WWHO became The WB affiliate upon its launch on January 11, 1995. By 1997, it began to carry programming from UPN on a secondary basis, assuming from Fox affiliate WTTE; UPN's parent Viacom through the Paramount Stations Group later brought the station from Fant Broadcasting and NBC, along with sister Providence station WLWC in return for its Hartford station WVIT which later became an NBC owned-and-operated station, then in 1998, the LMA with WCMH-TV was also ended after completion of the sale.
1998–2001[]
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In the fall of 1998, WWHO began to carry programming in the overnight hours from the upstart Pax TV network, as Pax struggled to find a full-power affiliate in the Columbus market. This arrangement ended in February 1999, when Pax affiliated with WSFJ-TV (channel 51) in Newark, Ohio. In 2000, WWHO switched its primary affiliation to UPN, but signed a deal with The WB to retain its prime time programming on a secondary basis through what a Paramount Stations Group executive described as a "program license agreement."
2001–2002[]
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2002[]
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2002–2005[]
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2005–2006[]
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On February 10, 2005, Viacom Television Stations Group announced it will sell WWHO to LIN TV Corporation for $85 million, making it as a sister stations of NBC affiliate WDTN in Dayton, and Fox affiliate WUPW in Toledo. In addition, the station reverting its former station branding as UPN 53, with the new branding as UPN 53 WWHO.
2006–2010[]
On April 18, 2006, following the announcement of The CW, LIN TV signed an affiliation agreement with the network, with both programming from both networks was combined into a single affiliation. (MyNetworkTV meanwhile, was later picked up by ABC affiliate WSYX in its digital subchannel.)
2010–2013[]
Summer variant as seen on website (2012)
Station ID (2011-2012)
In November 2011, it was reported that the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the owner of WSYX and who also effectively owns WTTE, was in talks to purchase WWHO from LIN for an estimated $7 million. This deal, if it were approved, would have given Sinclair control of four of the six largest network affiliations in the Ohio capital. This deal never materialized, however, and LIN filed instead to sell the station to Manhan Media. The sale was granted on December 20, 2011. In February 2012, after consummating the sale, Manhan Media entered into a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sinclair, making WWHO a sister station to WSYX and WTTE. Although Sinclair now controls WWHO, it initially continued to operate from separate studios several blocks east of the WSYX/WTTE studios; by October 2013, WWHO had moved in with WSYX/WTTE.
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 5Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair. 6Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 7Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 8Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 9Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair. 10Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. 11Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA. 12Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 13Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 14Owned by Main Street Sports Group 15Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 16Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 17Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA. 18Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA. 19Owned by Standard Media, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA.
Notes Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area. +Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus. +1Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel. 1Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.
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