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| | call_letters = WLIO-DT2 | |||
| | station_logo = ]<br><br>] | |||
| | station_slogan = ''Your Hometown Lima Stations'' | |||
| | station_branding = Fox Lima <small>(general)</small><br>Your News Now <small>(newscasts)</small> | |||
| | analog = | |||
| | digital = ]-DT 8.2 (])<br>]: 8.2 (]) | |||
| | affiliations = ] (primary)<br>] (secondary) | |||
| | founded = ] | |||
| | location = ] | |||
| | country = ] | |||
| | callsign_meaning = see WLIO | |||
| | owner = ] | |||
| | licensee = Lima Communications Corporation | |||
| | sister_stations = ] | |||
| | former_affiliations = ] (2006-2008, 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) | |||
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| '''WLIO-DT2''' is the primary ] and secondary ] affiliate for ] ]. It is a second ] of ] affiliate ] that is owned by ]. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a ] ] ] signal on ] channel 8.2 from a transmitter at studios on Rice Avenue in Downtown Lima. The outlet can also be seen on ] channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 1009. Shows from MyNetworkTV air in a delayed arrangement on weeknights from 11 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 ]. WLIO, since 1998, had 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 the second digital subchannel of WLIO in order to offer non-cable subscribers access to The CW. | |||
| On September 17, 2008, WLIO-DT2 dropped The CW, resulting in The CW becoming cable-exclusive in Lima. The cable channel slot was eventually taken over by ] from ] as the network's de facto affiliate. WLIO then used the subchannel as a standard definition simulcast of its main NBC programming; however, during this time, the station attempted to take the Fox affiliation from its longtime affiliate, ] (channel 25), resulting in a dispute between the two stations. Fox was interested in the increased reach of being on a full-power station in Lima, even though WOHL was at that time one of the network's highest-rated affiliates.<ref name="tvbr-foxdispute">{{cite news|url=http://rbr.com/affiliation-fight-in-ohio/|title=Affiliation fight in Ohio|date=August 6, 2008|work=Television Business Report|accessdate=December 1, 2008}}</ref> The dispute was settled in November 2008, when WOHL's owner, ], sold its stations to Block Communications.<ref name=tvbr-blocklptvbuy>{{cite news|last=Seyler|first=Dave|title=Phipps flips Lima low-power cluster|url=http://rbr.com/phipps-flips-lima-low-power-cluster/|accessdate=June 15, 2013|newspaper=Television Business Report|date=November 28, 2008}}</ref> On July 13, 2009, WLIO-DT2 began to carry the Fox and MyNetworkTV programming of WOHL; later that year, WOHL converted to digital with ] and ] subchannels that essentially replaced sister stations ] and ], leaving the WLIO subchannel as Lima's Fox affiliate. | |||
| ==Programming== | |||
| ] programming on WLIO-DT2 includes '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' among others. | |||
| ==Newscasts== | |||
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| On weeknights, WLIO produces two thirty minute long newscasts (at 5 and 10) on this second digital subchannel. The broadcasts feature news anchor Chris Cerenelli, Chief ] Kyle Adams, and ] Jayson Geiser (10 o'clock only). Since there is a local program that airs at 5 on this station, WLIO does not offer a show at that time unlike most other NBC affiliates. There are no weekend offerings of newscasts, unlike most other FOX stations. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * - Official Website | |||
| {{Lima TV}} | |||
| {{Fox Ohio}} | |||
| {{MNTV Ohio}} | |||
| {{Block Communications}} | |||
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