WOHL-CD (channel 35) is a low-power,

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, United States, affiliated with

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and

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. Owned by

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, it is

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to full-power dual

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affiliate

WLIO WLIO (channel 8) is a television station in Lima, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. It is owned by Block Communications alongside WOHL-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts American Broadcasting Company, ABC ...

(channel 8). The two stations (and two repeaters)—which all operate under the collective banner of "Your Hometown Stations"—share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown; WOHL-CD's transmitter is located on Saint Clair Avenue north of downtown.

History

The station signed on January 26, 1989, with the calls W67CA. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 67 from a transmitter west of Cridersville in

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. The low-power outlet was initially an

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but joined Fox on October 9. In 1995, the station changed frequencies to UHF channel 25 while adopting the call sign WOHL-LP. W18BP launched on May 28, 1996, as a full-time repeater of this station. This was followed by another translator, W65DP, on September 22, 1998. W18BP broke off from the simulcast in 1999 and became low-power

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affiliate WLQP-LP (that station eventually joined ABC when UPN closed in 2006). W65DP would follow suit in 2002, becoming CBS affiliate WLMO-LP. Also that year, channel 25 upgraded to Class A status with the call sign WOHL-CA. All three stations maintained facilities on South Central Avenue in Downtown Lima. On September 5, 2006, WOHL added

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as a secondary affiliate. It aired programming from the network Monday through Saturday nights from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eventually, Saturday shows were dropped. Despite being a low-power station, WOHL would, by 2007, outrate long-dominant WLIO in the prime time ratings. This did not stop Fox from, later that year, entering into talks to move the network's programming to a WLIO subchannel, as despite WOHL's high ratings the network sought the increased reach of being on a full-power station. The talks led to WOHL suing in 2008 to block the talks; in a court testimony, WOHL owner Greg Phipps stated that "We won't be able to survive" if the station were stripped of its affiliation. The dispute was settled on November 29, when Phipps' company, Metro Video Productions, announced it would sell its stations (WOHL, WLQP, and WLMO) to West Central Ohio Broadcasting, a subsidiary of WLIO owner Block Communications. While Block assumed operational control of all three after the sale's completion, it was initially stated there would be no consolidation of newscasts or facilities with WLIO. It was then stated some consolidation would take place with WOHL, WLQP, and WLMO being integrated into WLIO's studios on Rice Avenue. On June 12, 2009, a

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allowed WOHL to perform a "

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" to digital and adopt the current calls WOHL-CD. It first operated its high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25, but due to possible interference with

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, the station moved to channel 35 for its digital operations. The allotment previously served as WLIO's analog signal and

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display. Soon after on September 28, WLQP-LP (now

WPNM-LD WPNM-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Leipsic, Ohio, United States. It is a translator of Lima-based Class A dual ABC/ CBS affiliate WOHL-CD (channel 35) which is owned by Block Communications, and is also sister to full ...

) and WLMO-LP (now

WAMS-LD WAMS-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Minster and New Bremen, Ohio, United States. It is a translator of Lima-based Class A dual ABC/CBS affiliate WOHL-CD (channel 35) which is owned by Block Communications, an ...

) terminated analog operations. Programming was shifted to WOHL with CBS on a new second digital subchannel and began to be offered in high definition for the first time. Block Communications then turned WPNM and WAMS into

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for WOHL (with all stations under the "ABC Lima" banner on 35.1 and the "CBS Lima" banner on 35.2) expanding its reach across the West Ohio TV market. Programming from Fox and MyNetworkTV had moved that July to WLIO 8.2.

Newscasts

WLIO's one-hour weekday morning show at 6 a.m. is simulcast on 35.1, while WLIO's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts are simulcast on both 35.1 and 35.2—all under the ''Your News Now'' banner. WOHL does not carry any weekend newscasts (on either 35.1 or 35.2) outside of network national news.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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External links

* {{West Central Ohio Broadcasting 1989 establishments in Ohio American Broadcasting Company affiliates CBS affiliates OHL-CD Television channels and stations established in 1989 OHL-CD

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