New owners C. K. Patrick and Robt. James Locklin Corporate Sales Director. [55] WBOE also rebroadcast installments of The Ohio Story, a regionally syndicated anthology series WTAM originated[43] by arrangement of Ohio Bell with all commercials excised. These channels are available on the new Ideastream Public Media app, at ideastream.org and on HD-equipped radios. Cleveland Board of Education's annual "Proceedings of the Board of Education". Public radio listeners may have noticed a change Monday, as WKSU 89.7 FM became the primary NPR news and information station for Northeast Ohio at midnight. Likewise, WCLE moved from Cleveland to Akron in 1945. [25], At the same time the 41.0243.98 MHz Apex band was established, the FCC noted that research would begin on the technical requirements of frequency modulation as a possible alternative to the ultra high frequency broadcasts that Apex utilitzed. [77] Even with the competition from television, WBOE continued with educational fare. "[21], At launch, WBOE only operated on school days for seven hours from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.[13] with instructional material for students from kindergarten to high school. On June 15, 2021, WCPN rebranded as "Ideastream Public Media WCPN" as part of a group-wide effort to celebrate the entity's 20th anniversary. However, other accounts trace its history to the station it supplanted, WBOE. Ideastream Public Media's member-supported classical radio station serving Northeast Ohio. To weigh the effects, the vices, and the virtues of public radio in Cleveland would be, at best, speculative because one of the two NPR-designated stations is not on the air (as of press time). [154] CPR initially planned for WCPN to sign on by the summer of 1983, but multiple issues, including securing studio facilities, interference from the Ohio Bell Building[155] and NPR facing a financial crisis all delayed the relaunch until the spring of 1984, with both the Gund Foundation and Cleveland Foundation providing financial support. [104] WBOE's visibility in the market remained imperceptible, however, failing to attract more than one percent of listeners in area Arbitron ratings.[86]. Vintage airchecks from the 1950s to the 1990s is a directory of other sites. [124] WBOE's carrier signal was still active and continued broadcasting the CRRS over their SCA subchannel but continuous dead air over conventional FM receivers; the reading service paid WBOE $73,000 annually to keep two engineers employed,[125] thus WBOE never filed an STA request to remain off-air. Featuring in-school instructional programming throughout the majority of its existence, WBOE joined National Public Radio (NPR) in 1977 but shut down the following year due to extreme fiscal distress within the Cleveland Public Schools; this resulted in the absence of public radio in Cleveland proper until successor station WCPN's launch in 1984. [112] The school board was mandated to institute a busing plan, but needed to raise money to fund it; a mill levy referendum failed on April 6, 1978, by a 21 margin almost entirely on racial lines,[113] putting the district in debt of $30million (equivalent to $125million in 2021) and threatening an outright closure of the district. Bringing the Ideastream and WKSU news teams together will allow us to become a truly regional newsroom, add regional context, cover more local stories and establish an Akron/Canton news hub. [190] Both stations collaborated for My Land, Your Land, a December 1997 WVIZ documentary on urban sprawl narrated by NPR's Ray Suarez that WCPN simulcast the audio of;[191] despite multiple logistical issues in production, it was positively received among both station's respective audiences. Amanda Rabinowitz will move to hosting All Things Considered on weeknights, a move that interests her personally and professionally. Cleveland needs public radio. [239][233] WCLV syndicates the Cleveland Orchestra's radio broadcasts, comedy show Weekend Radio[240] and musical theatre show Footlight Parade, the latter produced by The Musical Theater Project. [114] Faculty, which had not been paid for nearly a month, appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court after the levy failure for the schools to close so they could file for unemployment benefits. [128] Cleveland Public Radio bid $234,360.87 (equivalent to $875,011.72 in 2021) but this was rejected by the school board, which insisted that bids needed to be all-cash; CPR's bid was a mixture of a pledge from The George Gund Foundation[91] and assumption of a Health, Education and Welfare obligation and other outstanding debt. Access the free radio live stream and discover more radio stations at one glance. [59] WBOE occasionally did broadcast outside of the school day: for a two-week period in January 1954, WBOE experimented with a five-hour evening program block aimed at adults; such fare already aired over WBOE during semester breaks. [184] This, in turn, led WCPN to rely significantly more on membership donations via pledge drives, boasting a base of 8,000 supporters by 1993. WXEN also broadcast ethnic programming on a full-time basis until a format change the previous year; WZAK also dropped such programming outright in 1981. [22] Because of the prior arrangements on WTAM and WHK, several divisions in the school district already boasted as much as eight years of broadcasting experience. The clear, distinct voice of a teacher, carefully selected for her radio personality, for her success as a classroom teacher, and for her ability to sense the reaction of the unseen hundreds she now instructs, is speaking. All we have to do is look it up. [207] InfOhio, an early-afternoon program with an emphasis on statewide news[161] was moved to late mornings as InfOhio After Nine[202][208] while incumbent midday jazz host Dee Perry[209] began hosting a daily arts-oriented newsmagazine, Around Noon. [59][60] WNYE had already been supplying recordings of their weekly Assignment: U.N. to WBOE, which was utilized for high school students. As we looked at how to structure our new lineup, were bringing together the unique aspects of WKSU and WCPN in a way that provides our listeners with the best experience. Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1835. [48] The "Cleveland Plan" became a sobriquet to describe WBOE as a model for educational radio, but station director Edwin F. Helman downplayed this in 1949, writing, "we have the natural feeling that there is nothing different about our aims or programmingonly the differences from being a local and not a regional station. [97] British classical pianist Clive Lythgoe, who already had a nationally distributed television program originating from WVIZ, hosted similar radio shows over both WBOE and WCLV (95.5 FM). [4][l] At 90.3 FM, WCLV's potential audience was estimated to have increased by as many as one million people, particularly in Akron and Cleveland's eastern suburbs. Overnights on WCLV will now be home to Ideastream Public Medias signature jazz programs. [123] Despite this, the FCC mandated WKSU's signal had to be directional aimed away from Cleveland to protect WBOE as both were third-adjacent signals; this resulted in WKSU having coverage issues throughout Cuyahoga County. My people. Originally one of two NPR member stations in the Northeast Ohio region alongside Kentlicensed WKSU, this station assumed the format and calls of WCLV from 104.9 FM on March 28, 2022, following a programming merger between WCPN and WKSU. 5", "ideastream Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Rebrand and Renewed Vision to Strengthen the Community; Becomes Ideastream Public Media", "WKSU And Ideastream Public Media Enter Into Merger Agreement", "Ideastream To Begin Operating WKSU; Swap Frequencies Of WCPN & WCLV Cleveland", "WKSU-Ideastream WCPN merger: Kent State board of trustees to vote on management agreement", "Are public radio stations WKSU and WCPN planning to merge? Phone: 216-916-6100. along with featuring jazz in assorted hours. "[189] As WCPN marked its tenth anniversary, Jensen reflected on WBOE's demise from outside forces as proof that WCPN's future could never be fully guaranteed. Overnights feature jazz music locally hosted with Dan Polletta and John Simna. [72] Similar to radio 30 years earlier, the Cleveland schools forged arrangements with the city's three existing television stationsKYW-TV, WEWS-TV and WJW-TVat the end of 1961, with each station providing a daily 15-minute block to air shows developed by WBOE staff; the schools were also furnished with up to $30,000 (equivalent to $272,038 in 2021) worth of television sets. [151] In turn, the CPL agreed to have CPR take control of WBOE's assets and withdrew their license application. Further musing over WBOE's demise, Feagler wrote: despite what you may have read in the newspaper, there are no firm plans afoot right now to save (WBOE). Popular attractions Aquatics Stadium Vichy Community . [91] Donald R. Waldrip, the court-appointed desegregation administrator for the Cleveland school board, filed a request with Judge Frank Battisti by late August 1981 to cancel the sale of WBOE to the library and instead sell the assets to CPR. WCPN's sign-on came not only amidst a significant financial crisis for NPR over the past fiscal year, but also with WKSU having been Greater Cleveland's lone public radio outlet for nearly six years with significant signal overlap. [99][100], Ethnic shows, traditionally a staple of commercial station WZAK,[g] were added to the Saturday lineup, with WBOE joining WOSU, KQED-FM and WUSF among non-commercial educational stations that also broadcast ethnic fare. [129][j] CPL held the winning bid of $205,000 (equivalent to $765,390 in 2021)[128] and intended to relaunch the station as WCPL by year's end[127][130] with paperwork transferring the license filed with the FCC,[131] but prior to consummation, WBOE's license was discovered to have expired[128] on October 1, 1979. [161], In 1993, Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager, succeeding station co-founder Betty Cope; shortly after his appointment, Kit Jensen first proposed the idea of both entities forming a partnership. [75], WVIZ signed on as Cleveland's educational television outlet on February 7, 1965, owned by a consortium and based out of Max S. Hayes High School. [3], Local personalities heard on WCLV include Jacqueline Gerber, Mark Satola, Rob Greer, Bill O'Connell and John Mills. [86], After a power increase on July 22, 1980,[123] WKSU added Cleveland to its primary coverage area with the city receiving a city-grade signal[143] but the CPL contested an additional power upgrade even as the library's director was not opposed to it. Moving our WCLV Classical service to 90.3 FM makes this timeless music accessible to a million more people in Northeast Ohio and celebrates local treasures including The Cleveland Orchestra, Apollos Fire, Ls Delices and more. WCLV's studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland with the transmitter residing in the Cleveland suburb of Parma. [33] On February 3, 1941, WBOE achieved several firsts: it became the first licensed non-commercial educational station on FM in the United States, the first licensed FM station in Cleveland and one of the first in the state of Ohio,[c] still maintaining a schedule from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. on school days. [67] During a keynote speech at the NAEB's 1953 Lincoln Lodge Seminar, Levenson reflected on WBOE's effectiveness as a learning tool, seeing television as a step forward and a way for students to learn by being emotionally involved in the course material. [49], Even as WBOE was a non-commercial station, the Cleveland Public Schools made special arrangements with WTAM, WHK, WGAR, WCLE and WJW[e] to provide access to educational sustaining programs from the four major radio networks: NBC, Blue/ABC, CBS and Mutual. Bear the Swimming Dog is Elected Pet News of the Week for Dec. 12-15! [177] WCPN would cancel all ethnic programming outright on July 15, 1988, replacing the shows with jazz music. [217] Former WNYC-FM personality Amy Eddings, who had been that station's local host for All Things Considered until 2015, joined WCPN as local host for Morning Edition in March 2017. Longtime WCLV jazz-and-classical host John Simna will continue to present his always-engaging insights and eclectic jazz mix on the weekends, along with offerings from Jazz Network. In my visit with you, today, I shall talk about the three-cornered trade route which was so important to our country's early development." [43] Contemporary historian Carroll Atkinson, Ph.D. regarded the Cleveland schools as the "strongest exponent of the 'master teacher' ideal in the value of radio instruction"[14] while William B. Levenson called WBOE "America's Pioneer School Station". [227] This agreement had its genesis in a $100,000 CPB grant[228] jointly awarded to WKSU and Ideastream on September 1, 2020, to help expand public media service in Northeast Ohio and encourage collaboration between both entities.
