W27EA-D
Cleveland, Ohio United States | |
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City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 35 |
Branding | Retro TV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Retro TV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Media-Com, Inc. (Media-Com Television, Inc.) |
History | |
Founded | November 30, 1989 |
First air date | May 13, 1996 |
Former call signs | W35AX (1989-2015) W16DO-D (2015-2020) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 35 (UHF, 1996-2015) Digital: 16 (UHF, 2015-2020) |
MuchMusic Bloomberg Television Network One (1996-1997) America One (1996-2009, secondary until 1997) | |
Call sign meaning | Translator call letters are sequentially assigned by the FCC |
Technical information | |
Class | CD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
Akron, Ohio United States | |
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City | Akron, Ohio |
Channels | Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 29 (PSIP) |
History | |
Founded | July 14, 1987 |
First air date | June 18, 1990 |
Last air date | October 25, 2017 |
Former call signs | W29AI (1987-1995) WAOH-LP (1995-2014) |
Former channel number(s) | 29 (1990-2014) |
W27EA-D, virtual channel 35 (UHF digital channel 27), is a low-powered, Class A Retro TV-affiliated television station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Media-Com, as part of a duopoly with radio station WNIR (which shares its broadcast facilities with W27EA-D in Franklin Township, which is located south of Kent).
W27EA-D broadcasts under a Class A television license. The former WAOH-CD had some cable carriage, most notably on Charter Spectrum's Akron system (channel 11). W27EA-D is not carried on cable in the bulk of the Cleveland area.
History[]
W29AI channel 29 was originally licensed on July 14, 1987, and did not sign on until 1990. It became WAOH-LP on August 21, 1995, and WAOH-CD on December 30, 2014. A translator of WAOH, W35AX channel 35, was licensed on November 30, 1989, and signed on in 1996.
As part of the digital transition, WAOH flash-cut their signal to digital in December 2014, remaining on channel 29. W35AX signed on their digital companion signal on channel 16 on March 16, 2015, with the calls W16DO-D. The new coverage area for W16DO-D overlapped most of viewing area formerly served by WAOH-CD. The station's branding made use of the new frequency allocation, changing from "29/35" to "16/29" on station IDs.
WAOH-CD went off the air on October 25, 2017 as part of the FCC's digital repack.[1][2] This shifted W16DO-D's role from translator to the sole transmitter for the station. On June 28, 2020, W16DO-D transitioned to their repacked frequency of RF channel 27, with the new callsign W27EA-D. Its virtual channel reverted to the previous 35 allocation, rather than 16, 27, or 29.
W27EA-D is currently affiliated with the classic TV network Retro TV, and also airs a few locally produced programs (such as the Son of Ghoul). Prior to June 1, 2009, it was affiliated with the America One network, with the branding of "The CAT" (for Cleveland Akron Television). Prior to its America One affiliation, the station had carried Bloomberg Television, MuchMusic, and Network One.
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- Retro TV affiliates
- Kent, Ohio
- Television channels and stations established in 1987
- Television channels and stations established in 1996
- Low-power television stations in the United States
- Television stations in Cleveland