WEWS-TV

WEWS-TV
Cleveland–Akron, Ohio; United States;
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF); Virtual: 5;
Branding	News 5
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: ABC; For others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company; (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC);
History
Founded	July 1946
First air date	December 17, 1947
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1947–2009);
Former affiliations	CBS (1947–1955); DuMont (secondary, 1947–1955); NBC (secondary, 1957–1966);
Call sign meaning	Edward Willis Scripps (founder of the Cleveland Press and the E. W. Scripps Company)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	59441
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	300.7 m (986.5 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°22′26″N 81°43′3″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.news5cleveland.com

WEWS-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception in 1946, making it one of three stations that have been built and signed on by Scripps (alongside company flagship WCPO-TV in Cincinnati and WMC-TV in Memphis, the latter of which was sold in 1993). WEWS-TV's studios are located on Euclid Avenue (near I-90) in Downtown Cleveland, and its transmitter is located in suburban Parma.

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