WKRC-TV
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- For the AM radio station, see WKRC (AM).
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| Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Branding | Local12 |
| Slogan | Get It Right Now |
| Channels | 12 (VHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS (1949-61, and since 1996) The CW (on DT2, 2006-present) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (sale pending) |
| Founded | April 4, 1949 (on ch.11; moved to ch.12 in 1952) |
| Call letters meaning | Kodel Radio Company (first owners of WKRC radio) [1], CINCinnati CW |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1961-96) |
| Website | WKRC-TV Official Site - WKRC-TV CinCW Official Site |
Local 12, WKRC-TV is CBS affiliate serving Cincinnati, Ohio. Its transmitter is located in the Mount Auburn area of Cincinnati. The station serves the Tri-State area in Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky, along with a digital subchannel called CinCW (pronounced Cincy-W, using a common nickname for the city) which carries The CW Television Network on Channel 12.2 / 31.2 and most area cable and satellite systems.
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[edit] History
The station signed on the air on April 4, 1949. It is Cincinnati's second-oldest television station. It was the flagship station of Taft Broadcasting along with WKRC radio (AM 550 and FM 101.9, now WKRQ). Originally broadcasting on channel 11, it moved to channel 12 on October 12, 1952. Originally a CBS affiliate, it switched to ABC in 1961. This switch came after ABC founder Leonard Goldenson persuaded Taft's president, a longtime friend, to switch several of Taft's stations to ABC.
The "KRC" of WKRC stood for its radio counterpart's original owner, Kodell Radio Company.
In 1987, Taft restructured itself into Great American Broadcasting, which became Citicasters in 1993. The station was subsequently acquired by Jacor in September 1996 (after most of Citicasters' other television stations were sold to New World Communications and Fox). The Jacor deal reunited channel 12 with its AM sister, which had been bought by Jacor in 1987. Jacor merged with Clear Channel in 1998, though the Citicasters name still appears on WKRC's license (Citicasters survives as a holding company within the Clear Channel corporate structure).
The station switched affiliations with WCPO-TV in June 1996, becoming a CBS affiliate once again. WCPO, which would take the ABC affiliation as part of a corporate affiliation deal its owner E.W. Scripps Company cut back in 1994, had to wait for WKRC's affiliation contract with ABC to expire before switching its network affiliation. WKRC-TV was ranked by Clear Channel as the number one CBS affiliate in the United States as of 2006.
On April 26, 2006, WKRC announced a partnership with WSTR-TV to produce a 10 p.m. local newscast beginning on August 21, 2006.[1]
On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced that it would be selling all of its television stations, including WKRC,[2] after being bought by private equity firms. As a result, WKRC will have its fourth owner in 20 years.
On December 8, 2006, WKRC announced that their website would change to Local12.com. [2]
[edit] CinCW
WKRC airs the The CW on digital subchannel 12.2 / 31.2, which is called CinCW. The station airs the entire CW schedule in-pattern, while outside of network hours, airs classic sitcoms, dramas, films, and second runs of WKRC's syndicated programming, along with regional wrestling programming on Saturday afternoons and evenings. Repeats of WKRC's local DIY shows Homeworx and Nuestro Rincon also air on CinCW.
A fear of Cincinnati cable viewers was that CinCW would face the same problems as WBQC (Channel 38), the former UPN affiliate, as Time Warner Cable had refused to carry WBQC full-time, only airing the channel during prime time on a low-profile channel. However, as Time Warner Cable is owned by Time Warner, half-owner of The CW (with CBS Corporation), it was in their best interest to air CinCW over their systems, and by late in the day September 17, Time Warner Cable agreed to carry CinCW, with only hours before the network's launch.
The station launched on Time Warner Channel 2 in primetime only to start out with and 24/7 on digital cable Channel 913, before earning a full-time broadcast basic berth on Channel 20 as of October 18, 2006 [3], displacing WBQC and a commercial access channel. This allows CinCW to be viewed by 66% of the local population, due to carriage by Time Warner Cable in Ohio, Insight Communications in Northern Kentucky, and DirecTV. [4]. The station launched on Insight and DirecTV under WBQC's former channel slots on September 17.
[edit] Newscasts
[edit] Weekdays
- Good Morning Cincinnati: 5-8a
- John Lomax, Anna Townsend, Steve Horstmeyer (weather), Bob Herzog (traffic)
- Local 12 News at Noon: 12-12:30pm
- Dayna Eubanks, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News at 4: 4-4:30pm
- Brad Johansen, Dayna Eubanks, Michelle Boutillette (weather)
- Local 12 News at 5: 5-5:30pm
- Rob Braun, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather)
- Local 12 News at 5:30: 5:30-6pm
- Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
- Local 12 News on My64 at 10: 10-10:30pm
- Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Michelle Boutillette (weather), Tara Pachmayer (sports)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:35pm
- Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
[edit] Nuestro Rincon
- Host: Sasha Rionda
[edit] Newsmakers
- Host: Dan Hurley
[edit] Saturday
- Local 12 News Saturday: 6-8am
- Paul Adler, Jeff Creighton (weather)
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News on My64 at 10: 10-10:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
[edit] Sunday
- Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News on My64 at 10: 10-10:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
- Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:30pm
- Paula Toti, John Gumm (weather)
[edit] Trivia
WKRC is branded "Local 12," but it is owned by Clear Channel. This branding was inspired by the "Local Mandate," a station standardization branding adopted by Post-Newsweek for its own television stations. The only other known non-Post-Newsweek station to have used the "Local" branding was KFMB-TV in San Diego, California, which used "Local 8" from 2001 to 2005.
Glenn Ryle,a staff announcer in the 1960s was also a children's show host taking the on-air name Skipper Ryle who's morning program competed with "Uncle Al" Lewis on competitor WCPO-TV.
WKRC-TV's nickname in the 1960s was "Tall 12" as a reference for its transmitter tower being the tallest in Cincinnati at that time.
Like it's competitor WCPO-TV, WKRC-TV also had a distinctive jingle ID used at the top of the hour in the 1960s...an upbeat orchestrated "Channel 12" jingle followed by Glenn Ryle announcing "This is WKRC-TV, Cincinnati."
[edit] Notable WKRC employees
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[edit] References
- ^ Sinclair Broadcast Group (2006-04-24). WSTR & WKRC Enter Into 10PM News Share In Cincinnati. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-05-20.
- ^ "Clear Channel agrees to sale", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Gannett Company, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
[edit] External links
| CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio | |
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WHIO 7 (Dayton) - WBNS 10 (Columbus) - WTOL 11 (Toledo) - WKRC 12 (Cincinnati) - WOIO 19 (Shaker Heights/Cleveland) - WKBN 27 (Youngstown) - WLMO-LP 38 (Lima) |
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| See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio | |
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"WT05" 5 (Toledo, cable-only) - WKRC-DT 12.2 "CinCW" (Cincinnati) - "WBCB" 14 / WFMJ-DT 21.2 (Youngstown) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Ohio | |
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Categories: Articles with sections needing expansion | Television stations in Cincinnati, Ohio | Television stations in Ohio | CBS network affiliates | CW network affiliates | CW network subchannel-only affiliates | Clear Channel television stations | Channel 12 TV stations in the United States | Television channels and stations established in 1949
