West Central Ohio CW
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West Central Ohio CW is the name of a cable-only television station in the Lima, Ohio
, media market
. It is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable
.
The station was formerly a part of The WB, using the fake calls WBOH, but switched to The CW when the WB shut down in September 2006.
On September 18, 2006, when the CW network launched, local NBC
affiliate WLIO
was still in negoiations with local Time Warner Cable
to carry WBOH's CW digital signal on its basic cable lineup on channel 3, The WB's former channel number.
On November 20, 2006, WLIO finally reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable and began to carry The CW on basic cable channel 3, as well as on WLIO's digital subchannel
, channel 35.2 / 8.2.
WLIO's affiliation with The CW ended on September 17, 2008 and was not renewed. Had it been, Lima, Ohio would have become the first market where the affiliates of all 6 major networks would have been controlled by a single company. Shortly thereafter, West Central Ohio CW was reinstated on cable only, carrying programming supplied by the CW Plus Network
. Eventually, Time Warner Cable replaced The CW Plus with Dayton
's The CW affiliate WBDT
in its Lima channel lineup.
Lima, Ohio
Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo....
, media market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
. It is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
.
The station was formerly a part of The WB, using the fake calls WBOH, but switched to The CW when the WB shut down in September 2006.
On September 18, 2006, when the CW network launched, local NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WLIO
WLIO
WLIO is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at its studios on Rice Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 and in high definition on...
was still in negoiations with local Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
to carry WBOH's CW digital signal on its basic cable lineup on channel 3, The WB's former channel number.
On November 20, 2006, WLIO finally reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable and began to carry The CW on basic cable channel 3, as well as on WLIO's digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, channel 35.2 / 8.2.
WLIO's affiliation with The CW ended on September 17, 2008 and was not renewed. Had it been, Lima, Ohio would have become the first market where the affiliates of all 6 major networks would have been controlled by a single company. Shortly thereafter, West Central Ohio CW was reinstated on cable only, carrying programming supplied by the CW Plus Network
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....
. Eventually, Time Warner Cable replaced The CW Plus with Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
's The CW affiliate WBDT
WBDT
WBDT is the CW-affiliated television station for Ohio's Miami Valley. Licensed to Springfield, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter in the Frytown section of Dayton. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 13 and in high...
in its Lima channel lineup.