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Revision as of 20:59, 1 October 2006
- For the AM radio station, see WKRC (AM).
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WKRC-TV is a television station based in Cincinnati, Ohio, owned by Clear Channel Communications. WKRC-TV broadcasts its analog signal on channel 12, and its digital signal on channel 31. Its transmitter is located in the Mount Auburn area of Cincinnati. The station, which is branded Local12 WKRC, is the CBS affiliate serving the Greater Cincinnati area in Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky.
Starting September 18, it began to carry The CW on a digital subchannel called CinCW (pronounced Cincy-W, using a common nickname for the city). A fear of Cincinnati cable viewers was that CinCW would face the same problems as WBQC (Channel 38), the former UPN affiliate, as Time Warner Cable had refused to carry WBQC full-time, only airing the channel during prime time on a low-profile channel. However, as Time Warner Cable is owned by Time Warner, half-owner of The CW (with CBS Corporation), it was in their best interest to air CinCW over their systems, and by late in the day September 17, Time Warner Cable agreed to carry CinCW, with only hours before the network's launch. The station will launch on Time Warner Channel 2 in primetime only to start out with and 24/7 on digital cable Channel 913, before earning a full-time broadcast basic berth on Channel 20 as of October 18 [1], displacing WBQC and a commercial access channel. This will allow CinCW to be viewed by 66% of the local population, due to carriage by Time Warner Cable in Ohio, Insight Communications in Northern Kentucky, and DirecTV. [2]
History
The station signed on the air on April 4, 1949 on channel 11 and on October 12, 1952 moved to its current dial position on channel 12. Originally a CBS affiliate, it switched to ABC in 1961.
The "KRC" of WKRC stood for its radio counterpart's original owner, Kodell Radio Company.
WKRC-TV was the flagship station of Taft Broadcasting for many years. However, in 1987, it was sold (along with most of Taft's other network affiliates) to Great American Broadcasting (which later became Citicasters). The station was subsequently acquired by Jacor in September 1996 (after most of Citicasters' other television stations were sold to New World Communications and Fox), before being purchased by its current owner, Clear Channel, in 1998. (The AM sister came under the ownership of Jacor in April 1993, becoming WLWA - and later WCKY - before reverting back to WKRC after Jacor acquired WKRC-TV, effectively reuniting the AM and TV sisters; the FM sister is today CBS Radio-owned "Q102" WKRQ.) Local 12 was ranked by Clear Channel as the number one CBS affiliate in the United States as of 2006.
The station switched affiliations with WCPO-TV in June 1996, becoming a CBS affiliate once again. WCPO, which would take the ABC affiliation as part of a corporate affiliation deal its owner E.W. Scripps Company cut back in 1994, had to wait for WKRC's affiliation contract with ABC to expire before switching its network affiliation.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, The CW Television Network (which is 50% owned by CBS) announced WKRC as its affiliate for Cincinnati. The new network will air on the station's DT2 subchannel starting in September 2006, on a channel to be called CinCW. WKRC is seeking cable carriage for the new channel and is asking viewers to contact their cable company to get the channel on their respective basic tiers [3].
On April 26, 2006, WKRC announced a partnership with WSTR-TV to produce a 10 p.m. local newscast beginning on August 21, 2006.[1]
Newscasts
Weekdays
- Good Morning Cincinnati: 5-8a
- John Lomax, Anna Townsend, Steve Horstmeyer (weather)
- Local 12 News at Noon: 12-12:30pm
- Dayna Eubanks, Steve Horstmeyer (weather)
- Local 12 News at 4: 4-4:30pm
- Brad Johansen, Dayna Eubanks, Michelle Boutillette (weather)
- Local 12 News at 5: 5-5:30pm
- Rob Braun, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather)
- Local 12 News at 5:30: 5:30-6pm
- Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
- Local 12 News on My64 at 10: 10-10:30pm
- Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Michelle Boutillette (weather), Tara Pachmayer (sports)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:30pm
- Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
Nuestro Rincon
- Host: Sasha Rionda
- Saturday 5:30-6am
- Sunday 6:30-7am
Newsmakers
- Host: Dan Hurley
Saturday
- Local 12 News Saturday: 6-8am
- Paul Adler, Jeff Creighton (weather)
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
Sunday
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
Trivia
WKRC is branded "Local 12," but it is owned by Clear Channel. This branding was inspired by the "Local Mandate," a station standardization branding adopted by Post-Newsweek for its own television stations.
References
- ^ "WSTR & WKRC Enter Into 10PM News Share In Cincinnati" (Press release). Sinclair Broadcast Group. 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2006-05-20.
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