WKRC-TV
For the AM radio station, see WKRC (AM).WKRC-TV is a
television station based in
Cincinnati, Ohio, owned by
Clear Channel Communications. The station, which is branded
Local12 WKRC, is the
CBS affiliate serving the Greater Cincinnati area in
Ohio,
Indiana and
Northern Kentucky.
WKRC-TV broadcasts its analog signal on channel 12, and its digital signal on channel 31. Its transmitter is located in the
Mount Auburn area of Cincinnati.
The station signed on the air on
April 4,
1949 on channel 11 and on
October 12,
1952 moved to its current dial position on channel 12. Originally a CBS affiliate, it switched to
ABC in 1961.
The "KRC" of WKRC stood for its radio counterpart's original owner, Kodell Radio Company.
WKRC-TV was the flagship station of
Taft Broadcasting for many years. However, in 1987, it was sold (along with most of Taft's other network affiliates) to
Great American Broadcasting (which later became Citicasters). The station was subsequently acquired by
Jacor in September 1996 (after most of Citicasters' other television stations were sold to
New World Communications and
Fox), before being purchased by its current owner,
Clear Channel, in 1998. (The AM sister came under the ownership of Jacor in April 1993, becoming WLWA - and later WCKY - before reverting back to WKRC after Jacor acquired WKRC-TV, effectively reuniting the AM and TV sisters; the FM sister is today
CBS Radio-owned "Q102"
WKRQ.) Local 12 was ranked by Clear Channel as the number one CBS affiliate in the United States as of 2006.
The station switched affiliations with
WCPO-TV in June 1996, becoming a CBS affiliate once again. WCPO, which would take the ABC affiliation as part of a corporate affiliation deal its owner
E.W. Scripps Company cut back in 1994, had to wait for WKRC's affiliation contract with ABC to expire before switching its network affiliation.
On Tuesday,
April 18,
2006,
The CW Television Network (which is 50% owned by CBS) announced WKRC as its affiliate for Cincinnati. The new network will air on the station's DT2 subchannel starting in September 2006. WKRC is seeking cable carriage for the new channel and is asking viewers to contact their cable company to get the channel on their respective basic tiers [
1].
On
April 26,
2006, WKRC announced a partnership with
WSTR-TV to produce a 10 p.m. local newscast beginning on
August 21,
2006.
Weekdays
*Good Morning Cincinnati: 5-8am
**John Lomax, Anna Townsend, Steve Horstmeyer (weather)
*Local 12 News at Noon: 12-12:30pm
**Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Steve Horstmeyer (weather)
*Local 12 News at 4: 4-4:30pm
**Dayna Eubanks, Michelle Boutillette (weather)
*Local 12 News at 5: 5-5:30pm
**Rob Braun, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather)
*Local 12 News at 5:30: 5:30-6pm
**Dave Burchell, Cammy Dierking, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
*Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
**Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
*Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:35pm
**Rob Braun, Kit Andrews, Tim Hedrick (weather), Brad Johansen (sports)
Saturday
*Local 12 News Saturday: 6-8am
**Paul Adler, Jeff Creighton (weather)
*Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
**Paula Toti, John Gumm, Tara Pachmayer (sports)
*Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:35pm
**Paula Toti, John Gumm, Tara Pachmayer (sports)
Sunday
*Local 12 News at 6: 6-6:30pm
**Paula Toti, John Gumm, Tara Pachmayer (sports)
*Local 12 News at 11: 11-11:35pm
**Paula Toti, John Gumm, Tara Pachmayer (sports)
WKRC is branded "Local 12," but it is owned by Clear Channel. This branding was inspired by the "Local Mandate," a station standardization branding adopted by
Post-Newsweek for its own television stations.
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WKRC-TV*
CW Website on WKRC-TV
