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| call_letters = WLIO-DT2 | | |||
| station_logo = ]<br>]| | |||
| station_slogan = ''Your Hometown''<br>''Lima Stations''| | |||
| station_branding = Fox Lima & My TV Lima<br>Your News Now| | |||
| analog = | | |||
| digital = ]-DT 8.2 (]) | | |||
| affiliations = ] (primary)<br>] (secondary)| | |||
| founded = September 18, 2006| | |||
| location = ]| | |||
| callsign_meaning = see WLIO| | |||
| owner = ]| | |||
| licensee = Lima Communications Corporation| | |||
| sister_stations = ], ], ]| | |||
| former_affiliations = ] (2006-2008,<br>via ])| | |||
| effective_radiated_power = 27.5 ] (digital)| | |||
| HAAT = 148 ] (digital)| | |||
| facility_id = 37503 (digital)| | |||
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|51.6|N|84|7|53.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} (digital)| | |||
| homepage = | | |||
| }} | |||
| '''WLIO-DT2''' is the primary ] and secondary ]-affiliated ] for ] ]. It is a second ] of ] affiliate ] owned by ]. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a ] digital signal on ] channel 8.2 from a transmitter at its studios on Rice Avenue in Downtown ]. WLIO-DT2 can also be seen on ] channel 9 and in ] on digital channel 1009. ] programming on this station includes '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' among others. Monday through Friday, MyNetworkTV can be seen from 11 at night until 1 the next morning. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| WLIO-DT2's origins began on January 24, 2006 when ] and ] announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called ]. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents ] (the parent company of UPN) and the ] unit of ]. On February 22, ] announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by ] and its syndication division ]. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming ]. It was also created to compete against The CW. | |||
| WLIO operated the area's cable-only WB affiliate "]" in partnership with ]. UPN was seen in Lima on ] ]. With the pending network shakeup, WLIO gained the area's CW affiliation for "WBOH" which joined the new network through ] and was added to this second digital subchannel in order to offer non-cable subscribers access to The CW. This station's official sign-on occurred September 18. Two weeks earlier, then ] Fox affiliate ] added MyNetworkTV in a secondary nature. | |||
| It aired programming from the network Monday through Saturday nights from 11 until 1 the next the morning. Eventually, Saturday shows were dropped. On September 17, 2008, WLIO-DT2 dropped The CW after the network reverted back to a cable-exclusive status in Lima. The cable channel slot was eventually taken over by ] from ] as the network's de-facto affiliate. | |||
| As a result, this station became a primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate essentially becoming a second outlet in Lima for the two networks. The move resulted in a dispute between WLIO and WOHL. However, this second subchannel of WLIO served as WOHL's digital signal because that station did not receive a companion channel for digital transmission due to its Class A status. <ref name="tvbr-foxdispute">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/9189.html|title=Affiliation fight in Ohio|date=August 6, 2008|work=Television Business Report|accessdate=December 1, 2008}}</ref> On June 12, 2009, a ] allowed WOHL to perform a "]" to digital becoming WOHL-CD. | |||
| It first operated a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25, but due to possible interference with ABC affiliate ] in ], the station moved to channel 35 for its digital operations. <ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1294962&Service=DC&Form_id=401&Facility_id=68549</ref> That allotment previously served as WLIO's analog signal and ] display through ] (PSIP). As a result, the virtual channel assignment was displaced since WOHL opted to use the same channel number as its actual frequency. | |||
| Lima is one of the few markets where two of the largest stations are currently using not only the same virtual channel numbers as actual RF channels, but also virtual channel numbers different from former analog channel number assignments. Soon after on September 28, WLQP and WLMO terminated analog operations. ABC programming was shifted to WOHL with CBS on a new second digital subchannel allowing the two networks to be offered over-the-air in high definition for the first time. <ref>https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101336229&formid=910&fac_num=21476</ref> <ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1359104&Service=TX&Form_id=910&Facility_id=21476</ref> Programming from Fox and MyNetworkTV continue to be seen on WLIO-DT2 and cable. | |||
| ==Newscasts== | |||
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| Weeknights at 5 and 10, WLIO produces two thirty minute newscasts for this second digital subchannel. The broadcasts feature news anchors Amyre Makupson (10 p.m. only) and Stuart Hall, Chief Meteorologist Kyle Adams, as well as ] Andy Young (10 o'clock only). Since the 5 p.m. weeknight newscast airs on this station, WLIO does not offer a show at that time unlike most NBC affiliates in the ]. There are no weekend local broadcasts seen on WLIO-DT2. | |||
| '''''Reporters''''' | |||
| *Sam Shriver - multimedia journalist | |||
| *James Rider - sports videographer | |||
| *Phil Thomas - videographer | |||
| *Tom Nartker - videographer | |||
| *Brent Stocksdale - opinion | |||
| *David Adams - movie critic | |||
| *Joe Miles - videographer | |||
| *Csaba Sukosd - sports | |||
| *Jeff Rex - opinion | |||
| *Marissa Sherer | |||
| *Tony Sudano | |||
| *Demi Heiks | |||
| *Tricia Bell | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| {{Fox Ohio}} | |||
| {{MNTV Ohio}} | |||
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