WVIZ

WVIZ
Cleveland, Ohio United States

Branding	WVIZ/PBS ideastream
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP)
Subchannels	25.1 WVIZ/PBS HD 25.2 Ohio Channel 25.3 World 25.4 PBS Create
Translators	W38ET-D 38 Eastlake
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Ideastream
First air date	February 7, 1965 (1965-02-07)
Sister station(s)	WCLV, WCPN
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 25 (UHF, 1965–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1965–1970)
Transmitter power	150 kW
Height	336.9 m
Facility ID	18753
Transmitter coordinates	41°23′10″N 81°41′21″W / 41.38611°N 81.68917°W / 41.38611; -81.68917
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.wviz.org

WVIZ (Digital channel 26, PSIP 25.1), is a PBS member station serving its city of license, Cleveland, Ohio. The non-commercial outlet is the flagship station of parent owner Ideastream, with studios located in the Idea Center at Playhouse Square at 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, and on the web at www.wviz.org.

Station History

On February 7, 1965, at 10:42 a.m., WVIZ signed on the air for the first time, broadcasting the word “THINK” from its first home, Max Hayes Trade School in Cleveland. The new WVIZ broadcast 50 hours a week—weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. WVIZ became the 100th public television station in the nation.

In the early 1960s, Betty Cope, then a director at WEWS-TV 5, began working with a community group interested in activating educational television on Channel 25 for the Greater Cleveland area. In 1963, thanks to start-up grants from The Cleveland Foundation and the Educational Television Association for Metropolitan Cleveland, matched by a United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare grant in 1964, educational television in Northeast Ohio was becoming a reality.

Cope was WVIZ’s first general manager, and, in 1972, she was named president of the association that held the station’s license. Commonly called Channel 25, WVIZ was a member of National Educational Television (NET), which later became the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1970. The broadcast station officially changed its name to WVIZ/PBS in 1999.

Jerry Wareham became the station’s chief executive officer after Cope retired in 1993. Currently, Wareham is the CEO of ideastream, created in 2001, when WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN, an NPR member station, joined together to “strengthen our communities” and harness the power of multiple media. The growth continued and today ideastream is a nonprofit organization that applies the power of media to education, culture and citizenship. It includes WVIZ/PBS, 90.3 WCPN, WCLV 104.9 Classical, educational and public service cable channels, broadband interactive video distance learning and web and other interactive media, as well as a community engagement platform—Civic Commons.

WVIZ/PBS is now on 24/7 and includes four digital channels—WVIZ/PBS HD, WVIZ/PBS Create, WVIZ/PBS World and The Ohio Channel—as well as video on demand at video.ideastream.org. WVIZ/PBS ideastream Education builds upon WVIZ’s rich heritage of educational training programs by offering a variety of in-person, online and distance learning opportunities throughout the year, as well as managing the SMART Consortium (Science and Math Achievement Required for Tomorrow), a professional development program for teachers in Northeast Ohio’s school systems.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:^[1]

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
25.1	1080i	16:9	WVIZ-HD	Main WVIZ programming / PBS
25.2	480i		WVIZ Oh	Ohio Channel
25.3			WVIZ Wo	World
25.4			WVIZ cr	Create
25.9	Audio Only		CSCN	Cleveland Sight Center Network^[3]

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Television in Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland, Akron, and Canton

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WKYC (3.1 NBC, 3.2 Justice, 3.3 WX radar) WEWS-TV (5.1 ABC, 5.2 Cozi TV, 5.3 Laff) WLFM-LP 6 (Radio) WJW (8.1 Fox, 8.2 Antenna TV) W16DO-D / WAOH-CD (16.1 / 29.1 Retro TV) WDLI-TV (17.1 TBN, 17.2 Church, 17.3 Smile/JUCE, 17.4 Enlace, 17.5 Salsa) WOIO (19.1 CBS, 19.2 Me-TV) WVPX-TV (23.1 Ion, 23.2 Qubo, 23.3 Ion Life, 23.4 Ion Shop, 23.5 QVC, 23.6 HSN) WVIZ (25.1 PBS, 25.2 OH Chan, 25.3 World, 25.4 Create, 25.9 CSCN audio only) WEKA-LD (41.2 SBN, 41.3 Buzzr, 41.4 Liquidation Channel) WUAB (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 Bounce, 43.3 Grit) WEAO (49.1 PBS, 49.2 Fusion, 49.3 MHz, 49.4 V-me) WCDN-LD (53.1 Daystar) WBNX-TV (55.1 CW, 55.2 Happy, 55.3 Movies!, 55.4 H&I) WQHS-DT (61.1 UNI, 61.2, UniMás, 61.3 GetTV, 61.4 Escape)

Outlying areas	WIVD-LD 22/W27DG-D 27/WIVN-LD 29/WIVM-LD 39/WIVX-LD 51 (x.1 This TV/Ind, x.2 This TV, x.3 RTV, x.4 WJDD audio only) WQDI-LD (20.1 unknown) WOHZ-CD (41.1 Weather radar/Ind) W41AP 41 (Ind) WRLM (47.1 TCT, 47.2 TCT HD, 47.3 variety, 47.4 ABN) W47AB 47 (PBS via WOSU-TV) WGGN-TV (52.1 Religious,Ind, 52.2 WGGN-FM) WMFD-TV (68.1 Ind, 68.2 WOHZ-CD 41.1 Weather radar/Ind)

Cable-only stations	Fox Sports Ohio SportsTime Ohio Medina Cable Access Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (Northeast Ohio)

Defunct stations	WAKN-LP 11 WICA-TV 15 WRAP-LP 32 W32AR 32 (TBN) WKBF-TV 61

Mobile DTV	WKYC (3.1 NBC)

Ohio broadcast television Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia Cincinnati Cleveland/Akron Columbus Dayton Ft. Wayne, Indiana Lima Marietta/Parkersburg, West Virginia Steubenville/Wheeling, West Virginia Toledo Youngstown Zanesville See also Erie and Ontario TV

Broadcast television in Youngstown–Warren, Ohio and Sharon–New Castle, Pennsylvania

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WYFX (19.1 Fox, 19.3 Laff) WFMJ (21.1 NBC, 21.2 CW) WKBN (27.1 CBS, 27.2 Fox, 27.3 Ion) WYTV (33.1 ABC, 33.2 MNTV, 33.3 Bounce TV) WNEO/WEAO (45.1/49.1 PBS, 45.2/49.2 Fusion, 45.3/49.3 MHz, 45.4/49.4 V-me) WPCP-CD (59.1 IND/Movies!, 59.2 QVC, 59.3 RTV, 59.4 Cozi TV)

Adjacent locals	Cleveland WKYC (3.1 NBC, 3.2 Justice, 3.3 WX Radar) WEWS-TV (5.1 ABC, 5.2 Cozi TV, 5.3 Laff) WJW (8.1 Fox, 8.2 Antenna TV) WOIO (19.1 CBS, 19.2 Me-TV) WVIZ (25.1 PBS, 25.2 OH Chan, 25.3 World, 25.4 Create, 25.9 CSCN audio only) WUAB (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 Bounce, 43.3 Grit) WBNX-TV (55.1 CW, 55.2 Happy, 55.3 Movies!) WQHS-DT (61.1 UNI, 61.2, UniMás, 61.3 GetTV, 61.4 Escape) Pittsburgh KDKA (2.1 CBS) WTAE (4.1 ABC, 4.2 This TV) WPXI (11.1 NBC, 11.2 Me-TV, 11.3 Laff) WQED (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Create, 13.3 Neighborhood Channel, 13.4 Showcase) WPNT (22.1 MNTV, 22.3 Comet, 22.4 GetTV) WPGH (53.1 Fox, 53.2 ZUUS Country)

Pennsylvania broadcast television Binghamton, New York Buffalo, New York Elmira, New York Erie Johnstown/Altoona/State College New York City Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg) Washington, DC Youngstown, Ohio Ohio broadcast television Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia Cincinnati Cleveland/Akron Columbus Dayton Ft. Wayne, Indiana Lima Marietta/Parkersburg, West Virginia Steubenville/Wheeling, West Virginia Toledo Youngstown Zanesville

PBS member stations in the state of Ohio

WPTD 16 / WPTO 14 (Dayton / Oxford) WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (Athens / Cambridge) WVIZ 25 (Cleveland) WBGU 27 (Bowling Green) WGTE 30 (Toledo) WOSU 34 / WPBO 42 (Columbus / Portsmouth) WNEO 45 / WEAO 49 (Youngstown / Akron) WCET 48 (Cincinnati)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Ohio

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