WEWS-TV
Cleveland, Ohio
Branding	NewsChannel 5
Slogan	On Your Side
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 15 (UHF)
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company)
Founded	December 17, 1947
Call letters’ meaning	Edward Willis Scripps (founder of the Cleveland Press)
Former affiliations	CBS (1948-1955) DuMont (secondary, 1948-1956)
Transmitter Power	93. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property The EW Scripps Company ( is an American Media conglomerate founded by Edward W Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The Cleveland Press was a daily American Newspaper that was published in Cleveland Ohio from November 2, 1878 until June CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF 3 kW (analog) 870 kW (digital)
Height	313 m (analog) 285 m (digital)
Facility ID	59441
Transmitter Coordinates	41°22′27.3″N, 81°43′5.2″W
Website	www.newsnet5.com

WEWS-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network. The EW Scripps Company ( is an American Media conglomerate founded by Edward W The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. WEWS' studios are located on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, and its transmitter located in Parma, Ohio. Euclid Avenue is a name applied to streets in many American cities however Cleveland Ohio ’s Euclid Avenue received nationwide attention from the 1860s to the 1920s for its Parma is a City in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States and the largest Suburb of Cleveland.

History

A screenshot of WEWS's sign on broadcast from December 17, 1947. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This also served as the station's test pattern through the 1970s. [1]

WEWS first went on the air on December 17, 1947^[1], as the first licensed television station in Ohio. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The call letters denote the initials of the parent company's founder, Edward Willis Scripps. Edward Willis Scripps ( June 18, 1854 &ndash March 12, 1926) was an American Newspaper Publisher and founder The station is the oldest in Cleveland to maintain the same channel position, ownership and call letters since their sign-on.

A few weeks before, Scripps launched WEWS-FM (102. 1 MHz. , now WDOK) as an outlet for the WEWS television personalities to gain on-air experience prior to the launch of the television station. WDOK is a commercial FM Radio station in Cleveland Ohio broadcasting at 102 (Scripps sold the radio station by 1950. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ) Channel 5's first broadcast was of a Christmas pageant run by the station's corporate cousin, The Cleveland Press. The Cleveland Press was a daily American Newspaper that was published in Cleveland Ohio from November 2, 1878 until June ^[1] In short order, WEWS became the most modern television station in America. Its staff included capable producers Jim Breslin and Betty Cope (the latter of whom would become president of non-commercial WVIZ in 1965). WVIZ is a public television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

In October 1948, WEWS, still Cleveland's only television station, broadcast the 1948 World Series games played in Cleveland between the Indians and the Boston Braves. The 1948 World Series matched the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Braves. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. ^[1] The telecasts were fed to stations throughout the Midwest.

WEWS was originally a CBS affiliate with secondary ABC and DuMont affiliations, but it lost the CBS affiliation to WJW-TV (channel 8) in 1955 after that station's then-owner, Storer Broadcasting, used its influence with CBS to land the affiliation. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 WJW, channel 8 is a Fox -affilated television station in Cleveland Ohio. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Storer Broadcasting Inc is a former owner of Television and Radio stations in the United States It lost the DuMont affiliation when that network ceased operations in 1956. WEWS also aired one NBC program during this time as well -- The Tonight Show was preempted by Westinghouse-owned NBC affiliate KYW-TV (channel 3, now WKYC-TV), and WEWS cleared it live until 1965. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the Broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. WKYC-TV, channel 3 is an NBC -affiliated television station located in Cleveland Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company.

Local programming

In its early days as an ABC affiliate, the station had to produce its own shows in the afternoon, as ABC offered very little network programming in that daypart. WEWS would carry on that tradition for many years.

Among the local programming offered during the 1950s and 1960s was news analysis from Dorothy Fuldheim, children's programming featuring the "Uncle Jake" character played by Gene Carroll and the "Captain Penny" character played by Ron Penfound, and exercise programs with Paige Palmer. Dorothy Fuldheim ( June 26, 1893 - November 3, 1989) (born Dorothy Violet Snell) was an American Captain Penny was the host of a Children's television series on WEWS-TV (Channel 5 in Cleveland Ohio from 1955 to 1971 Ronald A Penfound was a Local television personality in the Cleveland Ohio market specifically on WEWS-TV channel 5 where from 1955 to 1971 he hosted Paige Palmer is a pioneer American fitness and Exercise expert author columnist writer model television personality and entrepreneur

Alice Weston had the one of first live television cooking shows, and Barbara Plummer was "Miss Barbara" for a generation of young viewers on the local version of Romper Room. Romper Room is a children's Television series which ran in the United States from 1953 to 1994 as well as at various times in Canada, Australia The most popular show was the Gene Carroll show which began in the 1950s and ran well into the 1970s. The program aired every Sunday at noon. The show showcased the local talent of Cleveland area. ^[1]

WEWS also offered a 90-minute afternoon variety show The One O'Clock Club weekdays hosted by Fuldheim and Bill Gordon. ^[1] The program was so popular that competitor KYW-TV was prompted to organize a competing variety show which was the beginning of The Mike Douglas Show. The Mike Douglas Show was an American daytime Television Talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that ran from 1961 to 1982

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, WEWS produced two programs that enjoyed national exposure through syndication. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through The first program was Upbeat. Upbeat was a syndicated musical Variety show produced in Cleveland Ohio at WEWS-TV that aired from 1964 to 1971 which spotlighted Considered by some to be one of the most significant early rock and roll TV variety shows, Upbeat featured a live audience, a group of dancers and live (or lip-synched) performances by the big names of the era. ^[1]

Artists who appeared on Upbeat included Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder, among others. Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Simon & Garfunkel are an American Singer-songwriter duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Otis Ray Redding Jr ( September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an In fact, Redding's final appearance ever came on the show on December 9, 1967. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The next afternoon, his twin-engine airplane crashed in the icy waters of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, killing all but one of the eight passengers on board. Lake Monona is a Freshwater Drainage Lake in Dane County Wisconsin surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison Wisconsin and Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County.

The program began locally as The Big 5 Show, and the name was changed to Upbeat when it went national, altogether running from 1964 to 1971. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Among the hosts for this program was Don Webster, who later doubled as the station's lead weather forecaster. At its peak, Upbeat was seen in over 100 television markets.

The other program seen throughout the country was Polka Varieties, an hour-long program of polka music. The polka is a fast lively Central European Dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas ^[1] Polka Varieties ran locally on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:00 from 1956 to 1975, and was syndicated during its later years to 30 television markets. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The program featured various popular bands that played Slovenian-style polka, Polish, Italian and Bohemian-style music. Slovenian-style polka is an American style of Polka in the Slovenian tradition Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Culture of Italy can be found in the Roman ruins remaining in much of the country the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church, the spirit of the Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia located in the modern day Czech Republic "America's Polka King", Frank Yankovic, was the original band to perform on the show. Frankie Yankovic ( July 15, 1915 Davis West Virginia - October 14, 1998) was a Polka musician Other bands included Richie Vadnal, George Staiduhar, Markic-Zagger, and Hank Haller. Original host Tom Fletcher was replaced by Paul Wilcox, whose presence became an indelible part of the show.

In 1970, WEWS became the broadcast rights holder of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional Basketball team based in Cleveland Ohio. Channel 5's partnership with the team continued until 1973, when the Cavaliers moved to then-independent station WUAB (channel 43). Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. WUAB, identified on-air as "My43 WUAB" is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Cleveland Ohio.

The Morning Exchange

Main article: The Morning Exchange

One program in particular, The Morning Exchange, which ran from 1972 until 1999, changed the face of morning television. The Morning Exchange is a daily morning TV show that aired on WEWS-TV (channel 5 in Cleveland Ohio from 1972 Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) It was the first morning show to utilize a "living room" set, and the first to establish the now familiar concept of news and weather at the top and bottom of the hour. During its peak in the 1970s, nearly 70 percent of all television sets in Cleveland were tuned to the program. The format also served as a basis for ABC's Good Morning America. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November ^[1]

Newscasts

WEWS started covering news events soon after it went on air. The winter after it went on air, Cleveland experienced a blizzard, and for the first time WEWS had extended coverage for hours. During the early and mid-1950s, channel 5's first newscasts and weather reports were delivered by Tom Field.

In 1959 Dorothy Fuldheim, who had been with the station before it even went on air, began to formulate her own newscast in response to the new 30-minute newscast on KYW-TV, the first half-hour newscast in the country. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fuldheim utterly hated hard-hitting newscasts such as the one KYW-TV had created. Instead, she centered her newscast around her interviews, a general overview of the news, and her commentaries (the very opinionated Fuldheim frequently inserted her own opinions about the stories). Fuldheim was the first female in the United States to have her own television news analysis program.

Twenty-six year-old John Hambrick took over as lead anchor on WEWS' evening newscasts in late December 1967, with Fuldheim staying on as a commentator. John Hambrick (born February 12, 1940, Mabank Texas) is a seven time Emmy Award - winning newscaster reporter actor and voice over Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Don Webster presented the weather and Gib Shanley was the sports anchor. Gib Shanley ( August 6, 1931 - April 6, 2008) was an Emmy Award -winning sports anchor/reporter for ABC-TV affiliate With the arrival of the 1970s, WEWS changed the format of its newscasts slightly to a version of Eyewitness News. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. In 1970, Dave Patterson joined Hambrick on the early newscast and then became co-anchor on the 11:00 p. m. newscast in 1971. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Ted Henry, who joined WEWS in 1972 as a behind-the-scenes producer, got his start on the air later in the '70s as a weekend weatherman. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (In later years, Henry would admit that he, not knowing the slightest about forecasting, simply made up the forecast every day. )

Nineteen seventy-two was also the year that Bill Jacocks, said to be Cleveland's first regularly scheduled African-American anchorman,^[2] joined WEWS. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Jacocks started as assistant public affairs director, and became weekend anchor in January 1975. For a solid decade (until 1985) Jacocks remained the one constant weekend anchor while many co-anchors came and went. Among those doing their first Cleveland co-anchor stints with Jacocks were Tim Taylor and Wilma Smith. Tim Taylor (born May 19, 1940, in Bedford Ohio) is an American former Emmy-Award winning newscaster/investigative reporter and news anchor

Hambrick and Patterson continued to anchor the newscasts until Hambrick left for San Francisco in 1975. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city At that time, Ted Henry became the weekend anchor, and then a year later in 1976, co-anchor on the weekday evening newscasts with Patterson. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry continues to be lead anchor to this day. This era marked the start of dominance for the WEWS news programs that lasted until well into the 1980s. In 1977 weekend co-anchor Tim Taylor left WEWS for weeknight anchor duties at WJW-TV. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Fuldheim’s role decreased as she only presented her interviews and commentaries on the air.

WEWS's news department underwent another major change in 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Previously, the 5-6 p. m. spot was occupied by The Afternoon Exchange, the afternoon companion to The Morning Exchange. That year, the program adopted a new format, and was renamed to Live on Five. The broadcast was originally hosted by Wilma Smith and Don Webster, and retained many elements from The Afternoon Exchange, such as interviews, movie reviews, health reports, and some cooking segments. Added to the mix were news updates from Ted Henry.

Evolution of the news department

An 24 Hour NewsSource update circa 1991-1994. These updates are best remembered by the clock in the picture displaying the current time.

As WJW's news programs became more and more successful during the 1980s, channel 5 began facing competition for the first time in years. According to Ted Henry, towards the end of the 1980s, management felt that the station could produce a better newscast and overcome WJW by using a format other than Eyewitness News. An outside source was brought in and concurred that the station could do a better job in news production by adapting a new format. The analysis added that the Eyewitness News format gave nothing to viewers which suggested that its news was any better than the other stations'. With this in mind, WEWS began developing a format which would involve the production of full newscasts at the regular time slots, and in addition, mini-newscasts at the top of every hour, even overnight. This concept was dubbed “The 24 Hour NewsSource” as a way to suggest that WEWS was better than other stations since it produced a newscast every hour. In 1990, the new format was put into place and the station began identifying itself as NewsChannel 5. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)

WEWS logo, 1994-1998.

From 1990 until 1993, WEWS and WJW continued battling for the top rated spot. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In 1993, WEWS launched a successful campaign called "Together" which reminded viewers of the station's commitment to Cleveland through news and programming since its 1947 launch and that that same commitment was present today. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The campaign also slightly toned down the newscasts by making them less hard-hitting. As a result, WEWS once again emerged as the market leader in news. In 1994, WJW became a Fox affiliate and adopted a more hard-hitting format for its newscasts, leading to many of its viewers changing channels to WEWS. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Meanwhile, WKYC-TV and WOIO (channel 19, the new CBS affiliate) failed to present much substantial competition at all. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. However, WJW soon began regaining viewers due to the fact that it was able to produce longer local newscasts since Fox had less programming than the other networks. In response, WEWS began promoting its news division as "The most-watched news team in Ohio" in hope that the bandwagon effect would keep viewers tuned to its newscasts. The bandwagon effect, also known as Social proof or "cromo effect" and closely related to opportunism, is the observation that people often do and believe In 1997, WEWS began to lose more viewers, this time to WKYC, when former WUAB anchor Romona Robinson moved to WKYC. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar At this time WEWS discontinued its hourly “24 Hour NewsSource” updates.

WEWS logo, 1998-2004.

To try to prevent more viewers from leaving, WEWS got a new set and a new newsroom in 1998 and adopted "On Your Side" as its slogan (which it currently still uses). Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) More noticeable, however, was the dropping of the station's longtime Circle 5 logo. That year, WEWS also became the first TV station in Cleveland to launch a website NewsNet5.

WEWS retained the top spot until 2001, when WJW began resurfacing as the leader once again. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Additionally, Live on Five, which dominated the 5 p. m. hour for years, suffered dramatically because at the end of WEWS's 4 p. m. broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show many viewers switched to WKYC-TV's 5 p. The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated m. broadcast of Dr. Phil. Dr Phil is an American Talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segment on The Oprah Winfrey Show This in turn resulted in many viewers watching WKYC's 6 p. m. newscast, which caused further ratings declines at WEWS. It should be noted that WEWS had the chance to broadcast Dr. Phil (as WEWS is loyal to the show's syndicator, King World) but turned it down in order to keep Live on Five on the air. King World Productions Inc (also known as King World Entertainment or simply King World) was a syndicator of television programming in the United States WEWS decided once again to change its format to compete. In September 2002, WEWS adopted a harder-hitting format that mimicked many of the elements of WJW’s newscasts. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It also dropped its weekend morning and weekend noon newscasts. When the station failed to regain viewers, WEWS saw that an even bigger change was needed.

WEWS logo, 2004-2007.

In January 2004, a completely different NewsChannel 5 debuted to compete with WJW. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The format was unlike any previous Cleveland newscast. Rather than staying at the main anchor desk, the anchors moved around the set reporting stories while standing, sitting at small tables, or in front of a “video wall. ” This was all complemented by a set made up mostly of flat screen TVs flashing the new NewsChannel 5 logo. On screen, stories would transition with flashy graphics and swooshing sounds. By this time, however, WJW had lost its number one spot to the more traditional WKYC. Therefore, the newscast WEWS created to compete with WJW now was competing against a completely different type of broadcast.

Due to the new style, WEWS experienced sharp ratings declines. As a result, in June 2004, Lynn Heider, WEWS's news director since 1998, resigned. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) She was replaced by John Butte who by that August eliminated many of the flashy graphics, swoosh sounds, and anchor movement from the newscasts. Butte also significantly expanded the length and content of the sports segments on all of the newscasts. Slowly, WEWS began to regain some viewers. In May 2005, WKYC lost its market dominance in the ratings and thus WEWS's ratings improved. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In August 2005, Ric Harris, station general manager and vice president since 2001, left WEWS and was replaced six months later by John Butte. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Scripps cited the growth of the news department under Butte as part of the reason for their decision.

On January 7, 2007, WEWS began broadcasting newscasts in high-definition, becoming the third Cleveland television station to do so. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition On December 17, 2007, channel 5 reached a major milestone -- the station celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on the air.

In the February 2008 sweeps period, WEWS' noon newscast placed first in its timeslot, while its afternoon and evening newscasts finished in second place. Its 11 p. m. newscast finished second in its timeslot (and third among all late-night newscasts). Mornings were a different story, however: WEWS finished in last place at 5 a. m. (behind even perennial morning basement dweller WOIO) and in third place at 6 a. m. ^[3]

Digital television

Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009, ^[4] WEWS will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 15. ^[5][6] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WEWS' virtual channel as 5. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP is the protocol used in the ATSC and DVB digital television systems for carrying Metadata In Telecommunications, a logical channel number (LCN also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs

Logos and imaging

Main article: Catch 5

WEWS's Circle 5 logo during the "Catch 5" campaign

From sometime in the late 1960s until 1998, WEWS' logo was known as the Circle 5, a variant of the Circle 7 logo associated mainly with the original five ABC owned-and-operated stations (such as WXYZ-TV in Detroit, now owned by E. Catch 5 is a popular news music package and image campaign developed for Cleveland Ohio television station WEWS-TV in 1970 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Circle 7 logo is one of the most classic and familiar Television station Logos in the United States. WXYZ-TV, channel 7 is the ABC affiliated television station in Detroit. W. Scripps). The only real change to the logo came in 1995, when it was slightly tilted to the right. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The original Circle 5 logo is still used by sister station WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida. West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.

In the early 1970s, the station commissioned musician Frank Gari to create a promotional campaign song. Frank Gari (born Frank Daniel Garofalo in New York City on April 1, 1942) is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s Catch 5, as it was known, caught on in Cleveland. The Catch 5 promo was first used to highlight the then-new John Hambrick/Dave Patterson anchor team on Eyewitness News. ([2])

WEWS kept Catch 5 as its official slogan into the early 1980s. The station then transitioned towards a localized version of Gari's "Hello News" campaign ("Hello Cleveland") for its on-air imaging, and as the theme for Live on Five. By the mid-1980s, only the Eyewitness News broadcasts kept the Catch 5 theme music. In 1986, WEWS dropped the Catch 5 musical theme altogether and adopted another Gari music package, "Good News". Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Finally, in 1987, the "Hello" news theme and image campaign were dropped and replaced with an upbeat version of "Good News". Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

In January 2007, to coincide with their debut of high-definition newscasts, WEWS returned to a slightly modified, more angular version of the old Circle 5. ([3]) Channel 5 also now uses Frank Gari's Eyewitness News theme music on its newscasts, in a manner similar to ABC-owned stations. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. In addition to this, WEWS and other ABC stations (such as WABC-TV in New York City and KABC-TV in Los Angeles) all share the same graphics, idents and news introduction sequences. WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The City of New York KABC-TV, channel 7 is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

This harmonizing of station imaging is not necessarily new, as WEWS once incorporated various ABC promotional slogans, such as "Still the One", into their own Catch 5 campaign. In addition, Ernie Anderson, one of ABC-TV's promotional voices and a legendary figure in Cleveland television, was WEWS' imaging voice for the opening sequences of Eyewitness News. Ernie Anderson ( November 12 1923 &ndash February 6 1997) was an American Television and Radio, voice announcer

Cable coverage in Canada

The station is readily available over-the-air to Kingsville, Leamington, and Pelee Island, and was once one of the three stations from Cleveland carried on local cable in those three locations (The others being WKYC-TV and WJW-TV, until 2000 when Cogeco displaced Shaw Cable as the cable provider for Essex County. WEWS was also on cable in London, Ontario, carried until December 1969 by the London Cable TV system (now Rogers) in most of London, and until 1977 by the Maclean-Hunter system (also now Rogers) in the southwest third of the city; LCTV replaced the station with fellow ABC affiliate WJET-TV from Erie, Pennsylvania. The Town of Kingsville is located in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada and is Canada's Southernmost town Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario and has a population of 28833 Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, is an Island in the western half of Lake Erie. Cogeco Inc ( is a Canadian media and communications company The corporation first entered the television business in the mid-1950s with the launch of a Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services Essex County is a County and Census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper WJET-TV is the Erie Pa, affiliate of the ABC television network

Current personalities

Anchors

• Leon Bibb - weekdays "Live on Five"
• Alicia Booth - weekdays Noon, also health reporter
• Tracy Carloss - weekend evenings
• Kimberly Gill - Good Morning Cleveland
• Danita Harris - weeknights 6:00 and 11:00 p. Leon Bibb is a news anchor for WEWS-TV in Cleveland and was a member of the BGSU Board of Trustees m.
• Ted Henry - weeknights 6:00 and 11:00 p. m.
• Curtis Jackson - weekend evenings
• Lee Jordan - weekdays Noon and "Live on Five", also health reporter
• Paul Kiska - Good Morning Cleveland

Weather

• Suzanne Horgan - "Good Morning Cleveland" and Noon
• Mark Johnson - Chief Meteorologist/weeknights (AMS/NWA)
• Jeff Mackel - Weekend Mornings/substitute forecaster
• Jason Nicholas - weekend evenings (AMS/NWA)

Sports

• Andy Baskin - Sports Director/weeknights
• Terry Brooks - reporter/substitute anchor
• Sue Ann Robak - weekends

Reporters

• Lorna Barrett
• Joy Benedict - Good Morning Cleveland
• Jonathan Costen (Akron bureau)
• Patty Harken (Traffic Reporter-Good Morning Cleveland)
• Bob Jones
• Pete Kenworthy (Akron bureau chief)
• Debora Lee (education)
• Jim O'Brien (entertainment reporter/movie critic)
• Joe Pagonakis (troubleshooter)
• Duane Pohlman (investigative)
• Ron Regan (investigative)
• Alicia Scicolone
• Autumn Ziemba
• Dan Haggerty

Notable alumni

See also

• WPTV
• Circle 7 logo

External links

• WEWS Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WEWS-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WEWS-TV
• Catch Five promo

References