WLIO
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WLIO | |
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Lima, Ohio | |
Branding | WLIO NBC Lima |
Slogan | Your West Central Ohio News Leader |
Channels | 35 (UHF) analog, 8 (VHF) digital |
Affiliations | NBC The CW (on DT2) |
Owner | Block Communications (Lima Communications Corporation) |
Founded | April 18, 1953 (on ch.73, moved to ch.35 in 1955) |
Call letters meaning | W LIma Ohio |
Former callsigns | WLOK-TV (1953-1955) WIMA-TV (1955-1972) |
Former affiliations | ABC, CBS, DuMont Television Network ((1953-1956)[1] |
Website | www.wlio.com |
WLIO, NBC Lima, is the NBC television affiliate in Lima, Ohio. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 35, and its digital signal on VHF channel 8. Its transmitter is located in Lima. WLIO is the only full power, non cable station in Lima.
WLIO also operated former local cable-only WB affiliate, WBOH, WB3.
Starting in September 2006, WLIO carried The CW on its digital subchannel DT2 as well as add it to current local cable WBOH.
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The station was founded on April 18, 1953, as WLOK-TV, broadcasting on UHF channel 73. It carried programming from all four TV networks of the "Golden Age" of television: NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont Television Network [2]. On April 24, 1955, its call letters were changed to WIMA-TV, and it was moved to UHF channel 35. (TV channels 70 through 83 have since been reserved for uses other than television broadcasting.) On February 1, 1972, the call letters were changed to present day WLIO. It is currently owned by Block Communications.
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Broadcast television in the Lima, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #185) | ||
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WLQP-LP 18 (ABC) - WOHL-CA 25 (FOX/MNTV) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WLIO 35 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - WLMO-LP 38 (CBS) - WTLW 44 (i) |
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Local cable television stations: | ||
Out-of-market Broadcast television available on cable only: | ||
WHIO 7 (CBS, Dayton) - WBNS 10 (CBS, Columbus) - WTVG 13 (ABC, Toledo) |
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See also: Broadcast television stations in the Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, and Fort Wayne Markets |
NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio | |
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WDTN 2 (Dayton) - WKYC 3 (Cleveland) - WCMH 4 (Columbus) - WLWT 5 (Cincinnati) - WTOV 9 (Stubenville) - WHIZ 18 (Zanesville) - WFMJ 21 (Youngstown) - WNWO 24 (Toledo) - WLIO 35 (Lima) |
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See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio |
"WT05" 5 (Toledo, cable-only) - WLIO-DT 8.2/"WBOH 3" (Lima) - WKRC-DT 12.2 "CinCW" (Cincinnati) - "WBCB" 14 / WFMJ-DT 20.2 (Youngstown) |
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See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Ohio |