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61-535: WOSU may refer to: WOSU (AM), a defunct radio station (820 AM) in Columbus, Ohio, formerly licensed to The Ohio State University until 2011, now WVSG (AM) WOSU-FM , a radio station (89.7 FM), belonging to The WOSU Stations , licensed to Columbus, Ohio, United States WOSA , a radio station (101.1 FM) belonging to The WOSU Stations and branded as "Classical 101FM", licensed to Grove City, Ohio, United States WOSU-TV ,

122-522: A WOSU leader, expected the university to move quickly on establishing the station, administration took a slower tack; this frustrated Tyler, who saw the university slipping behind Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin in setting up educational television. OSU approved a contract for tower construction on the corner of Star Road and Lane Avenue in February 1954, and the television studio on

183-637: A clear idea of why the institution is in the broadcasting business and what would constitute excellence for WOSU. The reviews identified a myriad of issues in the operation of the WOSU stations. There were ethics lapses; the Ohio Department of Development paid for coverage of its activities, WOSU-TV aired a program on hog farming produced by the pork industry, and it aired a series paid for by a local health system. University administrative decisions came under fire, such as directives to air OSU football rebroadcasts and

244-545: A long-running staple of channel 34. On its new outlet, it was hosted by Bill Schiffman, a professional accountant who had previously hosted WOSU-TV pledge drives; OSU began providing scholarships to students who made the quarterfinals. Following the pattern of other public TV stations across the nation, the station held its first televised auction in 1984; the auction routinely brought in between $ 150,000 and $ 300,000 for channel 34's operations and continued through 2008. The station began broadcasting stereo sound in 1986, making it

305-516: A near-simulcast of the AM station. WFOT made its on-air debut in February 2007. WFOT now broadcasts the programming of Annunciation Radio based in Toledo. St. Gabriel Radio's mission is to reach the entire Columbus diocese, and WVSG almost accomplishes this during the daytime hours, with the exception of the far southern region around Portsmouth. In January 2019, the southern coverage was improved by establishing

366-495: A new development known as University Square at 15th Street and High Avenue adjacent to the campus, and the station launched a second capital campaign in 2018. The facility opened in 2021; it reunited the broadcasting stations' operations, which had been split between the COSI studio for television and Fawcett Center for administrative staff and radio, and offered 53,000 square feet (4,900 m ) for WOSU radio and television. The facility

427-405: A noncommercial basis by "the home college's institutionally owned educational television station". Channel 34 finally got its chance in 1968, when the station received NCAA approval to telecast the sold-out Michigan–Ohio State game. The broadcast was the station's first local production in color, using a unit from New York. The broadcast, organized at the last minute and produced by ABC Sports ,

488-599: A second studio and facility inside the COSI museum in Columbus, known as WOSU@COSI, complementing the Fawcett Center; a $ 1.6 million gift from the Battelle Memorial Institute , the largest in station history to that time, helped fund construction and an endowment. In addition to radio and television studios, the 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m ) digital media center contained two interactive exhibits. The arrangement

549-557: A simulcast over WSGR 88.3 FM in New Boston. WOSU-TV WOSU-TV (channel 34) is a PBS member television station in Columbus, Ohio , United States. Owned by Ohio State University as part of WOSU Public Media, it is sister to public radio stations WOSU-FM (89.7) and WOSA (101.1 FM). The three stations share studios on North Pearl Street near the OSU campus; WOSU-TV's transmitter

610-439: A six- tower array is used in a directional pattern to protect the signal of Class A WBAP Fort Worth . WVSG's transmitter is off Red Rock Boulevard in Columbus. The station, the oldest radio station in Columbus, was originally owned by Ohio State University . It was one of many radio stations signed on by universities in the early days of radio. On March 23, 1920, the university was granted an experimental license with

671-518: A tape recorder installed in a converted passenger bus, known by staff as "The Wire" and as an unreliable setup. Shortly after it signed on in 1956, station management was hopeful that the NCAA would grant approval to televise home football games. Prior to the 1957 season, the NCAA revised restrictions on college football telecasts, at the behest of several state legislatures, to permit the telecast of home games on

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732-483: A telecasting outlet for the popular Ohio State Buckeyes football team. In 1955, George E. Condon of the Cleveland Plain Dealer asked what might motivate households to notice channel 34 and convert their VHF-only sets to receive the area's first UHF station. He remarked, "Down deep, most people here feel Big Ten football will be the big answer." In the late 1950s, the station began taping football games with

793-621: A television station (channel 16, virtual 34), belonging to The WOSU Stations , licensed to Columbus, Ohio, United States [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WOSU&oldid=1054110035 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

854-462: A total of $ 3.71 million. WOSU-TV's local programming primarily covers the Columbus area, including arts and culture magazine Broad & High and Columbus on the Record , a weekly political program. In 2010, the station debuted Columbus Neighborhoods , a series of historical documentaries focusing on one part of the city of Columbus. Originally designed for the city's bicentennial, the station turned

915-522: A transmitter located on Peach Orchard Hill. The station was built by and originally licensed to the Network Commission; its license was transferred to OSU in 1978. In the late 1970s, WOSU's unconventional programming philosophy helped it become one of the fastest-growing PBS stations in the country in total viewership with frequent runs of such shows as Doctor Who , All Creatures Great and Small , and The Twilight Zone . This came in spite of

976-456: A week; nearly half of that output consisted of live programs from the studio or remote locations. A local children's show, Five and Ten , was among channel 34's early successes; another offering, the German Hour , was a carry-over from a popular WOSU radio program. Its educational offerings ranged from remedial college-level math to driver's education courses. The general audience was limited by

1037-438: A year. At this time, under the urging of OSU dean Randall Ripley, the station produced more programming reflective of OSU, such as CsurisVision —a documentary on computer artist Chuck Csuri —and programs for the university's 125th anniversary. The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences continued to supervise the stations until 2001, when they were placed under the vice president of university relations. In 2006, WOSU opened

1098-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WVSG (AM) WVSG broadcasts with 6,500 watts non-directional in the daytime, offering secondary coverage to almost half of Ohio, as far west as Dayton and the outer suburbs of Cincinnati and as far north as the outer suburbs of Toledo . Because 820 AM is a clear channel frequency , at night

1159-462: Is located on Highland Lakes Avenue in Westerville, Ohio . WOSU-TV began broadcasting on February 20, 1956, though Ohio State University had pushed to start an educational television station as early as 1951. It initially engaged in the broadcast of programs for schools and college students as well as programming from National Educational Television —the forerunner to PBS. As the first UHF station in

1220-595: The Archangel Gabriel – the patron saint of communication workers – St. Gabriel Radio initially purchased WUCO 1270 kHz (now WDLR ) in Marysville in 2005 from Frontier Broadcasting. WUCO became the first full-time Catholic radio station licensed in Ohio since Cleveland's WMIH (now WCCR ) was sold to Radio Disney in 1998. After this purchase, WUCO's studios and offices were moved from Marysville to Columbus,

1281-527: The call sign 8XI. Its debut broadcast was on April 20, 1920. It featured a speech by university president William Oxley Thompson . In the fall of 1921 8XI's experimental license was deleted, and the university was issued a Technical and Training School station license with the call sign 8YO. Effective December 1, 1921, the Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted regulations requiring that stations making broadcasts intended for

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1342-410: The 1987 memorial service for football coach Woody Hayes . The stations were seen as avoiding controversial community issues in their news coverage and discouraging journalists from doing so in order not to offend potential donors. Workplace conditions were characterized by pervasive "paralysis and paranoia", low salaries and staff morale, aging equipment, and a "mysterious" chain of command to the rest of

1403-454: The FM station largely simulcast the AM's programming. Because 820 AM was a daytimer , required to go off the air at night, WOSU-FM was able to continue the AM's programs into the evening. In 1956, a TV station was added, WOSU-TV Channel 34. For much of the 1960s and '70s, WOSU's programming was mostly locally originated, featuring diverse music programs from classical and jazz, and later included

1464-813: The June 12 transition date. Ohio State University announced on March 3, 2017, that it had sold the license for WPBO for $ 8.8 million in the FCC's spectrum auction . WOSU general manager Tom Rieland told The Columbus Dispatch that Portsmouth had "incredible duplication of PBS signals"; he cited high cable penetration and the availability of WOUB-TV in Athens as well as transmitters of Kentucky Educational Television and West Virginia Public Broadcasting . Parts of its coverage area also overlapped with WOSU-TV itself and WCET in Cincinnati. WPBO ceased operations October 25, 2017; its license

1525-586: The WOSU Public Media stations adjacent to the OSU campus. WOSU produces programs covering Central Ohio politics, arts and culture, and communities. The Ohio State University (OSU) had expressed interest in educational television as early as 1951. That year, it petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move very high frequency (VHF) channel 12 to Columbus so that it could use it as an educational channel. The FCC denied

1586-572: The Westerville tower, which was completed in January 1973. Beyond football and a new tower, the 1970s were a busy decade for the new station. In May 1970, Ohio State University shut down after the Kent State shootings in northeast Ohio; this included the temporary closure of the WOSU radio and television stations. At the time, WOSU television was still at the research farm, far enough from campus that it

1647-511: The application. The application was nearly ready by January 1953, the university having waited so that it did not buy equipment that immediately became obsolete with advancements in UHF technology. OSU had identified a location on its farm, on the west side of the Olentangy River , for a studio site. It was formally filed on February 18, 1953, and approved by the FCC on April 22. While Keith Tyler,

1708-466: The broadcast of "The Local Spotlight Show", which began that evening on WVKO and concluded on WVSG. WVKO (now WXGT ) then began airing continuing announcements informing St. Gabriel listeners to switch to AM 820, until it returned to a progressive talk format at 6 a.m. on January 2, 2012. St. Gabriel Radio also owned and operated WFOT 89.5 MHz, licensed to Lexington and serving the Mansfield area as

1769-438: The costs of renting equipment. Even though the team sold out all its home games in 1972, the NCAA no longer allowed WOSU-TV to air games live. Citing the station's increased distribution on cable systems well outside its broadcast coverage area, it declined to allow the station to air further telecasts and thus hurt attendance at colleges in areas as distant as Sandusky , Portsmouth , Xenia , and Zanesville . From 1978 to 1990,

1830-434: The day, which closed at night to allow a high-definition broadcast. In order to make the move to digital, the station launched a three-year capital campaign, the first in the history of WOSU broadcasting, to support the new studio and transmission equipment necessary for the conversion. WOSU and WPBO ceased analog broadcasting on March 31, 2009, to save on electrical costs for maintaining both analog and digital signals through

1891-414: The diocese's hub, thus increasing its volunteer and listener base. In 2007, St. Gabriel Radio began simulcasting WUCO's Catholic programming over WVKO (1580 AM), under a lease agreement with station owner Bernard, Ohio L.L.C. WVKO's superior signal provided better coverage of the Columbus region than WUCO's less powerful directional signal. WVKO had previously aired a liberal progressive talk format, and

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1952-460: The fact that most sets of the time did not come equipped to tune the UHF band; the university estimated only about 2,000 Columbus-area homes could watch. When it signed on for the first time, one potential viewer called to say it was impossible that WOSU-TV was broadcasting on channel 34 when their TV dial stopped at 13; station management treasured comments from viewers, since they proved that there were viewers beyond students in classrooms. In 1959,

2013-507: The full WOSU call sign was spoken. New call letters were granted on December 15, WVSG. The station returned to the air on December 17 after 3 days of silence. The station made its official debut at 6 p.m. on December 20. The introduction of WVSG was part of a series of station acquisitions and deacquisitions by St. Gabriel Radio, Inc. in its work to provide Catholic programming for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus . Named for

2074-426: The general public obtain a "Limited Commercial" license. On June 3, 1922, the university was issued its first broadcasting station license, with the call sign WEAO. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. In 1933 , the call letters were changed to WOSU, representing Ohio State University's initials. In 1949, an FM station was added, WOSU-FM at 89.7 MHz. At first,

2135-467: The initial plan was that St. Gabriel Radio would eventually purchase the station. WUCO was sold in January 2010 to ICS Communications, and after Ohio State University announced that WOSU was for sale, St. Gabriel Radio decided it would purchase that station instead of WVKO. A fundraiser, "Leave a Legacy", focused on raising funds for the purchase. The transition of St. Gabriel programming from 1580 to 820 AM took place on at 6 p.m. on December 20, 2011, during

2196-403: The market, many households could not receive channel 34 when it launched. A major step forward for the station was its 1968 telecast of a highly anticipated football game between Ohio State and Michigan , as many went out to buy all-channel television sets or converters. Channel 34 continued to telecast live football games on a viewer-supported basis through 1971, after which the NCAA prevented

2257-422: The proposal because it would have had to delete channels from three other cities, including Indianapolis and Huntington, West Virginia ; this left OSU to use the previously assigned channel 34 in the new ultra high frequency (UHF) band. In spite of being forced to UHF, the university chose to press forward with its plans for educational TV, requiring it to start over with its preparation of engineering data for

2318-415: The public provided 40 percent of support for the stations and the university 20 percent; in the period from 1980 to 1996, OSU support remained flat as community funding increased. During this time, there was some discussion as to whether WOSU was best transferred from the university to a community licensee. This resulted in a study that found the value of WOSU's airtime to the university to exceed $ 2 million

2379-533: The seasonal Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, hosted by long-time announcer Milton Cross and later by Peter Allen after Cross' death. The station participated with the gradual evolution of National Public Radio (NPR). It also broadcast live remotes from the Ohio State Fair . By the year 2000, WOSU primarily aired NPR news and talk programming, supplemented by programs from American Public Media and Public Radio International . It

2440-450: The second local outlet to do so after WCMH-TV . Until this time, the WOSU stations were supervised by Ohio State University president's office. Irregularities with the 1986 edition of the station's auction attracted negative attention, leading station representatives to admit they had placed bids on slow-moving auction items in hopes of getting them to sell. In response, president Edward H. Jennings ordered internal and external reviews of

2501-500: The site as the hub of its statewide distribution system for educational television broadcasts over WOSU-TV and other stations. Friends of WOSU, a local fundraising group, was established in 1973 to provide additional financial support during a time when it appeared the Nixon administration would reduce public broadcasting funding; in 1978, it established an endowment whose value grew from an initial $ 100,000 to $ 5.4 million by 2018. Meanwhile,

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2562-470: The site broke ground that December. In September 1955, channel 34 broadcast its first test pattern , which soon expanded to include the occasional broadcast of programs. The station officially began broadcasting on February 20, 1956, becoming the 19th noncommercial educational TV station on air. Its first day on air included a film program showing scenes of the OSU campus and a performance by its symphonic choir. By 1958, WOSU-TV operated for about 30 hours

2623-480: The station acquired the first video tape recorder in Columbus; its studios grew cramped, with the men's restroom doubling as an office and a small house being built nearby to alleviate the crowded conditions. Its educational programs supported not only the university but public schools and the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction . From before channel 34 signed on, officials anticipated using it as

2684-516: The station from continuing with the practice. In the early 1970s, WOSU-TV moved from its original studios into the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow on the OSU campus, from its original tower to its present site in Westerville, and into Portsmouth with the launch of rebroadcaster WPBO (channel 42), which broadcast from 1973 to 2017. In the 1980s, Ohio State's public broadcasting operation was the subject of internal and external reviews that found deficiencies in management, ethics, and television programming;

2745-480: The station offered tape-delayed football broadcasts, which included the Ohio State Marching Band 's pregame and halftime routines. In 1967, Nationwide Communications , the broadcasting division of Columbus-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company , obtained a construction permit to build a new UHF TV station in the city. It proposed a tower near Westerville , which was initially vociferously opposed by

2806-446: The station's chief local program of the time, Ohio Journal , being canceled after five years in 1980 due to insufficient state funding. The scheduling practice ended in 1981 when the station instead bought all of PBS's programs in a bundle to save money, requiring it to discontinue some of the series. In 1983, the high school quiz show In the Know moved from WBNS-TV to WOSU-TV, becoming

2867-454: The station's role in providing televised instruction diminished during this time. In addition to providing programming, the Network Commission built additional transmitters to extend educational television service to previously unserved portions of Ohio. One of these rebroadcast WOSU-TV: WPBO (channel 42) in Portsmouth, to the south of Columbus. WPBO began broadcasting on October 1, 1973, from

2928-533: The station. The process was lengthy; portions of the internal review leaked to The Lantern —Ohio State's student newspaper—and the Cleveland Plain Dealer . First to be completed was the internal review. The external review, conducted by public broadcasters from other states, stated, Although there are vague mentions of aspirations to excellence, the administration of the University does not seem to have

2989-409: The strategic plan was adversely affected by Jennings's departure that same year, and the station became a neglected component of the college and the primary destination of its budget cuts during university-wide spending reductions in the early 1990s. In 1992, in response to state-mandated cuts, Jennings's successor, Gordon Gee , mentioned the possibility of eliminating the WOSU stations. By that time,

3050-525: The university because it feared disruption to the operations of its radio astronomy observatory. Nationwide and the university reached an agreement to share the tower, which also faced opposition from residents and the Genoa Township zoning board. However, the zoning board's 2–1 vote against the tower was not unanimous, as was required to prevent the rezoning of the site. In 1971, WOSU-TV received federal funding to help acquire local color cameras and build

3111-417: The university placed the WOSU stations under academic supervision, where they remained through the 1990s and were frequently subject to budget cuts. WOSU was Central Ohio's first TV station to use a digital signal to broadcast multiple channels of programming . In 2006, it opened a second studio inside the COSI museum in downtown Columbus. This closed in 2021 when the university opened a new headquarters for

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3172-515: The university. WOSU-TV came in for special criticism in the external review, which called its output "basic at best" and noted that channel 34's operation evinced the radio-first nature of WOSU. When the review process culminated in 1990, a strategic plan was drafted for the WOSU stations, which were placed under the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences—the OSU academic unit that included programs in journalism and communication. The implementation of

3233-554: Was also home to the Ohio State ice hockey and women's basketball broadcasts. On weekend evenings the station featured 12 hours of bluegrass music on a program called The Bluegrass Ramble , hosted by a group of three rotating announcers. In addition to its sports and news coverage, the station produced an award-winning talk show, Open Line with host Fred Andrle, who retired in May 2009 after 25 years in radio. In September 2009 Andrle's program

3294-561: Was also useful to COSI, which was facing declining attendance and seeking partners to share in its high utility costs in its new Broad Street building. WOSU began broadcasting a digital signal in January 2004 and was the first TV station in Central Ohio to broadcast multiple programs on its digital transmitter. In addition to a simulcast of channel 34's main programming, WOSU-DT offered subchannels of PBS Kids programs, education and learning programs, and Ohio and public affairs programs during

3355-472: Was announced by the station's program director and the general manager of WOSU; the Buckeyes won the game en route to a national championship. It stimulated the sale of all-channel sets and UHF converters as fans flocked to buy the necessary equipment to see the highly anticipated matchup. Channel 34 broadcast multiple sold-out OSU home football games in 1969, 1970, and 1971, conditional on public support to front

3416-453: Was branded as the main station, under the moniker "89.7 FM NPR News". The university also announced that it was putting WOSU 820 AM up for sale. In September 2011, a deal was finalized to sell 820 AM, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. St. Gabriel Radio agreed to pay $ 2 million. The sale and transfer of license was approved by the FCC on November 7, 2011. No formal announcement of farewell or final goodbye to listeners

3477-432: Was cancelled two days later. The spectrum auction was followed by a repack that saw WOSU move from channel 38 to channel 16 in 2020. In 2015, the partnership with COSI began to end with the realization that WOSU had outgrown its space at the Fawcett Center and wanted to continue to engage the community through a public space. A new studio building was included in plans by Campus Partners, OSU's development arm, to construct

3538-510: Was financed by a second capital campaign as well as $ 7.8 million of the $ 8.8 million OSU earned from selling WPBO-TV's spectrum. In fiscal year 2022, WOSU-TV had a total revenue of more than $ 11.8 million. The station was provided a Community Service Grant totaling $ 1.46 million by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $ 972,000 in appropriations by OSU, as well as $ 1.9 million in revenue from its endowment. It had 24,170 members, who donated

3599-600: Was joked that students could not find WOSU-TV if they tried. The WOSU stations moved to the newly built Center for Tomorrow in August 1971, uniting WOSU radio and television under one roof for the first time; the previous site became the home of the Ohio Educational Television Network Commission. The Fawcett Center facility had been intended for three television studios but was scaled back to two due to financial constraints. The Network Commission used

3660-448: Was made prior to the final shutdown of WOSU. The station ended its regular NPR and local news broadcasts at 5 p.m. on December 9, 2011, after which it aired a continuous announcement loop informing listeners that its news and talk format would continue on 89.7 WOSU-FM. The announcements continued until 9:00 a.m. on December 14, when the signal was abruptly shut down in the middle of the sentence "I'm Mandie Trimble, W...", ending before

3721-597: Was replaced by All Sides With Ann Fisher , hosted by former Columbus Dispatch reporter and columnist Ann Fisher, who came to WOSU with 20 years of journalism experience. Ohio State eventually decided to concentrate its radio broadcasting efforts on the FM band. In 2010, the university purchased station WWCD at 101.1 FM, changing its call letters to WOSA . The 101.1 station mostly plays classical music , leaving WOSU-FM 89.7 FM to concentrate on news and informational programming. WOSU-FM 89.7 and WOSU 820 began simulcasting again, carrying NPR news and talk shows. The FM signal

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