WOHZ-CD
Translator of WOIO, Shaker Heights, Ohio,
and WUAB, Lorain, Ohio
A conjoined rectangle: to the left, a black rectangle with the CBS eye logo in white; to the right, a red square with "19" in white text.
At left, the CW network logo in green. To the right in sans serifs, a green number 43. On top of both is the lettering "CLEVELAND", aligned to the right.
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Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedOctober 31, 1989 (1989-10-31)
First air date
May 7, 1990
(32 years ago) (1990-05-07)[1]
Former call signs
  • W50BE (1989–1995)
  • WOHZ-LP (1995–2005)
  • WOHZ-CA (2005–2015)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 50 (UHF, 1989–2015)
  • Digital:
  • 41 (UHF, 2015–2019)
Independent (1989–2021)
Call sign meaning
Former "Z-50" branding[2]
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID41892
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT252.9 m (830 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°53′24″N 81°16′11″W / 40.89000°N 81.26972°W / 40.89000; -81.26972
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Public license information

WOHZ-CD (channels 19 and 43) is a low-power, Class A television station in Canton, Ohio, United States. Owned by Gray Television, it serves as an ultra high frequency (UHF) translator of Gray's two full-power stations in the Cleveland market: WOIO (channel 19), a Shaker Heights–licensed CBS affiliate, and WUAB (channel 43), a Lorain–licensed CW affiliate, both of which broadcast over the same spectrum via a channel sharing agreement.[3]

WOHZ-CD's transmitter is located northeast of Canton, while WOIO and WUAB share studios on the ground floor of the Reserve Square building in Downtown Cleveland.

History

Originally licensed to Mansfield, Ohio, this station took to the air on May 7, 1990, as W50BE.[1][4] An extension of locally owned WVNO-FM and WRGM, W50BE was an independent station boasting a lineup of local newscasts and community programming for the Mansfield/Ashland/Bucyrus region,[1][5] nearly equidistant from both the Cleveland and Columbus markets.[6] After W50BE owner Mid-State Television, Inc., headed by Robert Meisse, acquired the license to WCOM-TV, that station was relaunched as WMFD-TV "TV68/50"[7] on June 1, 1992, simulcasting W50BE's programming.[8]

By the beginning of 1996, W50BE changed call signs to WOHZ-LP and was relaunched as "Z-50", offering additional local programming as a WMFD-TV extension alongside America One fare.[2] Later upgraded to a Class A station as WOHZ-CA, it also began to offer weather information and an audio simulcast of WVNO-FM[9] from a combined studio facility in Ontario, Ohio.[8] The station was licensed for digital operation on February 26, 2015, assuming the call sign WOHZ-CD.

On October 8, 2020, Mid-State Television sold WOHZ-CD to Atlanta–based Gray Television, owner of WOIO and WUAB, for $450,000.[10][11] The sale was completed on December 8, 2020.[12] Upon taking over WOHZ-CD, Gray Television changed the station's city of license to Canton, Ohio, and began using it as a repeater for WOIO and WUAB, increasing coverage for the two stations in the southern part of the Cleveland/Northeast Ohio TV market.[9]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WOHZ-CD[13]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
19.1 1080i 16:9 WOIO-DT CBS (WOIO simulcast)
19.2 480i MeTV MeTV / MyNetworkTV (WOIO-DT2 simulcast)
19.3 DABL Dabl (WOIO-DT3 simulcast)
19.4 Rewind Rewind TV (WOIO-DT4 simulcast)
43.1 720p 16:9 WUAB-DT The CW (WUAB simulcast)
43.2 480i Circle Circle (WUAB-DT2 simulcast)
43.3 Oxygen Oxygen (WUAB-DT3 simulcast)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Porter, Bart (May 6, 1990). "TV 50: New Mansfield station to enter homes Monday". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. p. 1-D. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Kopp, Dan (March 6, 1996). "New TV channel broadcasting". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. p. 1D. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dawidziak, Mark (February 16, 2017). "Channel 43 will remain on the air; only its transmitter was sold". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "The LPTV Report, September 1991 issue; retrieved June 26, 2022" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  5. ^ Redelson, Mike (August 15, 1990). "Crawford County represented on Mansfield TV station's staff". Telegraph-Forum. Bucyrus, Ohio. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Redelson, Mike (August 15, 1990). "Mansfield TV station offers news, features". Telegraph-Forum. Bucyrus, Ohio. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "TV68/50 moving to new site". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. August 15, 1992. p. 3A. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Fybush, Scott (June 2, 2017). "Site of the Week 6/2/17: Mansfield, Ohio". Fybush.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via RadioBB.
  9. ^ a b Jacobson, Adam (October 13, 2020). "Gray Grows In the Buckeye State". Radio & Television Business Report. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  11. ^ Miller, Mark (October 20, 2020). "Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $45,450,000". TV News Check. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  13. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WOHZ-CD". RabbitEars. Archived from the original on October 10, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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