost
"), had been polished TV personalities with experience on Cleveland's network affiliates, which gave the fledging station some early credibility.
Originally, WUAB's slogan was Channel 43 plays favorites. Most of these favorites were cartoons, syndicated off-network sitcoms, movies (most notably the long running afternoon Prize Movie and primetime Star Movie), and religious shows. WUAB broadcast these shows out of a new facility on Day Drive in suburban Parma
, which opened on September 7, 1970. WUAB drew a lot of its early programming from its parent company, including pre-1950 Warner Bros.
films and cartoons which UA acquired in 1958 after its merger with Associated Artists Productions
(a.a.p.), which also brought the theatrical Popeye
cartoons (originally from Paramount Pictures
, a company which would figure somewhat in WUAB's later history) into the company fold. Both WUAB and WKBF struggled to be profitable, despite the deep pockets of both stations' owners (WKBF was owned by Kaiser Broadcasting
). Both signed on everyday at around 10 a.m. and went off the air by 1 a.m.
By September 2, 1974, WUAB had clearly established itself at the leading independent in Cleveland. Kaiser opted to shut down WKBF and purchase a percentage of WUAB on March 28, 1975, but United Artists kept majority control. WUAB therefore acquired the programming rights to most of WKBF's stronger shows. WUAB now signed on at 6 a.m. and signed off long after midnight.
On September 6, 1977, Field Communications
bought the rest of Kaiser's share in its television outlets. WUAB and KBSC
in Los Angeles
were not included in the sale. KBSC was sold to National Subscription TV while WUAB was sold (by both United Artists/Transamerica and Kaiser) to the Gaylord Broadcasting Company
on September 6, 1977. Under Gaylord, WUAB continued as a broadcasting powerhouse, and cemented its status as one of the leading independent stations in the country.
The station pulled off a major coup on September 2, 1979 by winning the broadcast rights to the Cleveland Indians
of baseball's American League
. The station broadcast Indians' games from the 1980 season through the 2001 season.
During this time as part of Gaylord's strategy of establishing regional superstation
s, it appeared on several cable systems in Ohio, as well as West Virginia
, Pennsylvania
, Kentucky
, and Western Ontario. The station disappeared from most cable systems outside Cleveland in the 1990s, but is still available in Columbus, Erie and Youngstown
on cable.
In more recent times, the station was seen on cable as far south as New Castle, Pennsylvania
(which is part of the Pittsburgh
television market despite being considerably closer to Youngstown), and was the only such station from Cleveland in the city. This was the case until early 2008 when Comcast
, which had acquired the handful of former Adelphia cable systems in the Pittsburgh market (including New Castle) to go along with its already-dominating presence in the area, removed it from their channel lineup after the station's local contract with Comcast expired. The station's former spot on Comcast channel 7 has yet to be replaced, though it is likely to be filled with either WYFX
, WBCB, or MY-YTV (all from Youngstown), since none of them are currently on the channel lineups in the city.
WUAB remained Cleveland's leading independent station into the 1980s. Channel 61 returned to the air as WCLQ
on March 3, 1981, but made no real headway against WUAB. On May 19, 1985, WOIO
Channel 19 signed on with an entertainment format as well. WOIO and WUAB went head to head, with WCLQ lagging behind, and WBNX-TV
55 joining the competition on December 1, 1985. WCLQ bowed out of the competition in 1986 to become full time Home Shopping Network
affiliate WQHS. WUAB turned down an affiliation with Fox
on October 9, 1986, making it one of the few long-established major-market independents to do so. WOIO then signed on with Fox, and eventually overtook WUAB in the ratings.
On August 14, 1990, Gaylord sold WUAB to Cannell Broadcasting, headed by actor/director Stephen J. Cannell
. Though the station performed adequately in the ratings under Cannell ownership, the company was unable to overtake WOIO. On September 5, 1994, Malrite Communications, owner of WOIO, signed a local marketing agreement
with Cannell, and as a result, WOIO and WUAB became sister stations. WUAB was still technically owned by Cannell, but the station was now managed in tandem with WOIO. Both stations moved to a location at downtown Cleveland
's Reserve Square
.
By the time its days as an independent were coming to an end, WUAB was the Cleveland home of the various Star Trek
series (Deep Space Nine
was in production then) from Paramount Television
, as well as an affiliate of the Action Pack (which aired on WUAB from 1994 until 1997) and Prime Time Entertainment Network
s (which ended at the time WUAB dropped the WB
).
moving to WBNX. WOIO also moved it's Cleveland Cavaliers
telecasts over to channel 43 as well (channel 19 had originally signed the Cavs away from WUAB in 1987, but could no longer air the games due their new CBS affiliation).
Channel 43 ended its long run as an independent on January 14, 1995, when it became the market's affiliate for both the UPN
and WB networks, with UPN - co-owned by Paramount (through its parent Viacom
) which as mentioned above produced the Star Trek series - as the primary affiliation (UPN's first program was Star Trek: Voyager
). At the time, Cleveland was one of the largest markets not to have separate WB and UPN affiliates. The dual-affiliation did not cause channel 43 any problems at first, as both networks only programmed a couple of nights a week. Current owner Raycom purchased Malrite in 1996.
On September 1, 1997, WUAB became solely affiliated with UPN, after The WB signed an affiliation deal with WBNX. When the Federal Communications Commission
began allowing television duopolies
in 2000, Raycom purchased channel 43 outright on May 10 of that year. WUAB dropped the bulk of its children's programming (beyond the FCC-required 3 hours of E/I
-compliant programming) to carry more infomercials in 2003. As of 2010, WUAB offers advertisers more infomercial
s time slots than any other Cleveland area broadcaster; an average of 60 half hour infomercials per week. This fills a large part of WUAB's weekend dayparts and overnight schedules.
In a major announcement, CBS Corporation
and Time Warner
announced on January 24, 2006, that they would close their respective UPN and WB networks and jointly launch the CW Network on September 19, 2006. Shortly after the announcement of the CW Network, News Corporation
announced that it would launch My Network TV for stations left out of the merger.
affiliation, WUAB was announced as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV, along with two other Raycom Media-owned stations. On July 14, 2006, WUAB began showing off its new logo "My 43" on air, as well as identifying as "My 43, WUAB" in its promos and legal ID. The station also temporarily shut down their webpage in anticipation of the launch of My Network TV. Occasionally as time now permits, WUAB may now carry CBS network programs should they be preempted by WOIO in the event of a special, a breaking news story or any other emergency.
In addition, it aired Game 4 of the 2008 National League Championship Series
that aired on Fox nationwide. The reason was that local Fox affiliate WJW (which swapped affiliations with WOIO, as mentioned before, in 1994) aired a simulcast from ESPN
's Monday Night Football
game between the Cleveland Browns
and New York Giants
(the NFL's contract with ESPN requires coverage on a terrestrial television
station in the media markets of the participating teams, usually, but not always, the affiliate of ESPN sister channel ABC
, whose Cleveland affiliate is WEWS-TV
). It was WUAB's first MLB telecast of any kind since losing the rights to the Indians. MyNetworkTV is under common ownership with the Fox network. On March 27, 2011, WUAB introduced a new logo and programming schedule for the non-My Network TV hours. It was introduced as "My 43 the Block WUAB".
On September 12, 2011, channel 43 carried live CBS coverage of the men's final of the 2011 U.S. Open tennis tournament. The match had been delayed one day due to inclement weather forcing numerous match postponements, and WOIO chose to slide the coverage over to WUAB due to the debut of Anderson Cooper
's new daily syndicated talk show
at 3 p.m., as well as their regularly scheduled 4 p.m. newscast.
. which aired from October 1973 to April 1987, and again since October 1994. Under the current deal with Fox Sports Ohio, Channel 43 simulcasts five Cavaliers regular season games, as well as select playoff games per year with FS Ohio, which is the Cavs' main TV partner. Beginning in 2008, WUAB became the over-the-air TV home of the Lake Erie Monsters
hockey team, televising several contests per year. In 2011, WUAB began airing ACC
football on Saturdays via the Raycom owned ACC Network.
's perfect game on May 15, 1981. Channel 43 also at various points throughout the years carried Cleveland Barons
hockey, Cleveland Crusaders
hockey, Cleveland Lumberjacks
hockey, and Cleveland Force
indoor soccer. WUAB also previously carried ESPN Plus
coverage of Ohio State football and basketball, and in 2010 carried SEC
football and basketball via ESPN's SEC Network
.
(channel 61)'s effort in 1968. The original WUAB news team consisted of anchors Romona Robinson and Bob Hetherington, Frank Cariello, and Gib Shanley
. After WJW-TV switched to Fox in 1994, WUAB's newscast gained a competitor as WJW had started its own 10 p.m. newscast. On February 6, 1995, WUAB began producing two daily newscasts to be aired on WOIO in addition to their own 10 p.m. newscast under the moniker Cleveland Television News. Although WOIO was the senior partner in the LMA, it had no news department before becoming a CBS station.
WOIO now manages WUAB's news division, and produces the nightly 10 p.m. newscast under the title of 19 Action News at 10 HD. The newscast on WUAB began broadcasting in high definition
on October 21, 2007. On May 16, 2011, WUAB debuted a morning newscast airing weekdays from 7-8 a.m. as an extension of 19 Action News This Morning on WOIO. All totaled, WUAB airs 12 hours a week of local newscasts (two hours each Monday-Friday, and one hour each on Saturday and Sunday)
The "Ford First Alert" weather team features Jason Handman weekday mornings, chief meteorologist Jeff Tancheck (AMS
Seal of Approval) weeknights, Jon Loufman (AMS Seal of Approval) weekends, and fill-in Jenn Harcher.
The sports team includes sports director Tony Zarella weeknights, Mark Schwab weekends, and Cavs TV play by play voice Fred McLeod
serves as a fill-in anchor.
For the complete news team, see the article for sister station WOIO
.
, Leamington
, and Pelee Island in southern Essex County, Ontario
, and was once listed in the TV Guide
s for those communities (and Windsor, Ontario
; though the station's signal wasn't strong enough to reach Windsor and Detroit). Unlike WKYC-TV
, WEWS-TV
, and WJW, it was not one of the stations from Cleveland carried on local cable in those three locations. WUAB has been on cable channel 20 in London, Ontario
since 1976. It is the only Cleveland station carried in London today.
On October 16, 2009, the Windsor Star
had notified readers that digital subchannels of the Detroit and Toledo stations would be added, while the Cleveland stations (such as WKYC) and some Toledo stations would have to be dropped from the listings to make room for them, starting with the next issue of the TV Times, released the next day. The only Cleveland local station remaining in the Windsor-area TV Times is WUAB.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. The station is licensed to the suburb of Lorain
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....
, and it shares a studio in downtown Cleveland with sister station WOIO
WOIO
WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...
, Cleveland's CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate. Its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio
Parma, Ohio
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio...
. The station also serves as the default MNTV affiliate for Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
, and is available on most cable systems in northwest Pennsylvania.
Prior to 1995, WUAB was one of the leading independent station
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
s in the country; it was Cleveland's UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
affiliate from 1995 to 2006. The station, along with WOIO, is currently owned by Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
and are the largest stations in that group.
Digital television
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Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43.1 | 720p 720p 720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
Main WUAB Programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 43.2 | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | This TV This TV This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies.... |
| 43.3 | Bounce TV Bounce TV Bounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in... (beginning January 2012) |
WUAB began broadcasting in the 720p
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
format after their switch from UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
to My Network TV in September 2006. The newscast on WUAB is also 720p
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
, even though the news on WOIO
WOIO
WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...
is 1080i
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
. Up until October 1, 2007, The Tube Music Network was carried on DT-43.2. On that same day, the network ceased operations. On April 1, 2009, WUAB began airing This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
on DT-43.2. In a coincidental connection with WUAB's roots, This station's programming is from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
television and film library, which is today largely United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
' preexisting library (excluding the rights to the a.a.p. library, which now coincidentally rest with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, which had sold their films to a.a.p. to begin with to raise money in the early TV era).
WUAB is set to become an affiliate for the African-American centric Bounce TV
Bounce TV
Bounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in...
network, which launched September 26, 2011. WUAB will begin carrying Bounce TV on 43.3 in January 2012.
Independent years
WUAB had the humblest of beginnings. United Artists Broadcasting (owned by the studio with the same nameUnited Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
, then a Transamerica
Transamerica Corporation
Transamerica Corporation is a holding company for various life insurance companies and investment firms doing business primarily in the United States. It was acquired by the Dutch financial services conglomerate AEGON in 1999.-History:...
property) was its original owner, bringing the station to life on September 15, 1968. Eddie Manheim of Marcus Advertising handled the first promotions for the station and the Cleveland billboards read "September 15th. Our First Date". It was the second commercial UHF station in the area; WKBF-TV
WKBF-TV
WKBF-TV channel 61 was an Independent television station serving the Cleveland, Ohio market owned by a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting and Field Communications...
had beaten it to the air by eight months. Its main studio was in a combination bowling alley kiddie's room and a trailer in a shopping center (Parmatown) in Parma, with sales offices in downtown Cleveland. WUAB quickly overcame a shaky start to become one of the country's top independent stations. The station's talents, such as Linn Sheldon
Linn Sheldon
Linn Sheldon was a Cleveland, Ohio based American children's television host and actor, best known for his character "Barnaby", which was seen in Cleveland for over 30 years.-Biography:...
(aka children's show host "Barnaby") and Marty Sullivan (aka Saturday afternoon movie host "Superhost
Superhost
Superhost was a character portrayed by TV personality Marty Sullivan at independent television station WUAB channel 43 in Cleveland from 1969 to 1989...
"), had been polished TV personalities with experience on Cleveland's network affiliates, which gave the fledging station some early credibility.
Originally, WUAB's slogan was Channel 43 plays favorites. Most of these favorites were cartoons, syndicated off-network sitcoms, movies (most notably the long running afternoon Prize Movie and primetime Star Movie), and religious shows. WUAB broadcast these shows out of a new facility on Day Drive in suburban Parma
Parma, Ohio
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio...
, which opened on September 7, 1970. WUAB drew a lot of its early programming from its parent company, including pre-1950 Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
films and cartoons which UA acquired in 1958 after its merger with Associated Artists Productions
Associated Artists Productions
Associated Artists Productions was a distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. It existed from 1953 to 1958. It was later folded into United Artists. The former a.a.p. library was later owned by MGM/UA Entertainment and then Turner Entertainment. Turner continues...
(a.a.p.), which also brought the theatrical Popeye
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...
cartoons (originally from Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, a company which would figure somewhat in WUAB's later history) into the company fold. Both WUAB and WKBF struggled to be profitable, despite the deep pockets of both stations' owners (WKBF was owned by Kaiser Broadcasting
Kaiser Broadcasting
Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977.-History:...
). Both signed on everyday at around 10 a.m. and went off the air by 1 a.m.
By September 2, 1974, WUAB had clearly established itself at the leading independent in Cleveland. Kaiser opted to shut down WKBF and purchase a percentage of WUAB on March 28, 1975, but United Artists kept majority control. WUAB therefore acquired the programming rights to most of WKBF's stronger shows. WUAB now signed on at 6 a.m. and signed off long after midnight.
On September 6, 1977, Field Communications
Field Communications
Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station....
bought the rest of Kaiser's share in its television outlets. WUAB and KBSC
KVEA
KVEA is a Spanish-language television station in the Los Angeles area owned and operated by NBC Universal and the West Coast flagship station of the Telemundo network. It was the first mainland U.S. station owned by Telemundo at the network's launch in the late 1980's...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
were not included in the sale. KBSC was sold to National Subscription TV while WUAB was sold (by both United Artists/Transamerica and Kaiser) to the Gaylord Broadcasting Company
Gaylord Entertainment Company
The Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord. It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company, which is owned by the Gaylord family and publishes the Daily Oklahoman newspaper...
on September 6, 1977. Under Gaylord, WUAB continued as a broadcasting powerhouse, and cemented its status as one of the leading independent stations in the country.
The station pulled off a major coup on September 2, 1979 by winning the broadcast rights to the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
of baseball's American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
. The station broadcast Indians' games from the 1980 season through the 2001 season.
During this time as part of Gaylord's strategy of establishing regional superstation
Superstation
Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite...
s, it appeared on several cable systems in Ohio, as well as West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, and Western Ontario. The station disappeared from most cable systems outside Cleveland in the 1990s, but is still available in Columbus, Erie and Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
on cable.
In more recent times, the station was seen on cable as far south as New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Pittsburgh and near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border just east of Youngstown, Ohio; in 1910, the total population was 36,280; in 1920, 44,938; and in 1940, 47,638. The population has fallen to 26,309 according to the...
(which is part of the Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
television market despite being considerably closer to Youngstown), and was the only such station from Cleveland in the city. This was the case until early 2008 when Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, which had acquired the handful of former Adelphia cable systems in the Pittsburgh market (including New Castle) to go along with its already-dominating presence in the area, removed it from their channel lineup after the station's local contract with Comcast expired. The station's former spot on Comcast channel 7 has yet to be replaced, though it is likely to be filled with either WYFX
WYFX-LP
WYFX-LD is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Mahoning Valley of Northeastern Ohio, licensed to Youngstown. It broadcasts a low-powered digital signal UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on Sunset Boulevard in Boardman Township. Owned by New Vision Television, the station is sister to CBS...
, WBCB, or MY-YTV (all from Youngstown), since none of them are currently on the channel lineups in the city.
WUAB remained Cleveland's leading independent station into the 1980s. Channel 61 returned to the air as WCLQ
WQHS-TV
WQHS-DT is a Spanish-language television station owned and operated by Univision. It is licensed to serve the Cleveland, Ohio television market, and broadcasts on UHF channel 61 with studios and offices in Parma...
on March 3, 1981, but made no real headway against WUAB. On May 19, 1985, WOIO
WOIO
WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...
Channel 19 signed on with an entertainment format as well. WOIO and WUAB went head to head, with WCLQ lagging behind, and WBNX-TV
WBNX-TV
WBNX-TV, virtual channel 55 , is the CW television affiliate serving the Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio television market; it brands itself as "WBNX, The CW". The studios are located in Cuyahoga Falls and the transmitter is in Parma, although it is licensed to Akron...
55 joining the competition on December 1, 1985. WCLQ bowed out of the competition in 1986 to become full time Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
affiliate WQHS. WUAB turned down an affiliation with Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
on October 9, 1986, making it one of the few long-established major-market independents to do so. WOIO then signed on with Fox, and eventually overtook WUAB in the ratings.
On August 14, 1990, Gaylord sold WUAB to Cannell Broadcasting, headed by actor/director Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions.-Early life:...
. Though the station performed adequately in the ratings under Cannell ownership, the company was unable to overtake WOIO. On September 5, 1994, Malrite Communications, owner of WOIO, signed a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
with Cannell, and as a result, WOIO and WUAB became sister stations. WUAB was still technically owned by Cannell, but the station was now managed in tandem with WOIO. Both stations moved to a location at downtown Cleveland
Downtown Cleveland
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with over $2 billion in residential and commercial developments slated for the area over the next few years...
's Reserve Square
Reserve Square
Reserve Square is a two-building skyscraper complex in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Both buildings have 25 floors and are 266 feet high. Embassy Suites Tower houses a hotel and was built in 1969, and East Tower is a residential skyscraper completed in 1973....
.
By the time its days as an independent were coming to an end, WUAB was the Cleveland home of the various Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
series (Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
was in production then) from Paramount Television
Paramount Television
Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from January 1, 1968 to August 27, 2006.Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television...
, as well as an affiliate of the Action Pack (which aired on WUAB from 1994 until 1997) and Prime Time Entertainment Network
Prime Time Entertainment Network
The Prime Time Entertainment Network was a United States television network launched in 1993 by the Prime Time Consortium, a joint venture between Warner Bros. Domestic Television and the Chris-Craft group of independent stations...
s (which ended at the time WUAB dropped the WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
).
UPN affiliation
In 1994, WOIO became the market's CBS station after an affiliation swap with the area's longtime CBS affiliate, WJW, On September 5 of that year, Channel 19 moved most of its sitcoms and syndicated cartoons to WUAB, with Fox KidsFox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
moving to WBNX. WOIO also moved it's Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
telecasts over to channel 43 as well (channel 19 had originally signed the Cavs away from WUAB in 1987, but could no longer air the games due their new CBS affiliation).
Channel 43 ended its long run as an independent on January 14, 1995, when it became the market's affiliate for both the UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
and WB networks, with UPN - co-owned by Paramount (through its parent Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
) which as mentioned above produced the Star Trek series - as the primary affiliation (UPN's first program was Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
). At the time, Cleveland was one of the largest markets not to have separate WB and UPN affiliates. The dual-affiliation did not cause channel 43 any problems at first, as both networks only programmed a couple of nights a week. Current owner Raycom purchased Malrite in 1996.
On September 1, 1997, WUAB became solely affiliated with UPN, after The WB signed an affiliation deal with WBNX. When the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
began allowing television duopolies
Duopoly (broadcasting)
In United States broadcast television and radio, duopoly is a term used to describe a single company which owns two or more stations in the same city or community....
in 2000, Raycom purchased channel 43 outright on May 10 of that year. WUAB dropped the bulk of its children's programming (beyond the FCC-required 3 hours of E/I
E/I
E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television...
-compliant programming) to carry more infomercials in 2003. As of 2010, WUAB offers advertisers more infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
s time slots than any other Cleveland area broadcaster; an average of 60 half hour infomercials per week. This fills a large part of WUAB's weekend dayparts and overnight schedules.
In a major announcement, CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
and Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
announced on January 24, 2006, that they would close their respective UPN and WB networks and jointly launch the CW Network on September 19, 2006. Shortly after the announcement of the CW Network, News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
announced that it would launch My Network TV for stations left out of the merger.
MyNetworkTV affiliation
On March 7, 2006, six days after competitor WBNX gained the CWThe CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
affiliation, WUAB was announced as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV, along with two other Raycom Media-owned stations. On July 14, 2006, WUAB began showing off its new logo "My 43" on air, as well as identifying as "My 43, WUAB" in its promos and legal ID. The station also temporarily shut down their webpage in anticipation of the launch of My Network TV. Occasionally as time now permits, WUAB may now carry CBS network programs should they be preempted by WOIO in the event of a special, a breaking news story or any other emergency.
In addition, it aired Game 4 of the 2008 National League Championship Series
2008 National League Championship Series
-Game 1:Thursday, October 9, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDerek Lowe and Cole Hamels faced each other at Citizens Bank Park for Game 1. In the first inning, Manny Ramírez missed a home run by mere feet to center field and settled for an RBI double to give LA a 1–0 lead,...
that aired on Fox nationwide. The reason was that local Fox affiliate WJW (which swapped affiliations with WOIO, as mentioned before, in 1994) aired a simulcast from ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
game between the Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
(the NFL's contract with ESPN requires coverage on a terrestrial television
Terrestrial television
Terrestrial television is a mode of television broadcasting which does not involve satellite transmission or cables — typically using radio waves through transmitting and receiving antennas or television antenna aerials...
station in the media markets of the participating teams, usually, but not always, the affiliate of ESPN sister channel ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, whose Cleveland affiliate is WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...
). It was WUAB's first MLB telecast of any kind since losing the rights to the Indians. MyNetworkTV is under common ownership with the Fox network. On March 27, 2011, WUAB introduced a new logo and programming schedule for the non-My Network TV hours. It was introduced as "My 43 the Block WUAB".
On September 12, 2011, channel 43 carried live CBS coverage of the men's final of the 2011 U.S. Open tennis tournament. The match had been delayed one day due to inclement weather forcing numerous match postponements, and WOIO chose to slide the coverage over to WUAB due to the debut of Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...
's new daily syndicated talk show
Anderson (TV series)
Anderson is an American first-run syndicated talk show that is hosted by CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, who also serves as co-producer in his first foray into daytime talk television. The show debuted on September 12, 2011, and is distributed by Warner Bros...
at 3 p.m., as well as their regularly scheduled 4 p.m. newscast.
Current
WUAB has been the longtime "free TV" home of the Cleveland CavaliersCleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
. which aired from October 1973 to April 1987, and again since October 1994. Under the current deal with Fox Sports Ohio, Channel 43 simulcasts five Cavaliers regular season games, as well as select playoff games per year with FS Ohio, which is the Cavs' main TV partner. Beginning in 2008, WUAB became the over-the-air TV home of the Lake Erie Monsters
Lake Erie Monsters
The Lake Erie Monsters are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They began play in the 2007–08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio...
hockey team, televising several contests per year. In 2011, WUAB began airing ACC
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
football on Saturdays via the Raycom owned ACC Network.
Past
As stated above, WUAB broadcast Cleveland Indians' games from 1980 through 2001. Perhaps its most famous Indians telecast was of that of Len BarkerLen Barker
Leonard Harold Barker III , better known as Lenny Barker or Len Barker, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched the tenth perfect game in baseball history. Barker pitched for the Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians , Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers...
's perfect game on May 15, 1981. Channel 43 also at various points throughout the years carried Cleveland Barons
Cleveland Barons
The name Cleveland Barons has been used by three professional hockey teams and one junior team.*Cleveland Barons , the National Hockey League team that played between 1976 and 1978...
hockey, Cleveland Crusaders
Cleveland Crusaders
The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland, Ohio. The Crusaders were founded by Nick Mileti, and played in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1976...
hockey, Cleveland Lumberjacks
Cleveland Lumberjacks
The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:...
hockey, and Cleveland Force
Cleveland Force
The Cleveland Force has been the name of two indoor soccer teams based in the Richfield, Ohio area:*Cleveland Force , of the original MISL*Cleveland Force , known as the Crunch from 1989 to 2002...
indoor soccer. WUAB also previously carried ESPN Plus
ESPN Plus
ESPN Plus, the popular name of ESPN Regional Television, is an American television program syndicator. ERT is based along with sister network ESPNU in Charlotte, North Carolina...
coverage of Ohio State football and basketball, and in 2010 carried SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
football and basketball via ESPN's SEC Network
SEC Network
The SEC Network, or SECN is a syndication package featuring college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. The package is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and is shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United...
.
Newscasts
WUAB debuted the "10 O'Clock News" on January 4, 1988. It was the second attempt at a prime time newscast in Cleveland following WKBFWKBF-TV
WKBF-TV channel 61 was an Independent television station serving the Cleveland, Ohio market owned by a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting and Field Communications...
(channel 61)'s effort in 1968. The original WUAB news team consisted of anchors Romona Robinson and Bob Hetherington, Frank Cariello, and Gib Shanley
Gib Shanley
Gib Shanley was a sports anchor/reporter for ABC-TV affiliate WEWS-TV, Channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio.- Biography :Shanley grew up in Shadyside, Ohio, attended Shadyside High School...
. After WJW-TV switched to Fox in 1994, WUAB's newscast gained a competitor as WJW had started its own 10 p.m. newscast. On February 6, 1995, WUAB began producing two daily newscasts to be aired on WOIO in addition to their own 10 p.m. newscast under the moniker Cleveland Television News. Although WOIO was the senior partner in the LMA, it had no news department before becoming a CBS station.
WOIO now manages WUAB's news division, and produces the nightly 10 p.m. newscast under the title of 19 Action News at 10 HD. The newscast on WUAB began broadcasting in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
on October 21, 2007. On May 16, 2011, WUAB debuted a morning newscast airing weekdays from 7-8 a.m. as an extension of 19 Action News This Morning on WOIO. All totaled, WUAB airs 12 hours a week of local newscasts (two hours each Monday-Friday, and one hour each on Saturday and Sunday)
Newscast titles
- The Ten O'Clock News (1988–1999)
- Cleveland Television News (1996–1999)
- Hometeam 43 News (1999–2002)
- 19 Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(2002–present; was briefly 43 Action News)
Station slogans
- "Channel 43 Plays Favorites" (late 1970s–1980)
- "The Gang's All Here on Channel 43" (1980–1986)
- "We've Got Your Fun!" (1997–1999)
- "Cleveland's Hometeam" (1999–2002)
- "Cleveland's Go-To Place for Everything" (2006–present)
Current on-air staff
The primary news anchors of WUAB's newcasts Brian Duffy and Lynna Lai weekday mornings, Sharon Reed weeknights, and Tiffany Tucker weekends.The "Ford First Alert" weather team features Jason Handman weekday mornings, chief meteorologist Jeff Tancheck (AMS
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) weeknights, Jon Loufman (AMS Seal of Approval) weekends, and fill-in Jenn Harcher.
The sports team includes sports director Tony Zarella weeknights, Mark Schwab weekends, and Cavs TV play by play voice Fred McLeod
Fred McLeod
Frederick Robertson McLeod was a Scottish-American golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U.S. Open...
serves as a fill-in anchor.
For the complete news team, see the article for sister station WOIO
WOIO
WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...
.
Coverage in Canada
The station is readily available over-the-air to KingsvilleKingsville, Ontario
The Town of Kingsville is located in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and is Canada's southernmost municipality with town status. According to the 2006 census, the population of Kingsville is 20,908.-Geography:...
, Leamington
Leamington, Ontario
Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, southern Ontario, Canada, and has a population of 31,113. It includes Point Pelee, the southernmost point of mainland Canada. It has a large H. J. Heinz Company factory and is known as the "Tomato Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the...
, and Pelee Island in southern Essex County, Ontario
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...
, and was once listed in the TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
s for those communities (and Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
; though the station's signal wasn't strong enough to reach Windsor and Detroit). Unlike WKYC-TV
WKYC-TV
WKYC, virtual channel 3 , is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company. Its studio is located on the shores of Lake Erie, while its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio....
, WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...
, and WJW, it was not one of the stations from Cleveland carried on local cable in those three locations. WUAB has been on cable channel 20 in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
since 1976. It is the only Cleveland station carried in London today.
On October 16, 2009, the Windsor Star
Windsor Star
The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor, Ontario , and is owned by the Postmedia Network Inc. Since 1923, the publication's main office is located at 167 Ferry Street in the downtown area...
had notified readers that digital subchannels of the Detroit and Toledo stations would be added, while the Cleveland stations (such as WKYC) and some Toledo stations would have to be dropped from the listings to make room for them, starting with the next issue of the TV Times, released the next day. The only Cleveland local station remaining in the Windsor-area TV Times is WUAB.