List of mass media in Cleveland

The following is a list of media in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Print

Daily

The Plain Dealer

Weekly

Monthly

Defunct

Cleveland Free Times (-2008)
Cleveland News (1905-1960)
Cleveland Press (1878-1982)
The Daily Cleveland Herald (1853-1874)

Radio

AM stations

List of AM stations in Cleveland radio market
Freq.	Call sign	Signal	Subch.	Format	Branding	Webcast
0850 kHz	WKNR	Analog	n/a	Sports radio	ESPN 850 WKNR	Yes
0930 kHz	WEOL	Analog	n/a	News/talk	AM 930 WEOL	Yes
1000 kHz	WCCD²	Analog	n/a	Gospel music/religious	Radio 1000	Yes
1040 kHz	WJTB²	Analog	n/a	Gospel music/religious	WJTB 1040 AM	No
1100 kHz	WTAM¹	Analog	n/a	News/talk	Newsradio WTAM 1100	Yes
1100 kHz	WTAM¹	Digital	HD1	News/talk	Newsradio WTAM 1100	Yes
1220 kHz	WHKW	Analog	n/a	Religious	AM 1220 The Word	Yes
1260 kHz	WCCR	Analog	n/a	Religious	AM 1260 The Rock	Yes
1300 kHz	WJMO	Analog	n/a	Urban gospel	Praise 1300	Yes
1320 kHz	WOBL	Analog	n/a	Country	Gold Country 1320	No
1330 kHz	WINT	Analog	n/a	News/talk	Integrity Radio	Yes
1380 kHz	WDLW	Analog	n/a	Oldies	Kool Kat Oldies 1380 AM	No
1420 kHz	WHK	Analog	n/a	News/talk	AM 1420 The Answer	Yes
1460 kHz	WABQ	Analog	n/a	Progressive talk	Talk 1460	Yes
1490 kHz	WERE	Analog	n/a	News/talk	Newstalk 1490	Yes
1540 kHz	WWGK²	Analog	n/a	Sports radio	ESPN 1540 KNR2	Yes
1560 kHz	WATJ³	Analog	n/a	Sports radio	SportsRadio 1560AM	Yes

¹ clear-channel station

² daytime-only station

³ defunct station

FM stations

List of FM stations in Cleveland radio market
Freq.	Call sign	Signal	Subch.	Format	Branding	Webcast
087.7 MHz	WLFM-LP^††	Analog•	n/a	Spanish	La Mega 87.7	Yes
088.3 MHz	WBWC^†	Analog	n/a	College/alternative rock	88.3 FM The Sting	Yes
088.3 MHz	WHWN^†	Analog	n/a	Spanish	La Nueva Mia	Yes
088.7 MHz	WJCU^†	Analog•	n/a	College/variety	WJCU 88.7 FM	Yes
089.3 MHz	WCSB^†	Analog•	n/a	College/variety	WCSB 89.3	Yes
090.3 MHz	WCPN^†	Analog•	n/a	Public/jazz	90.3 WCPN	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Public/jazz	90.3 WCPN	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Classical	Classical 104.9 (WCLV simulcast)	Yes
091.1 MHz	WRUW-FM^†	Analog•	n/a	College/variety	WRUW FM 91.1	Yes
091.5 MHz	WKHR^†	Analog•	n/a	Adult standards/MOR	WKHR FM 91.5	Yes
092.3 MHz	WKRK-FM	Analog•	n/a	Sports radio	Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Sports radio	Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan	Yes
			HD2	Sports radio	CBS Sports Radio	No
			HD3	Sports radio	n/a (Cleveland Browns content)	No
093.1 MHz	WZAK	Analog•	n/a	Urban AC	93.1 WZAK	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Urban AC	93.1 WZAK	Yes
			HD2	Urban gospel	Praise 1300 (WJMO simulcast)	Yes
			HD3	News/talk	NewsTalk 1490 (WERE simulcast)	Yes
095.5 MHz	WFHM-FM	Analog•	n/a	Christian contemporary	95.5 The Fish	Yes
096.5 MHz	WAKS	Analog•	n/a	Contemporary hit radio	96.5 KISS-FM	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Contemporary hit radio	96.5 KISS-FM	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Mainstream urban	The Beat	No
098.5 MHz	WNCX	Analog•	n/a	Classic rock	98.5 WNCX	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Classic rock	98.5 WNCX	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Classic rock	The Album Pod	No
099.5 MHz	WGAR-FM	Analog•	n/a	Country	99.5 WGAR	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Country	99.5 WGAR	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Classic country	Foggy Mountain	No
100.7 MHz	WMMS	Analog•	n/a	Active rock/hot talk	100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Active rock/hot talk	100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Alternative rock	99X	Yes
102.1 MHz	WDOK	Analog•	n/a	Adult contemporary	Star 102	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Adult contemporary	Star 102	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Rhythmic oldies	The Groove	No
103.3 MHz	WCRF-FM^†	Analog•	n/a	Religious	Moody Radio Cleveland	Yes
104.1 MHz	WQAL	Analog•	n/a	Hot adult contemporary	Q104	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Hot adult contemporary	Q104	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Adult album alternative	The Coffee Shop	No
104.9 MHz	WCLV^†	Analog•	n/a	Classical	WCLV Classical 104.9	Yes
104.9 MHz	WCLV^†	Digital	HD1	Classical	WCLV Classical 104.9	Yes
105.7 MHz	WMJI	Analog•	n/a	Classic hits	Majic 105.7	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Classic hits	Majic 105.7	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Oldies	Real Oldies	No
106.5 MHz	WHLK	Analog•	n/a	Adult hits	106.5 The Lake	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Adult hits	106.5 The Lake	Yes
		Digital	HD2	Soft rock	Sunny 106.5 HD2	No
107.3 MHz	WNWV	Analog•	n/a	Smooth AC	107.3 The Wave	Yes
107.3 MHz	WNWV	Digital	HD1	Smooth AC	107.3 The Wave	Yes
107.9 MHz	WENZ	Analog•	n/a	Mainstream urban	Z 107.9	Yes
		Digital	HD1	Mainstream urban	Z 107.9	Yes
		Digital	HD2	News/talk	NewsTalk 1490 (WERE simulcast)	Yes

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^† non-commercial educational

^†† low-power TV channel 6 station

Online stations

Name	Format	Mobile app
oWOW Radio	Adult album alternative	Yes

Networks & syndicated shows

List of networks and syndicated shows based in Cleveland
Network/show	Owner	Affiliation	Affiliates
Cleveland Browns Radio Network	Cleveland Browns	National Football League	25
Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network	Cleveland Cavaliers	National Basketball Association	23
Cleveland Indians Radio Network	Cleveland Indians	Major League Baseball	29
Rover's Morning Glory	Rover Media, Inc.	iHeartMedia, Inc.	5
Weekend Radio	Ideastream	n/a	74

Television

As of 2013/14, Nielsen Media Research ranks the Cleveland-Akron television market as the 19th largest in the United States.^[1] On October 20, 2007, Cleveland became the first city in the United States to have all its commercial television newscasts produced in high-definition. WJW was the first in December 2004;^[2] WKYC joined on May 22, 2006;^[3] WEWS started on January 7, 2007;^[4] and WOIO joined on October 20, 2007.

Broadcast

Call sign	City of license	Virtual ch.	Digital ch.	Network affiliation
WKYC	Cleveland	3.1	17.1	NBC
		3.2	17.2	Justice Network
		3.3	17.3	n/a (local programming)
WEWS-TV	Cleveland	5.1	15.1	ABC
		5.2	15.2	Cozi TV
		5.3	15.3	Laff
WJW	Cleveland	8.1	8.1	Fox
WJW	Cleveland	8.2	8.2	Antenna TV
W16DO-D	Cleveland	16.1	16.1	Retro TV
WDLI-TV	Canton	17.1	49.1	TBN
		17.2	49.2	Hillsong Channel
		17.3	49.3	JUCE TV / Smile of a Child TV
		17.4	49.4	Enlace USA
		17.5	49.5	TBN Salsa
WOIO	Shaker Heights	19.1	10.1	CBS
WOIO	Shaker Heights	19.2	10.2	Me-TV
WQDI-LD	Canton	20.1	21.1	Estrella TV
		20.2	21.2	AccuWeather
		20.3	21.3	Comet
		20.4	21.4	American Sports Network
		20.5	21.5	OnTV4U
		20.6	21.6	QVC Plus
		20.7	21.7	Doctor TV
WVPX-TV	Akron	23.1	23.1	Ion Television
		23.2	23.2	Qubo
		23.3	23.3	Ion Life
		23.4	23.4	ShopTV
		23.5	23.5	QVC
		23.6	23.6	HSN
WVIZ	Cleveland	25.1	26.1	PBS
		25.2	26.2	The Ohio Channel
		25.3	26.3	World
		25.4	26.4	Create
		25.9	26.9	n/a (local programming)
WEKA-LD	Canton	41.1	27.1	Newsmax TV
		41.2	27.2	SBN
		41.3	27.3	Buzzr
		41.4	27.4	Liquidation Channel
		41.5	27.5	QVC
		41.6	27.6	The Country Network
WUAB	Lorain	43.1	28.1	MyNetworkTV
		43.2	28.2	Bounce TV
		43.3	28.3	Grit
WCDN-LD	Cleveland	53.1	7.1	Daystar
WBNX-TV	Akron	55.1	30.1	The CW
		55.2	30.2	n/a (local programming)
		55.3	30.3	Movies!
		55.4	30.4	Heroes & Icons
WQHS-DT	Cleveland	61.1	34.1	Univision
		61.2	34.2	UniMas
		61.3	34.3	GetTV
		61.4	34.4	Escape

Cable and satellite

Internet

Cleveland.com – operated by Advance Internet and featuring content from The Plain Dealer and Sun Newspapers.^[5]
The Cleveland Leader

References

^ "Cleveland/Akron TV market ranking" (PDF). Nielsen Media Research. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
^ Fox 8 Station History. Accessed February 23, 2008.
^ WKYC: HDTV FAQ. Accessed February 23, 2008.
^ WEWS: Cleveland Leads Nation in HDTV. Accessed February 23, 2008.
^ "About Us". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.

[1] "Cleveland/Akron TV market ranking" (PDF). Nielsen Media Research. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

[2] Fox 8 Station History. Accessed February 23, 2008.

[3] WKYC: HDTV FAQ. Accessed February 23, 2008.

[4] WEWS: Cleveland Leads Nation in HDTV. Accessed February 23, 2008.

[5] "About Us". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.

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v t e Broadcast television in Northeast Ohio
This region includes the following cities: Cleveland Akron Canton Ashtabula Mansfield Sandusky Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full power	WKYC 3 .1 NBC .2 Crime .3 Cozi .4 Quest .5 Nest .6 LC .7 QVC2 .8 Nosey WEWS-TV 5 .1 ABC .2 Mystery .3 Laff .4 Ion+ .5 HSN .6 QVC WJW 8 .1 Fox .2 ANT .3 Comet .4 Charge! WDLI-TV 17 .1 Grit WOIO 19 .1 CBS .2 MeTV/MNTV .3 Dabl .4 The365 WVPX-TV 23 .1 Ion .2 Court .3 Bounce .4 Mystery .5 JTV .6 QVC .8 HSN2 WVIZ 25 .1 PBS .2 OH Ch. .3 World .4 Create .5 PBS Kids .7 WKSU .8 WCLV .9 CSCN WUAB 43 .1 CW .2 Outlaw .3 Oxygen WRLM 47 .1 TCT WEAO 49 .1 PBS .2 Fusion .3 FNX WBNX-TV 55 .1 Ind. .2 Buzzr .3 Movies! .4 H&I .5 Start .6 Binge WQHS-DT 61 .1 UNI .2 UniMás .3 Get .4 Confess .6 LC
Low power	WTCL-LD / WOHZ-CD 6.1 TMD 19.10 CBS 22.1 RESN WIVX-LD 13 .1/.3 HQ .2 Fun Roads .4 Ace .5 OAN Plus .6 AWE .7 Ads WRAP-LD 16 .1/.2/.3/.4 Infomercials WQDI-LD 20 .1 The First Network .2 Defy .3 beIN Xtra .4 Outlaw .5 QVC2 .6 Outdoor America .7 Salem News WUEK-LD 26 .1 TBD .2 NTD America .3 Defy .4 LC .5 HQ .6 TXO .7 American Crimes KONV-LD 28 .1 NBT .2 Defy .3/.4 Timeless TV .5 QVC2 .6 Outlaw WOCV-CD 35 .1 Catchy .2 Story .3 Toons .12 EMLW WEKA-LD 41 .1 OnTV4U .2 MTRSPT1 .3 SBN .4 L&C .5 QVC .6 Defy .7 Outlaw WCDN-LD 53 .1 Daystar .2 Daystar Español .3 Reflections
Outlying areas	W18ES-D 34 .1 PBS .2 OH Ch. .3 Create .4 PBS Kids – Mansfield WIVM-LD 39 .1 Ind./NOST .2 NOST .3 Ace .4 TCT .5 Retro .6 Heartland – Akron, Canton WGGN-TV 52 .1 Rel. Ind. .2 JTV .3 HSN .4 OAN .5 Am. Voice – Sandusky WMFD-TV 68 .1 Ind. .2 WX .3 [blank] – Mansfield
Cable	FanDuel Sports Great Lakes FanDuel Sports Ohio Spectrum News 1 (Ohio)
ATSC 3.0	WI9X3Y (UHF 31 Fox)
Defunct	WAKN-LP 11 WICA-TV 15 WKBF-TV 61 Spectrum Sports (Ohio)
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