List of mass media in Cleveland

The following is a list of mass media in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

Print

Daily

• The Plain Dealer

Weekly

• Call and Post
• Cleveland Jewish News
• Cleveland Scene
• Crain's Cleveland Business
• Sun Newspapers

Monthly

• Alternative Press
• Cleveland Magazine
• Design World
• EHS Today
• IndustryWeek

Defunct

• Al-Sahafa
• Bérmunkás
• Cleveland Free Times
• Cleveland News
• Cleveland Press
• Homeless Grapevine
• Magazine of Western History
• Solidarity
• The Big Us
• The Cleveland Gazette
• The Daily Cleveland Herald
• The Ohio Farmer

Broadcast radio

AM stations

List of AM stations in Cleveland radio market

Freq.	Call sign	Signal	Format	Branding	Webcast
0850 kHz	WKNR	Analog	Sports radio	850 ESPN	Yes
0930 kHz	WEOL	Analog	News/talk	AM 930 WEOL	Yes
1000 kHz	WCCD^2	Analog	Gospel music/religious	Radio 1000	Yes
1100 kHz	WTAM^1	Analog	News/talk	Newsradio WTAM 1100	Yes
1220 kHz	WHKW	Analog	Religious	AM 1220 The Word	Yes
1260 kHz	WCCR	Analog	Religious	AM 1260 The Rock	Yes
1300 kHz	WJMO	Analog	Urban gospel	Praise 94.5	Yes
1320 kHz	WOBL	Analog	Country	Gold Country	Yes
1330 kHz	WINT	Analog	News/talk	Integrity Radio	Yes
1350 kHz	WARF	Analog	Sports radio	Fox Sports 1350: The Gambler	Yes
1380 kHz	WDLW	Analog	Oldies	Kool Kat Oldies	Yes
1420 kHz	WHK	Analog	News/talk	AM 1420 The Answer	Yes
1460 kHz	WABQ	Analog	Gospel music	WABQ	Yes
1490 kHz	WERE	Analog	Urban/brokered talk	Newstalk 1490	Yes
1540 kHz	WWGK^2	Analog	Sports radio	1540 KNR2	Yes

¹ clear-channel station

² daytime-only station

FM stations

List of FM stations in Cleveland radio market

Freq.	Call sign	Signal	Subch.	Format	Branding	Webcast
088.3 MHz	WBWC*	Analog	n/a	College/alternative rock	88.3 FM The Sting	Yes
088.3 MHz	WHWN*	Analog	n/a	Spanish	La Nueva Mia	Yes
088.7 MHz	WJCU*	Analog	n/a	College/variety	WJCU 88.7 FM	Yes
089.3 MHz	WCSB*	Analog	n/a	College/variety	WCSB 89.3	Yes
090.3 MHz	WCPN*	Analog	n/a	Public/jazz	90.3 WCPN	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	n/a (WCLV simulcast)	—	—
091.1 MHz	WRUW-FM*	Analog	n/a	College/variety	WRUW FM 91.1	Yes
091.5 MHz	WKHR*	Analog	n/a	Adult standards/MOR	WKHR FM 91.5	Yes
092.3 MHz	WKRK-FM	Analog	n/a	Sports radio	Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	Sports radio	CBS Sports Radio	No
			HD3	Sports radio	Browns Radio HD	No
093.1 MHz	WZAK	Analog	n/a	Urban AC	93.1 WZAK	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	n/a (WJMO simulcast)	—	—
			HD3	n/a (WERE simulcast)	—	—
094.5 MHz	W233CG	Analog	n/a	n/a (WJMO relay)	—	—
095.5 MHz	WFHM-FM	Analog	n/a	Christian contemporary	95.5 The Fish	Yes
096.5 MHz	WAKS	Analog	n/a	Contemporary hit radio	96.5 KISS-FM	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
	WAKS-HD2	Digital	HD2	Mainstream urban	Real 106.1	Yes
096.9 MHz	W245CY	Analog	n/a	n/a (WHKW relay)	—	—
098.5 MHz	WNCX	Analog	n/a	Classic rock	98.5 WNCX	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	Classic rock	The Album Pod	No
098.9 MHz	W255CW	Analog	n/a	n/a (WDLW relay)	—	—
099.1 MHz	W256BT	Analog	n/a	n/a (WMMS-HD2 relay)	—	—
099.5 MHz	WGAR-FM	Analog	n/a	Country	99.5 WGAR	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	Soft adult contemporary	99.5 The Breeze	No
100.7 MHz	WMMS	Analog	n/a	Active rock/hot talk	100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
	WMMS-HD2	Digital	HD2	All-news radio	Cleveland's BIN 99.1	Yes
	WMMS-HD3	Digital	HD3	Alternative rock	ALT 100.7	No
101.1 MHz	W266CJ	Analog	n/a	n/a (WGAR-FM relay)	—	—
101.5 MHz	W268CO	Analog	n/a	n/a (WINT relay)	—	—
101.7 MHz	W269BS	Analog	n/a	n/a (WGAR-FM relay)	—	—
102.1 MHz	WDOK	Analog	n/a	Adult contemporary	Star 102	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	Adult album alternative	The Coffee Shop	No
102.5 MHz	W273DG	Analog	n/a	n/a (WHK relay)	—	—
103.3 MHz	WCRF-FM*	Analog	n/a	Religious	Moody Radio Cleveland	Yes
104.1 MHz	WQAL	Analog	n/a	Hot adult contemporary	Q104	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	Contemporary hit radio	New Music Channel	No
			HD3	LGBTQ	Channel Q	No
104.9 MHz	WCLV*	Analog	n/a	Classical	WCLV Classical 104.9	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
105.7 MHz	WMJI	Analog	n/a	Classic hits	Majic 105.7	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
106.1 MHz	W291BV	Analog	n/a	n/a (WAKS-HD2 relay)	—	—
106.5 MHz	WHLK	Analog	n/a	Adult hits	106.5 The Lake	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	LGBTQ	Pride Radio	No
			HD3	LGBTQ	Pride Radio Flashback	No
106.9 MHz	W295DE	Analog	n/a	n/a (WTAM relay)	—	—
107.3 MHz	WNWV	Analog	n/a	Modern AC	jenY 107.3	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
107.7 MHz	W299CJ	Analog	n/a	n/a (WOBL relay)	—	—
107.9 MHz	WENZ	Analog	n/a	Mainstream urban	Z 107.9	Yes
		Digital	HD1	n/a (analog simulcast)	—	—
			HD2	n/a (WJMO simulcast)	—	—

* non-commercial educational license

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Defunct stations

• KDPM
• WATJ
• WJTB
• WLFM-LP (as low-power TV channel 6 radio station)

Programming

• Rover's Morning Glory (2003–05; 2006–present)
• The Maxwell Show (2004–09; 2010–11)
• Weekend Radio (1982–present)

Networks and syndicated programming

Network/program	Owner	Affiliation	Affiliates
Cleveland Browns Radio Network	Cleveland Browns	National Football League	25
Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network	Cleveland Cavaliers	National Basketball Association	23
Cleveland Indians Radio Network	Cleveland Indians	Major League Baseball	29
Rover's Morning Glory	Rover Media, Inc.	iHeartMedia, Inc.	15
Weekend Radio	Ideastream	n/a	74

Television

As of 2013/14, Nielsen Media Research ranks the Cleveland-Akron television market as the 19th largest in the United States.[1] On October 20, 2007, Cleveland became the first city in the United States to have all its commercial television newscasts produced in high-definition. WJW was the first in December 2004;[2] WKYC joined on May 22, 2006;[3] WEWS started on January 7, 2007;[4] and WOIO joined on October 20, 2007.

Broadcast

Call sign	City of license	Virtual ch.	Digital ch.	Network affiliation
WKYC	Cleveland	3.1	17.1	NBC
		3.2	17.2	True Crime Network
		3.3	17.3	Cozi TV
		3.4	17.4	Quest
WEWS-TV	Cleveland	5.1	15.1	ABC
		5.2	15.2	Grit
		5.3	15.3	Laff
		5.4	15.4	Court TV
WJW	Cleveland	8.1	8.1	Fox
		8.2	8.2	Antenna TV
		8.3	8.3	Comet
		8.4	8.4	Charge!
W16DO-D	Cleveland	16.1	16.1	Retro TV
WDLI-TV	Canton	17.1	23.9	Ion Plus
WOIO	Shaker Heights	19.1	10.1	CBS
		19.2	10.2	Me-TV / My Network TV[5]
		19.3	10.3	Dabl
WQDI-LD	Canton	20.1	21.1	Azteca TV
		20.2	21.2	infomercials
		20.3	21.3	Cheddar
		20.4	21.4	indepenednt
		20.5	21.6	QVC 2
		20.6	21.7	OnTV4U
WVPX-TV	Akron	23.1	23.1	Ion Television
		23.2	23.2	Qubo
		23.3	23.3	ShopTV
		23.5	23.5	QVC
		23.6	23.6	HSN
WVIZ	Cleveland	25.1	26.1	PBS
		25.2	26.2	The Ohio Channel
		25.3	26.3	World
		25.4	26.4	Create
		25.5	26.5	PBS Kids
		25.9	26.9	n/a (local programming)
WEKA-LD	Canton	41.1	27.1	Stadium
		41.2	27.2	Buzzr
		41.3	27.3	SBN
		41.4	27.4	Liquidation Channel
		41.5	27.5	QVC
		41.6	27.6	Jewelry TV
		41.7	27.6	NBC Lx
WUAB	Lorain	43.1	10.3	The CW
		43.2	10.4	Circle
		43.3	10.5	Bounce TV
WCDN-LD	Cleveland	53.1	7.1	Daystar
WBNX-TV	Akron	55.1	30.1	independent
		55.2	30.2	religious programming
		55.3	30.3	Movies!
		55.4	30.4	Heroes & Icons
		55.5	30.5	Start TV
		55.6	30.6	Decades
WQHS-DT	Cleveland	61.1	34.1	Univision
		61.2	34.2	UniMas
		61.3	34.3	GetTV
		61.4	34.4	Court TV Mystery
		61.5	34.5	Dabl

Cable and satellite

• Fox Sports Ohio
• SportsTime Ohio

Defunct outlets

• Spectrum Sports

Programming

• Barnaby (1957–67, 1968–1990)
• Hickory Hideout (1981–91)
• Matches 'n Mates (1967–68)
• Montage (1965–78)
• Popeye Theater with Mister Mac (1968–71)
• Shock Theater (Ghoulardi) (1963–66)
• The Ghoul (1971–75, 1982–85, 1998–2004)
• Supe's On/Mad Theater (Superhost) (1969–89)
• The Captain Penny Show (1955–71)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961–65)
• The Morning Exchange (1972–99)
• Upbeat (1964–71)

Internet

Publishing

• Belt Magazine
• Cleveland.com – operated by Advance Internet and featuring content from The Plain Dealer and Sun Newspapers.[6]
• The Cleveland Leader

Radio

• oWOW Radio - Internet radio station with adult album alternative format

References

1. "Cleveland/Akron TV market ranking" (PDF). Nielsen Media Research. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
2. Fox 8 Station History. Accessed February 23, 2008.
3. WKYC: HDTV FAQ. Accessed February 23, 2008.
4. WEWS: Cleveland Leads Nation in HDTV Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed February 23, 2008.
5. Cleveland TV stations - Rabbit Ears
6. "About Us". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.