WT05

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WT05 (cable only)
Toledo, Ohio
Branding	Toledo's CW
Channels	5 (cable only) analog, no digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Block Communications
Founded	late-1980s
Call letters meaning	W Toledo 05 (Channel number)
Former affiliations	The WB (1995-2006)
Website	www.wtO5toledo.com

WT05 (Toledo's CW) is the flagship television station of Block Communications, which also owns the Toledo Blade and Buckeye CableSystem. It is the CW's Northwest Ohio affiliate.

Originally an exclusive to Buckeye CableSystem viewers, it had since been expanded to other cable systems in northwestern Ohio, such as Time Warner and Comcast.

[edit] History

WT05 was formed in the late 1980s when WUPW became the Fox affiliate for Northwest Ohio. The network was created to fill the independent television void for the market. The station joined the WB as a charter affiliate in 1995.

Over the years the station has carried Toledo area sports, including Toledo Mud Hens baseball and University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University football and basketball, to the point that Buckeye Cablesystem launched a regional all-sports network, BCSN ("Buckeye Cable Sports Network") in 2004.

In September 2006, WT05 became a CW affiliate.

[edit] Previous Logos

Previous WT05 logo as a WB affiliate.

Promotional logo for the CW Network

[edit] External links

• WT05
• BCSN

Broadcast television in the Toledo and Findlay, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #70)
W09CG 9 (TBN) - WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC) - W21BF 21 (IND) - WFND 22 (A1/Daystar) - W22CO 22 (TBN) - WNWO 24 (NBC) (The Tube on DT2, WX+ on DT3) - WDFM 26 (IND) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WBTL 34 (AS) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - W38DH 38 (MTV2) - WLMB 40 (FamilyNet) - WMNT 48 (MNTV/A1) - WGGN 52 (TBN)
Local cable television channels
WT05 (The CW) - CBET 9 (CBC, Windsor)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Detroit-Windsor, Lansing, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima, Fort Wayne and London Markets