Media in Cleveland

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

Print

Publications currently in print are displayed in bold.

Newspapers

Daily

• The Plain Dealer
• Cleveland Press - ceased publication in 1982
• The Cleveland News - merged with the Cleveland Press in 1960
• The Cleveland Leader - merged with The Plain Dealer in 1917
• The Cleveland Herald and Gazette - merged with The Cleveland Leader in 1885
• The Cleveland Advertiser - the newspaper that changed the spelling of "Cleaveland" to "Cleveland", ceased publication in 1841
• The Cleaveland Gazette and Commercial Register - Cleveland's first newspaper, ceased publication in 1820

Weekly

• Crain's Cleveland Business
• Sun Newspapers
• The Cleveland Jewish News - a weekly Jewish newspaper that covers local, national, and international events.^[1][2]

Alternative

• Cleveland Scene
• Cleveland Free Times - merged with Cleveland Scene in 2008

Magazines

• Cleveland Magazine
• Northern Ohio Live
• Alternative Press
• Great Lakes Life Magazine

Television stations

Nielsen Media Research ranks the 17-county Cleveland-Akron television market as the 18th largest in the United States.^[3] Among the stations it includes are:

• WKYC-TV Channel 3 (NBC)
  • 24/7 Weather on 3.2
• WEWS Channel 5 (ABC)
  • Live Well Network on 5.2
• WJW Channel 8 (FOX) - FOX 8
  • Antenna TV on 8.2
• WDLI-TV Channel 17 (TBN)
  • The Church Channel on 17.2
  • JCTV on 17.3
  • Enlace USA on 17.4
  • Smile of a Child on 17.5
• WOIO Channel 19 (CBS) - CBS 19
  • Me-TV on 19.2
• WVPX Channel 23 (Ion)
  • qubo on 23.2
  • Ion Life on 23.3
• WVIZ Channel 25 (PBS) - WVIZ-PBS Ideastream
  • The Ohio Channel on 25.2
  • PBS World on 25.3
  • Create on 25.4
• WUAB Channel 43 (My Network TV) - My 43
  • This TV on 43.2
  • Bounce TV on 43.3 (as of January 2012)
• WBNX-TV Channel 55 (CW) - WBNX-The CW
  • Independent on 55.2
• WQHS-TV Channel 61 (Univision)

Television stations from Toledo; Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario; Erie, Pennsylvania; and London, Ontario are available with varying levels of reception, ranging from poor to somewhat watchable, due to their signals propagating across Lake Erie.

In the past, WKYC, WEWS, and WJW were carried on cable television in Kingsville and Leamington, Ontario, with WOIO and WUAB being listed in TV Guides in the area, despite their signals not being able to actually reach the Windsor area itself. Since 1998, WOIO has no longer been listed in TV Guides.

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;^[4] WKYC joined on May 22, 2006;^[5] WEWS started on January 7, 2007;^[6] and WOIO joined on October 20, 2007.^[7]

Radio stations

FM

• 88.3 WBWC - college/modern rock (Baldwin-Wallace College)
• 88.7 WJCU - college/eclectic (John Carroll University)
• 89.3 WCSB - college/eclectic (Cleveland State University)
• 90.3 WCPN - NPR/news/jazz
• 91.1 WRUW - college/eclectic (Case Western Reserve University)
• 92.3 WKRK-FM - sports - Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan
• 93.1 WZAK - urban adult contemporary
• 95.5 WFHM - Christian - 95.5 The Fish
• 96.5 WAKS - Contemporary Hits/Top-40 - 96.5 KISS-FM
• 98.5 WNCX - classic rock - 98.5 NCX
• 99.5 WGAR-FM - country
• 100.7 WMMS - hot talk/active rock - The Buzzard
• 102.1 WDOK - soft AC - Soft Rock 102.1
• 103.3 WCRF-FM - Christian
• 104.1 WQAL - hot AC - Q 104
• 104.9 WCLV - classical
• 105.7 WMJI - classic hits - Majic 105.7
• 106.5 WHLK - adult hits - 106.5 The Lake
• 107.3 WNWV - adult album alternative - V107.3
• 107.9 WENZ - mainstream urban - Z 107.9

AM

• 850 WKNR - sports (ESPN Radio) - ESPN 850 WKNR
• 1000 WCCD - gospel music/religious - Radio 1000
• 1040 WJTB - gospel music/religious
• 1100 WTAM - news/talk - Newsradio WTAM 1100
• 1220 WHKW - religious - The Word
• 1260 WWMK - kids (Radio Disney) - Radio Disney AM 1260
• 1300 WJMO - gospel music/urban talk - Praise 1300
• 1420 WHK - news/talk - Newstalk 1420 WHK
• 1460 WABQ - progressive talk - Talk 1460
• 1490 WERE - news/talk - Newstalk 1490 WERE
• 1540 WWGK - sports (ESPN) - ESPN 1540 KNR2

Some music stations also have the same frequency allocations in Cleveland as in Detroit (such as 93.1 FM in both cities, 104.1 Cleveland and 104.3 Detroit), and cause some interference with each other along the Ontario shore of Lake Erie.^{[citation needed]}

News websites

• Cleveland.com - operated by The Plain Dealer
• The Cleveland Leader

References

1. ^ David Dirck Van Tassel (1987). The Encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Indiana University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=B_wTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Cleveland+Jewish+News%22&dq=%22Cleveland+Jewish+News%22&hl=en&ei=YIxAToHXJay20AGux7SfBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Betsy Sheldon (2001). The Jewish travel guide. Hunter Publishing, Inc. http://books.google.com/books?id=tyEAAghgYacC&pg=PA65&dq=%22Cleveland+Jewish+News%22&hl=en&ei=YIxAToHXJay20AGux7SfBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Cleveland%20Jewish%20News%22&f=false. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
3. ^ 2008-2009 DMA Ranks. Accessed October 31, 2008.
4. ^ Fox 8 Station History. Accessed February 23, 2008.
5. ^ WKYC: HDTV FAQ. Accessed February 23, 2008.
6. ^ WEWS: Cleveland Leads Nation in HDTV. Accessed February 23, 2008.
7. ^ "19 Action News" Joins The 21st Century. Accessed February 23, 2008.