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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Radio stations in Toledo, Ohio, Television stations in Toledo, Ohio, WTVG, WBGU, WTOL, WNWO-TV, WUPW, WMNT-CA, WVKS, WLQR-FM, WCWA, WWWM-FM, WWYC, WIOT, WSPD, WRQN, WXKR, WJYM, W265CB, WFAL Falcon Radio, The Blade, WRVF, WKKO, WDFM-LP, WGTE-TV, WIMX, WLMB, W22CO, WJUC, WJZE, WXUT, W38DH, Toledo Free Press, WGTE-FM. Excerpt: WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio. It is owned by SJL Broadcasting. Syndicated programming on WTVG includes Live with Regis and Kelly, The Rachael Ray Show, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and Cash Explosion. The station signed on the air on July 21, 1948 as WSPD-TV, owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WSPD radio (AM 1370 and FM 101.5, now WRVF). The studios were originally located at 136 Huron St. in downtown Toledo. It was Toledo's first television station, and the first television station in the Storer Broadcasting chain. Originally, the station carried programming from all four television networks: NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont. Initially, it was a primary NBC affiliate, owing to its radio sisters' long affiliation with NBC radio. In 1955, Storer changed its primary affiliation to CBS, as Storer and CBS had strong corporate ties. DuMont shut down in 1956, leaving WSPD-TV as a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. In 1958, however, CBS moved its affiliation to newly signed-on WTOL-TV, owing to its long affiliation with WTOL radio. Conventional wisdom suggested that WSPD-TV would go back to NBC. Instead, channel 13 switched its primary affiliation to ABC, while sharing NBC with WTOL. This was very unusual for a two-station market; ABC would not be on ...
