WNEO

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WNEO / WEAO

WNEO: Alliance/Youngstown, Ohio WEAO: Akron, Ohio
Branding	PBS 45 & 49
Channels	Analog: WNEO: 45 (UHF) WEAO: 49 (UHF) Digital: WNEO: 46 (UHF) WEAO: 50 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, Inc.
First air date	WNEO: May 30, 1973 WEAO: September 21, 1975
Call letters’ meaning	WNEO: North Eastern Ohio WEAO: EAstern Ohio
Former callsigns	WNEO: WNEO-TV (1973-1990) WEAO:
Transmitter Power	WNEO: 1820 kW (analog) 400 kW (digital) WEAO: 692 kW (analog) 180 kW (digital)
Height	WNEO: 253 m (analog) 223 m (digital) WEAO: 290.1 m (analog) 305 m (digital)
Facility ID	WNEO: 49439 WEAO: 49421
Transmitter Coordinates	WNEO: 40°54′23.1″N, 80°54′38.7″W WEAO: 41°4′58.4″N, 81°38′1.4″W
Website	www.pbs4549.org

For the WEAO radio station in Columbus Ohio, see WOSU (AM).

WNEO and WEAO are PBS member stations in northeastern Ohio, simulcasting together as PBS 45 & 49. The stations are operated from studio facilities in Kent, Ohio by Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which is a consortium of the University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University.

WNEO first began broadcasting in 1973. Licensed to Alliance, Ohio, the station serves the Youngstown area from a transmitter site in Salem, Ohio. WNEO also operates translator station W58AM near Youngstown itself (on WFMJ's tower), serving the low-lying Mahoning Valley. The FCC has awarded the station with a construction permit for ch 44 as their digital translator (W44CR-DT). [1]

WEAO first began broadcasting in 1975. Licensed to Akron, Ohio, it broadcasts from a transmitter site in Copley, Ohio and provides the Cleveland area with a second PBS member station, alongside WVIZ. Previously, channel 49 had been the home of Akron's WAKR-TV from 1953 until 1967. WAKR-TV moved to Channel 23, and is now WVPX.

Although WNEO is considered the main station, its studios are located on the campus of Kent State, near Akron.

[edit] Digital Television

WNEO and WEAO multi-cast one sub-channels on digital television channels 46 & 50:

Standard-definition:

DT45.1 or DT49.1 PBS HD
DT45.2 or DT49.2 SD Simulcast of analog PBS 45 & 49

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v • d • e Broadcast television in the Youngstown, Ohio / Warren, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #106)

WFMJ 21 (NBC) (The CW on DT2 "WBCB") - WKBN 27 (CBS, WYFX simucast on DT.2) - WYTV 33 (ABC, MNTV/ABC/A1 on DT2 "My YTV", Local weather through WeatherBug on DT3) - WNEO 45 (PBS) - W52CX 52 (TBN) - WPCP-LP 56 (Ind) - WYFX-LP 62/WFXI-CA 17 (Fox) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Cleveland: WKYC 3 (NBC) - WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WOIO 19 (CBS) - WVPX 23 (ION) - WVIZ 25 (PBS) - WUAB 43 (MNTV) - WBNX 55 (The CW) - WQHS 61 (Univision) - WOAC 67 (S@H/JTV) Pittsburgh: KDKA 2 (CBS) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WQEX 16 (AS) - WPCW 19 (The CW) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WPGH 53 (Fox) Erie: WQLN 54 (PBS)

See also: Broadcast television stations in the Wheeling-Steubenville market

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Cleveland / Akron / Canton market (Nielsen DMA #17)

Local television stations	WKYC 3 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) · WEWS 5 (ABC) · WJW 8 (Fox) · WDLI 17 (TBN) · WOIO 19 (CBS, "24/7 Weather" on DT2) · WVPX 23 (ION) · WVIZ 25 (PBS) · WAOH 29/W35AX 35 (A1) · WIVN 29/WIVM 52 (A1) · W32AR 32 (TBN) · WRAP 32 (Corner) · WUAB 43 (MNTV) · W47AB 47 (PBS) · WEAO 49 (PBS) · WOHZ-CA 50 (Ind.) · WGGN 52 (TBN) · WCDN 53 (Daystar) · WBNX 55 (The CW) · WQHS 61 (UNI) · WXOX 65 (HSN) · WOAC 67 (Ind.) · WMFD 68 (Ind.)

Defunct television stations	WAKN 11 (JTV) · WICA 15 (Ind.) · WKBF 61 (Ind.)

Local Cable Television Stations	FSN Ohio · ONN · STO

See also:	Broadcast television stations in Detroit/Windsor, Toledo, Columbus, Youngstown, Wheeling/Steubenville, Erie and Ontario

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Ohio

WPTD 16 / WPTO 14 (Dayton / Oxford) - WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (Athens / Cambridge) - WVIZ 25 (Cleveland) - WBGU 27 (Bowling Green) - WGTE 30 (Toledo) - WOSU 34 / WPBO 42 (Columbus / Portsmouth) - WNEO 45 / WEAO 49 (Youngstown / Akron) - WCET 48 (Cincinnati)

See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio