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126-519: ONN had its origins as a cable news channel of the same name, which operated from 1996 to 2012 in more than 1.8 million households statewide. Its studios and offices were co-located with sister station WBNS-TV , the CBS television affiliate for Columbus and central Ohio. On July 25, 2012, ONN television announced it would be ceasing operations due to changing consumer habits, effective August 31, while ONN Radio would remain in service. ONN closed at 12:00 with

252-537: A CBS affiliate, with secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations; it shared the secondary ABC affiliation with WXEL-TV (now WJW-TV , channel 8). WEWS lost the CBS affiliation to WJW-TV in 1955 after that station's then-owner, Storer Broadcasting , used its influence with CBS to land the affiliation; ABC then became channel 5's primary network. The station later lost the DuMont affiliation when that network ceased operations in 1956. WEWS

378-452: A Spanish language service, CNN en Español. Turner Broadcasting also established two, now defunct networks. CNNfn, launched at the end of 1995, attempting to challenge CNBC . It ceased operations after nine years on the air in December 2004. CNNSI, a partnership between CNN and Sports Illustrated , attempted to counter the rising success of ESPNews in covering sports news. While the network

504-497: A blizzard , and for the first time WEWS had provided extended coverage for hours. During the early and mid-1950s, channel 5's first newscasts and weather reports were delivered by Tom Field. In 1959, Dorothy Fuldheim—who had been with the station before it even first signed on—began to formulate her own newscast. Fuldheim centered her newscast around her interviews, a general overview of the news, and her commentaries (the very opinionated Fuldheim frequently inserted her own opinions about

630-626: A Detroit radio station. That same year, Bill Jacocks—said to be Cleveland's first full-time African-American anchorman —joined WEWS. Jacocks started as assistant public affairs director, and became weekend anchor in January 1975. For a solid decade (until 1985) Jacocks remained the one constant weekend anchor while many co-anchors came and went. Among those doing their first Cleveland co-anchor stints with Jacocks were Tim Taylor and Wilma Smith (both of whom, coincidentally, would later anchor together at rival WJW). Hambrick and Patterson continued to anchor

756-715: A campaign to enter the North American market, including a dedicated website. It became available to some cable subscribers in New York in August 2011, having previously been available as an option for some viewers in Washington, D.C., Ohio and Los Angeles. The channel primarily reaches the United States via its live online streaming. It is readily available on most major Canadian television providers including Rogers and Bell Satellite TV after

882-571: A co-host of The Morning Exchange before becoming an evening news anchor in 1993. To honor their tenures at the station, WEWS renamed their newsroom the Leon Bibb Newsroom, and their main studio the Lee Jordan News Studio. On June 26, 2023, following the cancellation of The List , WEWS began airing The Debrief , a nightly newscast airing at 7 p.m. originating from and simulcast on Scripps News —a sister network of WEWS, as part of

1008-403: A competitor in the financial news genre with Bloomberg Television, which was created in 1994 by Bloomberg L.P. , led by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg . It is distributed worldwide through cable, satellite and internet providers, and is headquartered in New York. Bloomberg Television was unusual in that its Internet stream, one of the few television networks to continuously offer

1134-405: A focus on Asia for CGTN . The channel is carried on DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-Verse and smaller carriers and live streams via its website and Livestream . CGTN has been registered as a foreign agent since 2018 and designated a foreign mission since 2020, which restricts the service's operations in the United States. CNC World is an English-language network majority owned by Xinhua ,

1260-448: A liberal bias, a reputation it has increasingly embraced with its "Lean Forward" slogan (which it adopted in 2011) and open promotion of progressive and liberal ideas. This has led to MSNBC increasingly shifting towards centrism and establishment politics, displaying (subtly or otherwise) acts of hostility towards progressive politicians e.g. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (a frontrunner in the 2020 democratic nominations). The channel had

1386-493: A marker right outside TV 5's building, specifically noting Dorothy Fuldheim's career at the station. The second marker (located on the wall leading up to the front door of the station) is from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , honoring the station (along with producer Herman Spero and host Don Webster) as being the home of the popular music series Upbeat! and that program's contributions to Rock and Roll's history. The station's signal

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1512-424: A partnership between NBC and Microsoft (Microsoft's stake in the channel was gradually bought out by NBC until the latter's parent NBCUniversal bought out the remaining minority stake held by Microsoft in 2011). When the network was launched, its leading hosts included Jodi Applegate , John Gibson , Tim Russert and Brian Williams . For over a decade, the network's ratings were consistently in last place among

1638-512: A plan by Scripps to integrate Scripps News programming on their main network affiliates as a way to promote Scripps News and increase the network's exposure. Scripps News ceased operations as a linear channel on November 16, 2024, and with that The Debrief was canceled, and a new local 7 p.m. newscast debuted on November 18, 2024. Two plaques outside the WEWS building commemorate the station's historical contributions. The Ohio Historical Society placed

1764-470: A program unavailable in a certain geographic area. ESPNews scaled back its news-only format in 2013, after several years of ESPN expanding its flagship newscast, SportsCenter , throughout the daytime hours on the main channel. ESPNews newscasts are now branded under the SportsCenter brand, while replays of ESPN2 talk programs typically air when SportsCenter airs on ESPN's main channel. At least one of

1890-401: A showing of Saving Private Ryan . On May 23, 2010, WEWS-TV's broadcast of the series finale of Lost was almost completely interrupted and rendered unwatchable by a number of technical difficulties with the station's digital signal. This caused numerous viewer complaints, leading the station to issue numerous apologies both on-air and on its website. From the mid-1980s until 2011, WEWS

2016-527: A slightly delayed basis. ONN Radio provides statewide newscasts and sportscasts for affiliate stations during the day, anchored by staffers from WBNS-FM . Long form programming includes the seasonal High School Football Tonight and College Football Today , both hosted by WBNS-FM 's Skip Mosic. ONN Radio is distributed by Radio Sound Network, which is also owned and operated by Tegna, Inc. Radio Sound Network distributes various programming elements for radio stations, including live play-by-play broadcasts from

2142-484: A spin-off called Shift . Established in 2014, it was an online-only channel through its website MSNBC.com. The programming schedule was less focused on politics than the main channel, built to be a divergence from it and is more tailored to a younger audience. Shift ceased operations without notice some time before 2018. Cable News Network (CNN) launched on June 1, 1980, as the first cable channel devoted to news programming. The Persian Gulf War in 1991 catapulted CNN into

2268-426: A straight focus on international news stories compared to CNN, which featured an equal emphasis on U.S. and world news. CNN launched a special service on January 20, 1992, called CNN Airport Network which was available exclusively in United States airports; the service simulcast programs from CNN and HLN, but with inserts of information of interest to air travelers. CNN Airport Network shut down in 2020. CNN also operates

2394-413: A third of CNBC's viewership migrated to FBN over the course of a year, with both netting approximately 170,000 viewers. Bloomberg also does not subscribe to Nielsen and its ratings are assumed to be very low (however, its viewership was higher than CNBC's when Bloomberg's programming was simulcast on E! in the early morning hours, an arrangement that began in 2004 after USA Network ended its simulcast of

2520-482: A topic of statewide interest is featured each Thursday night during Ohio's 9 o'clock news. ONN's "Weather on the 10's" is a statewide weather update every 10 minutes. Capital Square is the longest running political television program in Ohio. The show offers discussion of government in Ohio and Washington, D.C. Capitol Square regularly features the top newsmakers, who are questioned by moderator Jim Heath. Capital Square

2646-438: A two-minute promotional video featuring James Ingram , Carly Simon and Andrea McArdle , along with numerous athletes, as well as both station personalities and ABC personalities from Cleveland. Edd Kalehoff produced the promo, as well as a comprehensive music package for the station's newscasts and other programming. In 1998, WEWS adopted "On Your Side" as its slogan (which it currently still uses). More noticeable, however,

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2772-438: A universal branding for newscasts and station promotion. The new branding helped emphasize a format developed by the station the year prior, when WEWS positioned itself as "Cleveland's (Live) 24 Hour NewsSource". Providing news headlines to viewers at times when the station was not carrying regularly scheduled, long-form newscasts, the "24-Hour News Source" concept saw WEWS produce news updates running 30 seconds in length at or near

2898-423: A version of Eyewitness News . In 1970, Dave Patterson joined Hambrick on the early newscast and then became co-anchor on the 11 p.m. newscast in 1971. Ted Henry , who joined WEWS in 1972 as a behind-the-scenes producer, got his start on the air later in 1975 as a weekend weatherman. In later years, Henry would admit that he, not knowing the slightest thing about forecasting, basically copied his forecasts from

3024-513: A video feed over the Internet since the 1990s, was free to the public; the feed was placed behind a soft paywall along with the rest of Bloomberg's Internet ventures in May 2018. FBN is the sister business network to Fox News Channel. In October 2007, News Corporation launched its own financial news network called Fox Business Network (FBN); News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch stated his reason for launching

3150-513: A weeknight anchor at WJW-TV. Fuldheim's role decreased as she only presented her interviews and commentaries, but still appeared on the air three times a day until retiring in July 1984 at the age of 91. WEWS was the first Cleveland TV station to use a news helicopter, introducing "Chopper 5" in 1978. At the time, a cameraman sat partially outside the helicopter door to film the story being covered. TV 5 has used helicopters (on and off) ever since, including

3276-614: Is Al Jazeera Media Network 's English language international news channel. It was the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London. The channel, however, has poor penetration in the American market, where it has been carried by only one satellite service and a small number of cable networks. Al Jazeera English later began

3402-480: Is multiplexed : On May 26, 2011, it was announced that WEWS (along with other Scripps stations around the country) had signed a deal to carry the Live Well Network on their digital subchannels . the network began to be carried on digital subchannel 5.2 on September 5, 2011. The subchannel is also currently available on select northeast Ohio cable providers. Live Well Network announced they would be going off

3528-681: Is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio , United States, affiliated with ABC . It has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception in 1946, making it one of three stations that have been built and signed on by Scripps (alongside company flagship WCPO-TV in Cincinnati and WMC-TV in Memphis , the latter of which was sold in 1993). WEWS-TV's studios are located on Euclid Avenue (near I-90 ) in Downtown Cleveland , and its transmitter

3654-458: Is a national, independent, progressive news network that reaches more than 40 million television households in the United States. The network brands itself as "the alternative to television networks owned by billionaires, governments and corporations." It was launched in 1995 and is owned and operated by Public Communicators Incorporated, a 501(c)3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1974. Distributed principally by Dish Network, DirecTV, and

3780-511: Is approximately 136,000 viewers. ESPN launched a 24-hour sports news channel named ESPNews on November 1, 1996, which is carried by most cable and satellite providers, although usually only on dedicated sports and information tiers. It airs news, highlights, press conferences and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ESPNews was also syndicated to regional sports networks as daytime filler programming and also often appears as blackout filler on ESPN or ESPN2 when those channels air

3906-558: Is broadcast from Times Square in New York with an additional bureau in Washington, D.C. The channel uses resources from i24's main Jaffa headquarters. Talent includes David Shuster who is also the managing editor, Michelle Makori , and Dan Raviv . The channel acquired many of its debut behind-the-scenes talent from the former Al Jazeera America . The channel is carried on Altice USA-owned Optimum and Suddenlink cable systems and Charter Spectrum. The channel live streams via its website. NTD

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4032-515: Is devoted to news coverage, including outside-produced newscasts such as U.S. Farm Report , AgDay and This Week in Agribusiness , the network's nightly Rural Evening News , and a five-hour rolling news coverage block centered on agricultural commodities coverage with news and weather. RFD-TV is available through both national satellite providers, on some cable outlets, and through a paywalled Internet stream. One America News Network (OANN)

4158-531: Is explicitly anti-Communist, critical of the ruling clique in the People's Republic of China, and supportive of right-wing policies. It is available on select cable outlets, on free-to-air C band satellite, and through a live stream on the Internet. * FBN is operated as a division of Fox Corporation . No information reported for the profits or losses which the FBN division represents. CNBC (originally an abbreviation for

4284-496: Is hosted by Mykkia Cameron, a former news reporter. The show was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008. To target younger viewers, the network airs The Brain Game each Thursday evening; the show features high school students in a quiz bowl setting. The show is sponsored by Westfield Insurance , an Ohio company. Mike Kallmeyer is the host. The show was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009. Ohio and Company features businesses from across

4410-560: Is located in suburban Parma . The station first signed on the air on December 17, 1947, as the first television station in Ohio, and the 16th overall in the United States. The call letters denote the initials of the parent company's founder, Edward Willis Scripps . The station is the oldest in Cleveland to maintain the same channel position (as an analog broadcaster), ownership and call letters since its sign-on. A few weeks before WEWS-TV's sign-on, Scripps launched WEWS-FM 102.1 (the frequency

4536-408: Is now occupied by WDOK ) as an outlet for WEWS-TV personalities to gain on-air experience before the launch of the television station. Channel 5's first broadcast was of a Christmas pageant run by the station's corporate cousin, The Cleveland Press . Its staff included capable producers Jim Breslin and Betty Cope, who would later become president of WVIZ (channel 25). WEWS originally operated as

4662-521: Is the American division of China Global Television Network , the English-language news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television . It is based in Washington, D.C. and manages bureaus across North and South America . The service launched in 2012 as CCTV America and employs a mix of American , international and Chinese journalists and produces Americas-based programming with

4788-575: Is the English language arm of New Tang Dynasty Television, a media outlet with ties to the Falun Gong , a Chinese expatriate new religious movement also responsible for The Epoch Times newspaper. Its American operations are based in New York City, with production in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Russian languages. In contrast to the state-backed CGTN and CNC World, NTD's editorial stance

4914-546: The National Sports Report from 1996 to 2002, and Final Score from 2006 to 2011. The third, Fox Sports Live , aired on FS1 from the network's launch until 2017. CBS Sports Network was founded as College Sports TV . It still maintains a primary focus on college sports, but has since been broadened to include general studio discussion shows, simulcasts of CBS Sports Radio talk shows, and some lower-end professional sports. WEWS WEWS-TV (channel 5)

5040-507: The 1959–1960 season ; and The Tonight Show , with hosts Jack Paar and later Johnny Carson , from October 1957 to February 1966. In 1977, WEWS-TV went before the U.S. Supreme Court for recording and broadcasting the entire human cannonball act of Hugo Zacchini . He performed his circus routine at the Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio , and the station did not compensate him, as

5166-621: The CNN effect . CNN was the first cable news network to begin broadcasting in high definition in September 2007. Today, CNN's television personalities include Wolf Blitzer , Erin Burnett , Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper . In 1982, the Turner Broadcasting System (which would merge with Time Warner in 1996) created a spin-off of CNN called CNN2, which was originally formatted to show

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5292-618: The Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network , the Ohio State Sports Network , and the Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network . Three cable providers in the state of Ohio did not carry ONN at the time of ONN's closure: Cable news Cable news channels are television networks devoted to television news broadcasts, with the name deriving from the proliferation of such networks during

5418-522: The Ohio State Buckeyes , Cincinnati Bearcats , and Miami Redhawks including live and tape delayed games. ONN was one of the first TV networks to deliver live action sports video via Internet Protocol during the 2006-2007 school year for Miami Redhawks hockey. The team finished the 2008-2009 season at the Frozen Four with a 4-3 OT loss to Boston University in the championship. ONN delivers

5544-543: The "Uncle Jake" character played by Gene Carroll and the " Captain Penny " character played by Ron Penfound , and exercise programs with Paige Palmer . Alice Weston had one of the first live television cooking shows, and Barbara Plummer was "Miss Barbara" for a generation of young viewers on the local version of Romper Room . The most popular show was The Gene Carroll Show , a program that showcased Cleveland area talent which aired Sundays at noon beginning in 1948 and ran well into

5670-430: The 1970s. WEWS also offered a 90-minute afternoon variety show The One O'Clock Club weekdays hosted by Fuldheim and Bill Gordon. The program was so popular that competitor KYW-TV was prompted to organize a competing variety show which was the beginning of The Mike Douglas Show . During the late 1960s and early 1970s, WEWS produced several programs that eventually entered into national syndication . The first program

5796-572: The 1980s with the advent of cable television . In the United States, the first nationwide cable TV news channel to launch was CNN in 1980, followed by Financial News Network (FNN) in 1981 and CNN2 (now HLN ) in 1982. CNBC was created in 1989, taking control of FNN in 1991. Through the 1990s and beyond, the cable news industry continued to grow, with the establishment of several other networks, including, Fox News Channel , MSNBC , and specialty channels such as Bloomberg Television , Fox Business Network , and ESPN News . More recent additions to

5922-482: The 90-minute ABC premiere of The Edge of Night on December 1, 1975. On December 3, it started Edge at 10 a.m. on a one-day delay , and then later pushed up to 10:30 to make way for the national syndication of the talk show Donahue . Edge was dropped in April 1977 when ABC expanded All My Children to one hour and revised the daytime lineup. In 1969, the station gained some national attention for airing only

6048-561: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the channel for distribution in Canada on 26 November 2009. In 2013, Al Aazeera Media Network bought Current TV and created Al Jazeera America which was based out of New York City and aimed directly at the American market. The channel while having decent carriage on American satellite and cable services was closed in 2017 after sustaining large financial losses for

6174-576: The Chinese state news agency. It has a more explicit propaganda aim than CGTN and is closely intertwined with the Chinese Communist Party . Its U.S. operations are based in New York City . The channel is available through digital subchannels and a live stream on the Internet. CNC World has been registered as a foreign agent since 2018 and designated a foreign mission since 2020, which restricts

6300-644: The Consumer News and Business Channel) was launched by NBC in 1989 after the purchase of Satellite Program Network , and merged with competitor Financial News Network that same year. It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal. CNBC is the widest distributed of the business channels with about 84.27% of carriage. The channel has many international spin-offs. CNBC gained

6426-603: The ESPN networks is usually carrying a SportsCenter broadcast at any given time, with the lone exceptions being particularly busy sports days in which all three networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS) are carrying sporting events and the network's multi-channel coverage of major sports events . Fox Entertainment Group re-branded Speed Channel as FS1 , a sports channel carrying both analysis shows and live sports events, on August 13, 2013. The studio programs are usually pushed to its sister station, FS2 , when live sports are occurring during

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6552-589: The U.S. and Canada and runs advertisements on the U.S. feed, as foreign broadcasts are not covered by the United Kingdom television license . The channel is carried on Cablevision, Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS, DirecTV, and AT&T U-Verse, as well as internet TV providers YouTube TV and Sling TV . A 2018 survey for Research Intelligencer by Brand Keys found that the BBC was the most trusted TV news brand among American viewers, beating out Fox News and PBS. CGTN America

6678-416: The United States behind Sony , the original Viacom (now Paramount Global ), Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery ), The Walt Disney Company , Seagram (now NBCUniversal ) and MGM . The network is headed by chief executive officer Rupert Murdoch . The network began broadcasting its programming in high definition TV in May 2008. Since the network's launch, Fox News has gradually grown to become

6804-490: The United States. Talent on the network includes Dan Abrams , Ashleigh Banfield and Chris Cuomo . The network transitioned to a full 24/7 schedule in the summer of 2024 after its final WGN-era contracts for syndicated programming were exhausted. Blaze TV is a news and opinion network operated by Blaze Media, a joint venture between Conservative Review and Glenn Beck 's Mercury Radio Arts . It began September 12, 2012 as GBTV, initially controlled solely by Beck, and formed

6930-477: The air in April 2015, and as a result 5.2 switched to the classic TV network Cozi TV at 10 a.m. on April 8. The comedy network Laff debuted on the newly activated 5.3 subchannel a week later. 5.3 was activated on April 7 and ran continuous promos for the network's launch prior to the official premiere date. On April 14, 2017, WEWS discontinued COZI on 5.2 and replaced it with Grit . On November 16, 2024, Ion Mystery replaced Grit on 5.2. On March 1, 2021, 5.5

7056-406: The broadcast. FS2 acts primarily as an overflow network for FS1, airing their studio programs when they cannot air on FS1 due to schedule conflicts, and also airs reruns of FS1 programming. However, FS2 does air live sports as well, most often from outside the United States. Fox Sports has, three times in its history, attempted to launch a national sportscast. The first two aired on Fox Sports Net :

7182-510: The cable news business have been CBSN , Newsmax TV , TheBlaze , NewsNation , part-time news network RFD-TV , and the now defunct Al Jazeera America and Black News Channel . As some of the most widely available channels, Fox News, CNN , and MSNBC are often referred to as the "big three" with Fox News having the highest viewership and ratings. While the networks are usually referred to as 24-hour news networks, reruns of news programs and analysis or opinion programming are played throughout

7308-405: The cable news channels until February 2021 when MSNBC became the highest watched news channel. After Phil Griffin became president of MSNBC in mid-2008, the channel began shifting towards an increasingly politically liberal ideology in its analysis programming, particularly in its prime-time lineup . MSNBC launched a high definition simulcast feed on June 29, 2009. Notable personalities on

7434-609: The channel after ten years, and was discontinued altogether under E! in 2007). Currently, CNBC usually has between 200,000 and 400,000 viewers during the day. In 2000, CNBC had higher ratings than CNN during market hours. The viewership of business newscasts may be underestimated in part because much of its viewership comes from communal areas, most of which cannot be accurately measured by Nielsen and are thus not counted; for this reason, CNBC dropped its subscription to Nielsen in 2015. RFD-TV's average viewership, including for its financial market coverage as well as its non-news programming,

7560-399: The channel shifted to shilling for Donald Trump during and after his presidency . Its prime time political talk shows have a conservative perspective, and the channel regularly features pro-Trump stories. The channel described itself as one of the "greatest supporters" of Trump. The channel has been noted for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories . Real America's Voice

7686-404: The channel was that CNBC is too "negative towards business", and had promised to make FBN more "business friendly". Cheddar was established in 2017 as an initially online-only channel that operated on a freemium model with some content free and others paywalled . It was acquired by Altice USA in 2019 and, after a two-year run in which several low-powered stations owned by DTV America carried

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7812-539: The current "Air Tracker 5"—which was introduced in 2016. The WEWS news department underwent another major change in 1982. Previously, the 5–6 p.m. slot was occupied by The Afternoon Exchange , the afternoon companion to The Morning Exchange . That year, the program adopted a new format, and was renamed Live on Five . The broadcast was originally hosted by Wilma Smith and Don Webster, and retained many elements from The Afternoon Exchange , such as interviews, movie reviews, health reports, and some cooking segments. Added to

7938-474: The deal. From 1955 until December 31, 1996, WEWS held a distinction of being one of two primary ABC affiliates for the Cleveland market. WAKR-TV (channel 49) began operations on June 7, 1953, as a primary ABC affiliate, two years prior to WEWS joining the network. WAKR-TV's ties to ABC dated back to when radio adjunct WAKR signed on in 1940 as an NBC Blue/Blue Network affiliate and were incentivized by ABC's merger with United Paramount Theaters . For

8064-400: The first half of Turn-On , because they stated it did not return to the show after the first commercial break, which guest host Tim Conway said was after "15 minutes" but the station claimed had happened after 10 minutes. The rest of the time slot was the emergency procedure, a black screen with live organ music that had not been used in over 20 years. The station's spokesman claimed that

8190-635: The first place Fox News Channel, in total daytime viewers. Newsmax TV debuted June 15, 2014 as a television arm of Newsmax Media , a media company better known for its magazine and website. The channel runs a mix of rolling news coverage in the afternoons, video simulcasts of conservative talk radio programs, talk shows, and reruns of documentaries. Talent on the network includes Greta van Susteren , Greg Kelly , Carl Higbie , Tom Basile , Rita Cosby , Rob Schmitt and Chris Salcedo . Former talent includes Eric Bolling , Howie Carr , Wayne Allyn Root , Joe Pagliarulo and Bill O'Reilly . Until mid-2016, it

8316-433: The former Northwest Cable News (NWCN) (which operated from Seattle). New England Cable News covers the six-state region of New England . Listed by the number of viewers, the 'Big Three' cable TV news channels are: Fox News Channel (Fox News) launched on October 7, 1996, and was formed under the ownership of News Corporation (founded by Australian -born media mogul Rupert Murdoch ), the fifth largest media company in

8442-655: The highest-rated cable network until January 2021, when MSNBC surpassed Fox News briefly before returning to the number two position in February. Fox News's former prime time lineup included programs such as The O'Reilly Factor , hosted by Bill O'Reilly , which had been a top rated program since the early 2000s when considered among major cable news channels. The channel's longtime slogans are " Fair and Balanced " and "We Reported, You Decide". Current slogans are "Most Watched. Most Trusted."; "Real News. Real Honest Opinion." and "America's Watching". MSNBC launched on July 15, 1996, as

8568-569: The icy waters of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin , killing all but one of the eight passengers on board. Another show seen throughout the country was Polka Varieties , an hour-long polka music program that ran locally on Sundays at 1 p.m. from 1956 into the early 1980s, and was syndicated during its later years to 30 television markets. The program featured various popular bands that played Slovenian-style polka , Polish , Italian and Bohemian -style music. "America's Polka King", Frank Yankovic ,

8694-554: The joint venture December 3, 2018, taking on the programming of CRTV, Conservative Review's subscription video service that had launched in October 2016. Blaze TV is explicitly conservative in perspective, with popular hosts on the network including Beck, Mark Levin , Pat Gray , Steve Deace , Steven Crowder and Phil Robertson . Blaze TV is available via Dish Network and Verizon FiOS , various smaller cable providers, and through subscription Internet television . Free Speech TV (FSTV)

8820-492: The largest carrier outside of DirecTV to carry the network, followed suit in dropping OANN in July. Its primary method of distribution since the Fios discontinuation has been through its free platform, OAN Plus, made available through digital subchannels . The channel targets a conservative audience. Initially offering a combination of conservative opinion content and non-ideologically driven news content from its launch until 2016,

8946-478: The last programming being a farewell looking at the history of ONN. ONN is regularly awarded for its outstanding news and programs regionally and nationally. In 2009, ONN received nine awards in the Ohio Associated Press contest including: Outstanding Sports Operation; Best Regularly Scheduled Sports; and Best Anchor Mike Kallmeyer. ONN was the runner-up for Outstanding News Operation in Ohio. In 2008, ONN

9072-407: The long running celebrity gossip program Access Hollywood . The station also acquired Katie Couric 's new talk show and placed it at 3 p.m. following General Hospital ' s shift to 2 pm, a move that many other ABC affiliates also made. Couric's show would be canceled two years later, and WEWS has aired various other syndicated programs in that time slot ever since. At present, only

9198-451: The market as WEWS opted out for The Morning Exchange at 8 am, a distinction that ended in September 1994. When founding owner Summit Radio/Group One Broadcasting sold off their radio assets in 1986, the TV station was renamed WAKC. After nearly 40 years of continuous ownership by Summit/Group One, WAKC was sold to ValueVision in late 1993; ABC immediately renewed their affiliation after

9324-499: The mix were news updates from Ted Henry. In 1985, longtime sports director Gib Shanley—who attained national notoriety six years earlier when he burned an Iranian flag live on the air during a sportscast in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis —left the station, and was replaced by Nev Chandler , who became a noted sportscaster in his own right. In 1991, WEWS dropped the long-standing Eyewitness News branding, adopting News Channel 5 as

9450-515: The network include Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski , daytime anchors Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell , and evening commentators Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow . The network was noted in the mid-2000s for its harsh criticism of then-President George W. Bush , most notably the "special comment" segment of former anchor Keith Olbermann 's show, Countdown . This, combined with accusations of support for then-President Barack Obama , have led to MSNBC being criticized for

9576-407: The network's live stream at freespeech.org and on Roku, Free Speech TV has run commercial free since 1995 with support from viewers and foundations. The network claims to "amplify underrepresented voices and those working on the front lines of social, economic and environmental justice," bringing viewers an array of daily news programs, independent documentaries and special events coverage. In practice,

9702-477: The network's part, they were engaged in a push to sign up as many affiliates as possible to compensate for NBC, CBS and Dumont having stronger affiliate bases. WAKR-TV's launch was delayed for several years: originally intended as a VHF license on a channel 11 allocation assigned to Akron, that allocation was removed as a result of the FCC's 1952 Sixth Report and Order in favor of two UHF allocations, one of which

9828-467: The network's political leanings represent a left-wing perspective, with several progressive talk radio hosts having time slots on the network and the network simulcasting Democracy Now! with longtime progressive radio network Pacifica . RFD-TV (Rural Free Delivery Television) is a rural-oriented television network independently owned and operated by Patrick Gottsch , through his company Rural Media Group. The majority of its daytime weekday programming

9954-644: The network. The channel may also be viewed online. It recommends online viewing at its own website or at its channel on YouTube. BBC News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. While the channel does not specifically target the U.S., the BBC has a bureau in Washington, D.C. , and produces two programs that cover U.S. news and politics: BBC World News America and The Context . These shows are also broadcast on public television stations, as well as half-hour BBC News bulletins. BBC News has covered both U.S. presidential and midterm elections results. The BBC produces weather forecasts for

10080-512: The newscasts together until Hambrick left for KABC-TV in Los Angeles in 1975. At that time, Ted Henry became the weekend anchor, and then a year later in 1976, co-anchor on the weekday evening newscasts with Patterson. Henry continued as the lead anchor until his retirement on May 20, 2009. This era marked the start of dominance for the WEWS news programs that lasted until well into the 1980s. In 1977, weekend co-anchor Tim Taylor left WEWS to become

10206-406: The night, with the exception of breaking news . Regional 24-hour cable news television channels that are primarily concerned with local programming and cover some statewide interest have included Spectrum News (a brand used for multiple networks including in upstate New York , North Carolina , Florida and Texas ), NY1 (which operates from New York City ), News 12 Networks , FiOS1 , and

10332-439: The now familiar concept of news and weather updates at the top and bottom of the hour. During its peak in the 1970s, nearly 70% of all television households in Cleveland were tuned to the program. The format also served as a template for ABC's Good Morning America . From 1975 to 1978, WEWS completely preempted both AM America and Good Morning America in favor of continuing with The Morning Exchange , and from 1978 to 1994,

10458-481: The primary news anchor at channel 5, after holding the post for 33 years. Henry is the longest serving news anchor in Cleveland television history. In November 2010, WEWS became the first Cleveland television station to follow a growing national trend in starting its weekday morning newscasts at 4:30 a.m. On September 26, 2016, the station retired the NewsChannel 5 name for its newscasts, becoming simply News 5 . At

10584-418: The program now known as Live with Kelly and Mark continues to air on channel 5 from the original stable of hit syndicated shows. In its early days as an ABC affiliate, the station produced its own shows in the afternoon, as ABC offered little daytime network programming. Among the local programs offered during the 1950s and 1960s included news analysis from Dorothy Fuldheim , children's programs featuring

10710-455: The program's hosts was Don Webster , who later doubled as the station's lead weather forecaster. At its peak, Upbeat was seen in over 100 television markets. Artists who appeared on Upbeat included Aretha Franklin , The Beatles , The Supremes , Simon and Garfunkel , Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder . In fact, Redding's final appearance ever came on the show's December 9, 1967, episode. The next afternoon, his twin-engine airplane crashed in

10836-451: The ratings. Starting in 2013, a major ratings decline at MSNBC has pushed that network to fourth place in March 2015. Fox News marked its 15th year as the highest-rated cable news channel in the same demographic, posting 2.8 million average total viewers in January 2017. MSNBC beat CNN in total primetime viewers, ranking sixth among all cable networks in January. CNN beat MSNBC, but trailed to

10962-408: The removal of the two hit game shows was because Scripps was looking to stray away from shows that carried a high cost to air on their stations, and instead air shows where Scripps was able to control advertisement, and as a result, are much cheaper to air on their stations. Both game shows ended up moving to WOIO. Let's Ask America would eventually be canceled in 2015, and WEWS would replace it with

11088-449: The right of Fox News's editorial stance but not as far to the fringe as One America News Network. The network saw noticeable gains following the 2020 United States presidential election , beating out the business news networks, as conservatives showed increasing dissatisfaction with Fox News coverage of the election. Nexstar Media Group 's NewsNation is a news channel that replaced general entertainment channel WGN America (itself

11214-409: The rights to air the lottery drawings, as well as its Saturday night game show Cash Explosion . After two years on channel 3, WEWS re-assumed the local television lottery rights on July 1, 2013. One program in particular, The Morning Exchange , which ran from 1972 to 1999, changed the face of morning television . It was the first morning show to use a "living room" set, and the first to establish

11340-630: The sale closed, forcing the home shopping programmer into operating the station as a conventional network affiliate. Following consummation of a subsequent sale to Paxson Communications, the station's entire news department was fired outright on February 28, 1996, and all ABC programming was dropped that December 31. Paxson ultimately used the renamed WVPX-TV as a charter affiliate for the Pax TV network—a direct antecedent of Ion Television —which launched on August 31, 1998. Due to Scripps' purchase of Paxson's successor company Ion Media in September 2020, WVPX

11466-457: The same time, the station began using a graphic identity similar to that of British television network Channel 5 (which used a similar logo from February 2011 to February 2016). In 2017, longtime WEWS anchors Leon Bibb and Lee Jordan both announced their retirements from the station. Bibb had served as an anchor/reporter at the station since 1995 (coming over from WKYC where he had spent 16 years previous), while Jordan started at WEWS in 1987 as

11592-566: The service's operations in the United States. i24NEWS is an English language international news television channel that is owned by Altice USA . It is the English version of i24NEWS , a news service based in Israel and operated as a joint venture by Israel's two most prominent commercial broadcasters. The network began broadcasting in the US on February 13, 2017. It is live from 6-10 p.m. Eastern Time and at other times broadcasts from Israel. Live programming

11718-500: The slot, began transitioning to cable systems that year. Cheddar targets a younger audience than the other business news channels. FBN's ratings were initially too low to be registered beyond Nielsen's margin of error; its highest viewership was estimated to be 202,000 viewers, during the 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time hour of Imus in the Morning 's debut broadcast on the network in 2009. By October 2016, FBN had surpassed CNBC, as roughly

11844-489: The spotlight, largely because the channel was the only news outlet with the ability to communicate from inside Iraq during the initial hours of the American bombing campaign, with live reports from the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad by reporters Bernard Shaw , John Holliman and Peter Arnett . Throughout the 1990s, CNN (which was at the time the only major cable news channel) became very influential, an influence later coined as

11970-461: The state in a brief highlight segment. Chef Tami is a weekly cooking show that features the antics of regional celebrity chef Tami Cecil from her Woodhaven Farm in Johnstown, Ohio . Major League Soccer Columbus Crew matches were telecast on ONN from 2005-2011. Dwight Burgess was play-by-play commentator while Duncan Oughton was the most recent color commentator for all league matches. Katie Witham

12096-562: The station aired only the first hour of Good Morning America , before cutting to The Morning Exchange , but it was changed by the end of 1994. WEWS-TV has a long history of covering Cleveland sports teams both produced in-house by the station or through ABC's network coverage . From 2015 to present, channel 5 is the official station for the NFL's Cleveland Browns , airing all non-network preseason games as well as year-round team centered programming. WEWS has aired two MLB World Series during

12222-456: The station over the years, including Cort Stanton, Ralph Gunderman, and David Mark. Black on Black , which examined issues of importance to African American communities, was syndicated to several markets. From the early 1970s until July 1, 2011, WEWS was Cleveland's television outlet for the Ohio Lottery . On June 2, 2011, NBC affiliate WKYC (channel 3) announced that the station had acquired

12348-527: The station to sign with rival WJW-TV. The same year, longtime sports director Nev Chandler died of cancer. 1995 saw a modification to the long-running "Circle 5", tilting it at an angle. At this time, a major promotional campaign was launched for the station, "Give Me 5", as it faced competition from WJW (then-recently having switched to Fox), WKYC (rebuilding themselves after years of being used as NBC's farm team), and WOIO (which had just launched their own news department, in partnership with WUAB). This included

12474-483: The station's switchboard was "lit up" with protest calls, and general manager Donald Perris derided Turn-On as being "in excessive poor taste." Perris sent to ABC president Elton Rule an angry telegram : "If your naughty little boys have to write dirty words on the walls, please don't use our walls. Turn-On is turned off, as far as WEWS is concerned." In 2004, all the Scripps-owned ABC stations preempted

12600-815: The station's existence: it broadcast the Cleveland Indians ' home games in the 1948 World Series against the Boston Braves , as well as the 1995 World Series in which the Indians lost to the Atlanta Braves . During the 1995 World Series, the local broadcast was split with WKYC-TV due to the ABC/ NBC -shared Baseball Network . WEWS also aired select Indians games as part of ABC's MLB broadcast contract from 1976 to 1989 . All Cleveland Cavaliers games that air through ABC's NBA broadcast rights are aired on channel 5;

12726-402: The stories). Fuldheim was the first female in the United States to have her own television news analysis program. 27-year-old John Hambrick took over as lead anchor on WEWS' evening newscasts on Christmas Day in 1967, with Fuldheim staying on as a commentator. Don Webster presented the weather and Gib Shanley was the sports anchor. In 1968, WEWS changed the format of its newscasts slightly to

12852-458: The successor to the superstation feed of WGN-TV in Chicago ) on March 1, 2021. The NewsNation brand was introduced for a prime time news block on WGN on September 1, 2020, six months before the scheduled rebranding of the channel as a whole. NewsNation's focus intends to be non-ideological, using its extensive network of local newsrooms from television stations Nexstar owns and/or operates across

12978-603: The team's 2016 NBA Finals victory (which gave the city its first major sports championship in 52 years ) aired on WEWS-TV. WEWS presently broadcasts 39 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each weekday, four hours on Saturdays and three hours on Sundays). In addition, the station produces the sports highlight and discussion program News 5 Sports Sunday , which airs Sunday nights following its 11 p.m. newscast. WEWS started covering news events soon after it went on air. The winter after it signed on, Cleveland experienced

13104-495: The third Cleveland television station to begin broadcasting newscasts in high-definition . At present, all locally produced portions of the station's newscasts, including live remote field footage, are presented in HD. It was also around this time that channel 5 introduced the modified version of the classic "Circle 5" logo that was used until 2016. Sister station WPTV also uses the classic "Circle 5" logo. On May 21, 2009, Ted Henry retired as

13230-485: The top news stories of the day on a 30-minute "wheel" schedule. The channel rebranded as CNN Headline News in 1983, before the network abandoned the CNN branding and changed its name to the orphaned initialism HLN in 2008, following a shift from news programming towards a mix of news during the day and discussion programs and documentary series at night that began two years earlier. Turner founded CNN International in 1985, with

13356-557: The top of each hour and brief weather updates every half-hour during local commercial break inserts within syndicated and ABC network programs, in addition to the existing half-hourly updates it aired during Good Morning America . The concept would be adopted by network-affiliated television stations in other markets during the early 1990s, as a convenient means for stations to provide news coverage when syndicated or network programming aired. WEWS discontinued production of these hourly updates in 1998. In 1994, longtime anchor Wilma Smith left

13482-951: The top statewide stories each day utilizing partnerships with news stations: WBNS in Columbus, WKBN in Youngstown, WEWS in Cleveland, WHIO in Dayton, WKRC in Cincinnati, WTOV in Steubenville/Wheeling, WTVG in Toledo, and WLIO in Lima. In addition, many ONN stories are seen daily on these stations. ONN rebroadcasts local news programs during the afternoon in cooperation with its affiliates in other Ohio markets. In addition to local news produced by Dispatch sister station WBNS, ONN aired local newscasts from WEWS in Cleveland, WKRC in Cincinnati and WTVG in Toledo on

13608-401: Was Upbeat . Considered by some to be one of the most significant early rock-and-roll variety television shows, Upbeat featured a live audience, a group of dancers and lip-synched (but occasionally live) performances by popular acts of the era. The program began locally as The Big 5 Show , and the name was changed to Upbeat when it went national, altogether running from 1964 to 1971. Among

13734-454: Was acquired by The E. W. Scripps Company , an owner of local television stations, in 2014 and transformed into its current form, a linear channel devoted to rolling news coverage and short-form videos. Originally distributed solely via over-the-top platforms, Newsy was offered to cable outlets in late 2017, and later on free over-the-air digital television in 2021. Newsy was rebranded into Scripps News on January 1, 2023. Al Jazeera English (AJE)

13860-548: Was acquiring from a Big Three network, including WJW-TV, to Fox. The deal was motivated by the National Football League (NFL)'s awarding of the rights to the National Football Conference (NFC) television package to Fox on December 18, 1993, in which the conference's broadcast television rights moved to the network effective with the 1994 NFL season , ending a 38-year relationship with CBS . As Fox

13986-622: Was airing at 10 am, in the 4 p.m. time slot., and in subsequent years aired various other programs in that slot until settling in with a 4 p.m. newscast in fall 2018. ( Dr. Oz ended up moving to WJW until the show ended its run in 2022 due to Oz's commitments to running for the United States Senate .) On September 14, 2012, the station dropped both Wheel and Jeopardy! after airing both shows for almost three decades, replacing them with The List and Let's Ask America , two more internally produced shows from Scripps. The reason behind

14112-423: Was also an affiliate of the short-lived Paramount Television Network ; the station was one of the network's strongest affiliates, airing such Paramount programs as Time For Beany , Hollywood Reel , and Frosty Frolics . WEWS also aired two NBC programs, both of which had been preempted by Westinghouse -owned NBC affiliate KYW-TV (now WKYC): the network's evening newscast The Huntley-Brinkley Report , during

14238-413: Was distributed on both Dish Network and DirecTV . The channel does have numerous local broadcasting affiliates. A live stream of the channel is also available for free online at NewsmaxTV.com, as well as YouTube. Newsmax TV is explicitly conservative in its lean, broadcasting many programs hosted by conservative media personalities including those largely abandoned by Fox News; it is positioned further to

14364-432: Was divested to Inyo Broadcast Holdings but has retained affiliations with Ion and other digital subchannel networks operated by Scripps subsidiary Katz Broadcasting . Among WAKR-TV/WAKC's most notable alumni are two long-tenured WEWS staffers: Ted Henry, who began his career at WAKR-AM-TV as a reporter, and Mark Johnson, who worked at WAKC as a weatherman prior to joining WEWS in 1993 as a meteorologist . WEWS carried

14490-488: Was launched in 2020 and offers political news coverage as well as coverage of political rallies by the Republican Party candidates running for US President, US Senate, US House, state gubernatorial and state legislature. The channel also offers programs hosted by Charlie Kirk , Grant Stinchfield , among others. Scripps News began in 2008 as Newsy , a syndication service providing news videos to mobile and Web users. It

14616-458: Was launched in the summer of 2013 by Herring Networks, initially under the cooperation of The Washington Times . In 2019, OAN said that it reached 35 million homes. Its primary outlet was through DirecTV , which distributed the channel through its namesake satellite service and U-verse fiber-optic system; DirecTV provided an estimated 90% of the network's revenue until the company announced its intent to drop OANN in April 2022. Verizon Fios ,

14742-402: Was not considered operable at the time. The station largely lost money in its early years and relied on profits from WAKR to remain solvent even after it moved from channel 49 to channel 23 in 1967. The ABC-TV schedule began to be carried in pattern by WAKR-TV with minimal deviations starting with the 1963–64 television season and carried Good Morning America in its entirety for

14868-576: Was once a Sunday fixture for WBNS-TV in the 1990s until it moved to ONN. ONN also includes election updates throughout the state on major election days or for emergency voting that affects a large portion of the state. ONN and Ohio State University co-sponsor Ohio Means Business , a thirty-minute program showcasing companies and individuals in Ohio's business world. The program is hosted by ONN anchor Mike Kallmeyer. A new episode airs every other week. ONN aired weekly Discover Ohio shows that profile great getaways and destinations across Ohio. The show

14994-496: Was presented the Emmy Award for Station Excellence in local programming to station managers Tom Griesdorn and Jason Pheister. With the slogan "Ohio's Channel", ONN features news relevant to the state. Daily newscasts include: Ohio This Morning, Ohio Today, Ohio Tonight, Ohio's 9 O'clock News , and Primetime Ohio. Regular segments include sports, weather, business, environmental, political, and health. A special in-depth report on

15120-547: Was required by Ohio law . In Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did not shield WEWS from liability from common law copyright claims. On May 23, 1994, as part of an overall deal in which network parent News Corporation also purchased a 20% equity interest in the group, New World Communications signed a long-term affiliation agreement with Fox to switch thirteen television stations that New World owned or

15246-634: Was seen at the time on lower-profile UHF station WOIO (channel 19), CBS immediately targeted WEWS, as well as sister station WXYZ-TV in Detroit as its new affiliates in those markets. On June 16, however, Scripps signed a long-term deal with ABC that would keep WEWS-TV and WXYZ-TV as affiliates of the network; Scripps also agreed to affiliate WMAR-TV in Baltimore , KNXV-TV in Phoenix , and WFTS-TV in Tampa with ABC in

15372-418: Was shut down, CNN and Sports Illustrated continue to maintain their partnership, with Sports Illustrated operating a sports section on CNN's website. An online offshoot, CNN+ , operated for one month in April 2022 before it was aborted due to poor uptake. Fox News has been number one among cable news audiences since supplanting CNN in 2002. Until the start of 2002, CNN was the number one cable news network in

15498-495: Was the Cleveland outlet for popular syndicated programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show , Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! , and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee/Kelly , and throughout that time frame, there was little change in the daytime lineup, as those programs consistently drew good ratings. In 2011, Oprah Winfrey ended her show after a successful 25-year run. To fill the void, WEWS put The Dr. Oz Show (an Oprah spin-off hosted by Cleveland native Dr. Mehmet Oz ), which

15624-479: Was the discontinuance of the station's longtime "Circle 5" logo. That year, WEWS also became the first television station in Cleveland to launch a website—NewsNet5. In 1999, longtime station weather forecaster Don Webster retired from the station after 35 years. In 2000, longtime sports anchor/sports director Matt Underwood left to become an announcer for the Cleveland Indians. On January 7, 2007, WEWS became

15750-593: Was the first sideline reporter, being replaced by Ashleigh Ignelzi when Katie's then- Cleveland Indians commitment took over. Beginning in 2010, select games were available in HDTV on Time Warner Cable in Columbus on HD Channel 1310 or 1311. Following the 2011 season, the Columbus Crew signed a deal with FOX Sports Ohio. Many Ohio High School Athletic Association events, including hockey, football, and basketball were aired on ONN. ONN also aired weekly programming devoted to

15876-438: Was the original band to perform on the show. Other bands included Richie Vadnal, George Staiduhar, Markic-Zagger, and Hank Haller. Original host Tom Fletcher was replaced by Paul Wilcox, whose presence became an indelible part of the show. Uttering the well-known show-opening phrase, "From America's Polka Capital of Cleveland, Ohio, this is Polka Varieties , now in its ___ year on the air!" were several famous voices associated with

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