1947:
WEWS/5 Signs on - carries some programs from all networks (via kinescope) until midwest network completed, later CBS primary
1948:
WNBK/4 (NBC O&O) signs on
1949:
WXEL/9 (Dumont primary/ABC secondary) signs on
1953:
WAKR/49 signs on as Akron-based ABC affiliate
1954?:
WNBK moves from Ch 4 to 3
WXEL moves from 9 to 8
1955:
WXEL sold to Storer, becomes WJW and changes network affiliation to CBS
WEWS becomes ABC/Dumont
1956:
WNBK becomes KYW due to NBC/Westinghouse station swap
WEWS becomes ABC only after Dumont folds
1965:
KYW becomes WKYC (NBC O&O) after NBC/Westinghouse swap reversed
WVIZ/25 (educational, later PBS) signs on.
1967:
WAKR moves from 49 to 23
1968:
WKBF/61 (Kaiser-owned independent) signs on
WUAB/43 (United Artists owned independent) signs on
1975:
WKBF goes dark, program library merged into WUAB
WEAO/49 (Akron-based repeater of Youngstown PBS station) signs on
1977:
WJW/8 becomes WJKW due to Storer selling off WJW radio
1981:
WCLQ/61 signs on as new independent with scrambled pay-TV service Preview carried evenings
1983:
Preview folds and WCLQ becomes full-time independent
1985:
WJKW reverts to WJW as WJW radio changes calls
WOIO/19 signs on as independent
WBNX/55 (licensed to Akron) signs on as independent
1986:
WCLQ sold to Home Shopping Network, becomes WQHS (full-time HSN), many of their programs picked up by WBNX
WOIO becomes charter Fox affiliate
WAKR changes to WAKC (not sure of the exact year)
1990:
NBC sells O&O WKYC to Multimedia, later Gannett
1994:
WJW (now owned by New World) switches affiliation to Fox
WOIO picks up CBS
1995:
WUAB picks up both UPN and WB affiliations
WAKC (sold to Paxson) becomes WVPX and drops ABC affiliation, later becomes Pax, then ION
1997:
WJW becomes Fox O&O
1998:
WBNX picks up WB affiliation, WUAB is UPN
1999:
WKYC-DT on RF 2 signs on with NBC HD 1080i on 3.1, SD mirror on 3.2, and weather radar on 3.3
WEWS-DT signs on RF 15 with ABC HD 720p
WJW-DT signs on RF 31 with Fox widescreen 480p
2000:
WOIO-DT signs on RF 10 with CBS HD 1080i
WUAB-DT signs on RF 28 (SD only)
2002:
WQHS sold to Univision
2004:
WKYC-DT drops analog mirror and WX radar, adds Weather Plus
WEAO-DT signs on RF50 with PBS-HD 1080i on .1 channel and normal PBS on .2
WJW and Fox add HD 720p
WUAB carries UPN in HD
2006:
WBNX gets CW affiliation after WB and UPN merge
WUAB gets MyNetwork affiliation
WOIO adds weather on 19.2
WUAB adds The Tube (music videos) on 43.2, channel later folds
2007:
WBNX-DT signs on RF 30 with 1080i
Weather Plus folds (not sure of exact year), WKYC replaces with radar
2008:
Fox sells WJW (and other smaller-market O&O's) to Local TV
2009:
WVIZ moves in with WKYC (previously had low-powered DT that almost no one could receive), first on WKYC radar tower, then on new WKYC tower (see below) on RF 26
WUAB adds ThisTV on 43.2
WKYC completes new tower, moves digital signal to RF17.
All analogs shut down on 6/12 except WKYC (the nightlight station) for 2 more weeks.
WJW moves digital from RF31 to RF8
WVPX flash-cuts on RF23
PBS stations replace special PBS HD feed with Ohio Channel, World and Create (WVIZ) and Fusion, MHz, and V-Me (WEAO)
2011:
WJW adds Antenna TV on 8.2
WOIO drops weather on 19.2, replaces with MeTV
2012:
WUAB adds Bounce, drops This
WEWS adds Live Well on 5.2
WBNX picks up This on 55.3
2014:
WQHS adds Get TV on 61.3
WEWS/5 Signs on - carries some programs from all networks (via kinescope) until midwest network completed, later CBS primary
1948:
WNBK/4 (NBC O&O) signs on
1949:
WXEL/9 (Dumont primary/ABC secondary) signs on
1953:
WAKR/49 signs on as Akron-based ABC affiliate
1954?:
WNBK moves from Ch 4 to 3
WXEL moves from 9 to 8
1955:
WXEL sold to Storer, becomes WJW and changes network affiliation to CBS
WEWS becomes ABC/Dumont
1956:
WNBK becomes KYW due to NBC/Westinghouse station swap
WEWS becomes ABC only after Dumont folds
1965:
KYW becomes WKYC (NBC O&O) after NBC/Westinghouse swap reversed
WVIZ/25 (educational, later PBS) signs on.
1967:
WAKR moves from 49 to 23
1968:
WKBF/61 (Kaiser-owned independent) signs on
WUAB/43 (United Artists owned independent) signs on
1975:
WKBF goes dark, program library merged into WUAB
WEAO/49 (Akron-based repeater of Youngstown PBS station) signs on
1977:
WJW/8 becomes WJKW due to Storer selling off WJW radio
1981:
WCLQ/61 signs on as new independent with scrambled pay-TV service Preview carried evenings
1983:
Preview folds and WCLQ becomes full-time independent
1985:
WJKW reverts to WJW as WJW radio changes calls
WOIO/19 signs on as independent
WBNX/55 (licensed to Akron) signs on as independent
1986:
WCLQ sold to Home Shopping Network, becomes WQHS (full-time HSN), many of their programs picked up by WBNX
WOIO becomes charter Fox affiliate
WAKR changes to WAKC (not sure of the exact year)
1990:
NBC sells O&O WKYC to Multimedia, later Gannett
1994:
WJW (now owned by New World) switches affiliation to Fox
WOIO picks up CBS
1995:
WUAB picks up both UPN and WB affiliations
WAKC (sold to Paxson) becomes WVPX and drops ABC affiliation, later becomes Pax, then ION
1997:
WJW becomes Fox O&O
1998:
WBNX picks up WB affiliation, WUAB is UPN
1999:
WKYC-DT on RF 2 signs on with NBC HD 1080i on 3.1, SD mirror on 3.2, and weather radar on 3.3
WEWS-DT signs on RF 15 with ABC HD 720p
WJW-DT signs on RF 31 with Fox widescreen 480p
2000:
WOIO-DT signs on RF 10 with CBS HD 1080i
WUAB-DT signs on RF 28 (SD only)
2002:
WQHS sold to Univision
2004:
WKYC-DT drops analog mirror and WX radar, adds Weather Plus
WEAO-DT signs on RF50 with PBS-HD 1080i on .1 channel and normal PBS on .2
WJW and Fox add HD 720p
WUAB carries UPN in HD
2006:
WBNX gets CW affiliation after WB and UPN merge
WUAB gets MyNetwork affiliation
WOIO adds weather on 19.2
WUAB adds The Tube (music videos) on 43.2, channel later folds
2007:
WBNX-DT signs on RF 30 with 1080i
Weather Plus folds (not sure of exact year), WKYC replaces with radar
2008:
Fox sells WJW (and other smaller-market O&O's) to Local TV
2009:
WVIZ moves in with WKYC (previously had low-powered DT that almost no one could receive), first on WKYC radar tower, then on new WKYC tower (see below) on RF 26
WUAB adds ThisTV on 43.2
WKYC completes new tower, moves digital signal to RF17.
All analogs shut down on 6/12 except WKYC (the nightlight station) for 2 more weeks.
WJW moves digital from RF31 to RF8
WVPX flash-cuts on RF23
PBS stations replace special PBS HD feed with Ohio Channel, World and Create (WVIZ) and Fusion, MHz, and V-Me (WEAO)
2011:
WJW adds Antenna TV on 8.2
WOIO drops weather on 19.2, replaces with MeTV
2012:
WUAB adds Bounce, drops This
WEWS adds Live Well on 5.2
WBNX picks up This on 55.3
2014:
WQHS adds Get TV on 61.3
Last edited: