[101] WBOE was one of several stations in the area that picked up NPR's Jazz Alive! [150] Brokered over a cod dinner Norris hosted, the deal was borne out of Asseff's wishes to end the dispute, federal funding reductions in public broadcasting and local changes to tax funding for the CPL. [229], With this arrangement, a realignment of formats, stations and call signs took place on March 28, 2022. [161], In 1993, Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager, succeeding station co-founder Betty Cope; shortly after his appointment, Kit Jensen first proposed the idea of both entities forming a partnership. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Public School system in Cleveland, Ohio, had shown interest in utilizing radio broadcasts as an instructional aide as early as 1925,[9] broadcasting a music appreciation class over WTAM twice each week. DJs like . Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [99][100], Ethnic shows, traditionally a staple of commercial station WZAK,[g] were added to the Saturday lineup, with WBOE joining WOSU, KQED-FM and WUSF among non-commercial educational stations that also broadcast ethnic fare. Public radio listeners may have noticed a change Monday, as WKSU 89.7 FM became the primary NPR news and information station for Northeast Ohio at midnight. However, other accounts trace its history to the station it supplanted, WBOE. [36][37] In July 1946, the FCC directed that FM stations currently operating on 4244 MHz would have to move to new frequencies by the end of the year,[38] and WBOE was reassigned to 44.3 MHz. [51] Provided daily listings from all four networks, WBOE had the ability to broadcast live speeches or addresses from world leaders if any network carried it. From the birth of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s through just about the end of the 20th Century, Cleveland was a great town for radio. Ideastream Public Media's member-supported classical radio station serving Northeast Ohio. Popular attractions Aquatics Stadium Vichy Community . [203] The changes also called for another attempt at a reduction in hours to the Sunday ethnic lineup,[204] but met opposition from Ohio governor George Voinovich, Cleveland mayor Michael R. White and Plain Dealer publisher Alex Machaskee. Judging by the interest of educators in the operation of the Cleveland School Station WBOE, it is quite probable that there will be a steady, if not rapid, growth of such FM transmitters throughout the country. [133] Norris again offered a compromise and merger proposal with CPL by late 1979 that would create a new board with all 30 CPR trustees and all seven CPL trustees, giving CPR a 307 majority but also allowing for the WBOE license to be taken over as soon as possible and returned to air;[134] Howley rejected this proposal, calling CPR's finances into question even with funding from the Gund Foundation. Complete HD schedules are available here. 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"[21], At launch, WBOE only operated on school days for seven hours from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.[13] with instructional material for students from kindergarten to high school. "[189] As WCPN marked its tenth anniversary, Jensen reflected on WBOE's demise from outside forces as proof that WCPN's future could never be fully guaranteed. [175] This settlement included a funding proposal of $185,000 in grant money for WCPNincluding $90,000 from The Cleveland Foundation[180]as well as the establishment of a five-member advisory board and producer to work with the ethnic hosts. [227] This agreement had its genesis in a $100,000 CPB grant[228] jointly awarded to WKSU and Ideastream on September 1, 2020, to help expand public media service in Northeast Ohio and encourage collaboration between both entities. [105] Battisti, who sought to keep the schools operational,[114] twice found the school board in contempt of court for failing to comply with his orders[115] but agreed to delay the busing plan until 1979. [205] After the Ohio State Legislature inserted language into the state budget mandating the ethnic shows remain as-is in exchange for state funding[206] said changes were rescinded. But then, when you come right down to it, we are rotten at saving worthwhile things, aren't we? WCLV, northeast Ohio's classical radio station since 1962, is dedicated to the preservation of classical music on the radio in the greater Cleveland area. Interment will be in the muck of the present. [178], Cleveland mayor George Voinovich expressed outrage over the cancellations and called on an investigation by the FCC[179] while Senator Howard Metzenbaum delayed passage of a budget bill for NPR unless WCPN restored the ethnic fare, but Jensen vowed not to reverse course and received moral support from management at other public radio stations. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders disseminate key planning information . brunette, white, black, rich, poor, educated or dullards. [127] CPL's interest in WBOE was criticized as the Cleveland school board had appointed many of the library's trustees. Marie M. Powell, for Every Week Magazine[27], From its 1938 sign on and in the 39 years that followed, WBOE operated as an adjunct of the Cleveland Public Schools, with broadcasts limited to school days and going dark during weekends, holidays and summer vacations. My people. [44] By 1949, the school system employed eleven scriptwriters on a full-time basis, more than any of the 12 commercial radio stations in the city. [17] In addition, the band's first 25 channels, from 41.0241.98 MHz, were reserved in January 1938 for non-commercial educational stations. Subscribe now, and stay connected with timeless classical music on WCLV and beyond. In early 1997, the station had dropped most jazz programming during the midday hours in favor of news-oriented fare including The Diane Rehm Show[202] and The World. On June 15, 2021, WCPN rebranded as "Ideastream Public Media WCPN" as part of a group-wide effort to celebrate the entity's 20th anniversary. These channels are available on the new Ideastream Public Media app, at ideastream.org and on HD-equipped radios. Morning announcer Jacqueline Gerber on WCLV FM/104.9 is also known as "Queen of the Morn." Regular listeners are familiar with her easy manner and droll sense of humor as well as the "Traffic . [124] WBOE's carrier signal was still active and continued broadcasting the CRRS over their SCA subchannel but continuous dead air over conventional FM receivers; the reading service paid WBOE $73,000 annually to keep two engineers employed,[125] thus WBOE never filed an STA request to remain off-air. [28] Apex stations were subsequently informed by the Commission that they needed to either go silent or convert to FM transmission, effectively eliminating the Apex band. [180], The settlement came weeks after Cleveland Public Radio saw three longstanding leaders depart during the station's annual board meeting: chairman emeritus Brad Norris, vice president H. Andrew Johnson III and trustee Ben Shouse. Originally one of two NPR member stations in the Northeast Ohio region alongside Kentlicensed WKSU, this station assumed the format and calls of WCLV from 104.9 FM on March 28, 2022, following a programming merger between WCPN and WKSU. In 1941, the station converted to the FM band, becoming not only the first educational FM station, but also the first licensed FM station in Cleveland and one of the first FM stations in Ohio. Were excited to share that they will all remain on-air! [190] Both stations collaborated for My Land, Your Land, a December 1997 WVIZ documentary on urban sprawl narrated by NPR's Ray Suarez that WCPN simulcast the audio of;[191] despite multiple logistical issues in production, it was positively received among both station's respective audiences. These changes are done with the intent of preserving, growing and strengthening local media service and a time when many of our local media are facing unprecedented challenges. [9] Studios were constructed on the sixth floor of the Board of Education building in Downtown Cleveland, which radio supervisor William B. Levenson boasted as "one of the finest in the country". Jeff St. Clair, who previously hosted All Things Considered on WKSU will host midday newscasts as we expand that service. [188] Jensen published an op-ed to The Plain Dealer in response to proposed funding cuts to the CPB by the 104th U.S. Congress, calling the CPB "an appropriate and needed expenditure for the public good an investment, as it were, in something that the country needs but that would not come about through market forces alone. [70] Earlier in 1953, the Board of Education set aside $200,000 (equivalent to $2.03million in 2021) for possible investment into a television station, committing to investigate the necessary costs. 1375 Euclid Avenue. You want any simpler than that? [168] WKSU and WCPN notably teamed up to help co-sponsor a live appearance of Garrison Keillor as both stations carried Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion; Perry acknowledged that it was the only way Keillor's Akron broadcast could be booked. Listen to WCLV 104.9 FM internet radio online. For full details on how to access WCLV, please visit ideastream.org/access. [215] WCPN added NPR's Here and Now for early middays in the same time slot as WKSU, within weeks of WKSU's lineup changes. [200] The WBOE mural was donated to Ideastream and publicly unveiled in the front lobby of the Idea Center in 2014 as part of WCPN's 30th anniversary. [223] Meanwhile, WCPN was successful in reducing the allotted airtime for the weekend ethnic fare in January 2015 after the hosts of the Lithuanian and Serbian programs retired; the resulting schedule changes allowed WCPN to finally add the Sunday edition of All Things Considered. Two-person shows began, such as "Ethel and Ben" (homemakers) on WGAR, "Mildred and Gloria," a women's show, on WTAM, and "Just Married" on WJAY, an improvisational drama show ad-libbed from a synopsis sheet prepared by creator Edyth Fern Melrose. As we looked at how to structure our new lineup, were bringing together the unique aspects of WKSU and WCPN in a way that provides our listeners with the best experience. Owned by Ideastream Public Media, the station serves both Greater Clevelandand Northeast Ohioas the home station for the Cleveland Orchestraand an affiliate of the BBC World Service. [175] A schedule realignment to accommodate the premiere of Weekend Edition in the fall of 1987 saw the programs consolidated into a 12-hour block on Sundays, eliciting anger among the newly established "American Nationalities Movement of Ohio" which attempted a takeover of WCPN's board. It made most sense to focus our flagship news station entirely on news and information. So far we've been able to meet the payroll, but it depends on what's in tomorrow's mail. [13] Newscasts from all four networks were also rebroadcast, along with locally originated programs from the stations if they were of educational interest. And while iPods, books on CD and other. [13][47] All stations supplied private lines to WBOE's studios for the purpose of either directly broadcasting sustaining programs to a classroom[f] or to record them for future rebroadcast, sometimes with added narration. [86] WBOE continued to operate solely from 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m. on school days featuring in-school programming, with light entertainment, public service or classical music selections to conclude the broadcast day. Published: Dec. 11, 2021, 5:30 a.m. Cleveland's classical music radio station WCLV-FM has been broadcasting from The Idea Center at Cleveland's Playhouse Square as part of the Ideastream . [230] On that date, WCPN changed their call letters to WCLV and format to classical music, which was reported as WCLV "moving" to the 90.3 FM facility in WCPN's place. [52] Sustaining programs relayed over WBOE during the 19391940 school year included Mutual's Intercollegiate Debates, NBC's Gallant American Women and Between the Bookends, and CBS's Young People's Concerts. [237][238] Weekend and seasonal programming includes Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, Performance Today, From the Top and Pipedreams with J. Michael Barone; the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum, which originates over WKSU on Friday afternoons, is rebroadcast over WCLV on Sunday nights. [9] By 1954, WBOE was one of approximately 90 stations that participated in the service, and one of nine in the state. The WCLV studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland Image courtesy of Cleveland Women's Orchestra / Arts & Culture [231] Amy Eddings was reassigned to WKSU as that station's morning host[216] and The Sound of Ideas and the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum were also moved to WKSU. [242][233] WVIZ's 25.8 subchannel rebroadcasts WCLV in an audio-only format.[243]. [234] The "new" WCLV at 90.3 FM also inherited WCPN's jazz programming for overnights, while WKSU dropped all remaining classical programming from their lineup. Ray Cobb Underwriting Sales Representative. No other school aystem in the country, as yet, has carried the experiment of direct teaching by radio quite so far. So I'll end it the way they taught me to end obits. [15], While the losing bidder in the auction, CPR contested WBOE's transfer to the library, filing a competing application for the 90.3 FM frequency on October 17, 1979. [190] WNET president William F. Baker called the merger "wonderful news and the right direction for public broadcasting to be moving in everyone winds up winning, especially the people of Cleveland. Interment? [77] Even with the competition from television, WBOE continued with educational fare. [7] In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCLV broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, is partially simulcast over WKSU's third HD subchannel, relayed over WVIZ's 25.8 audio-only subchannel, and is available online. Grace Lee Mims (July 17, 1930 - October 3, 2019) was an African-American singer, radio personality and leading member of the arts community in Cleveland, Ohio best known for her 43 years as a radio host and producer on the classical radio station WCLV . Progressive Insurance donated $48,000 earmarked for news coverage on urban-related issues and pledged an additional $10,000 if WCPN met a pledge drive goal of 248 additional supporters. A behind-the-scenes look at some of the hilarious and unforgettable travails of the radio announcer. [123] Despite this, the FCC mandated WKSU's signal had to be directional aimed away from Cleveland to protect WBOE as both were third-adjacent signals; this resulted in WKSU having coverage issues throughout Cuyahoga County. Our cash flow is like that of a small business: we live month to month. WCLV (104.9 FM) branded WCLV Classical 104.9 is a noncommercial educational classical radio station licensed to Lorain, Ohio. [91] Norris' initial proposal to the Board of Education had CPR assume control of WBOE and convert it to a public radio outlet with all in-school programming moved to a second SCA subchannel, but the board was not interested. Radio-info.com has a chat board for aircheck collectors. [193], On October 13, 2000, the license holders for WCPN and WVIZ agreed to a merger of equals, with Wareham becoming chief executive officer and Jensen becoming chief operating officer for the combined entity, ideastream. Paul Briggs, Cleveland Municipal School District superintendent[105], While WBOE started to evolve into a public radio station, the Cleveland school district entered a cataclysmic period. [121] In WBOE's absence, WKSU-FM, which carried NPR programming starting in 1973,[122][i] became the de facto sole NPR member station in northeast Ohio. Cleveland needs public radio. [1], WCPN had been substantially evolving prior to the merger. These stations were informally known as "Apex" stations, due to the tall height of their transmitter antennas, which were needed because coverage was primarily limited to local line-of-sight distances. [59] WBOE occasionally did broadcast outside of the school day: for a two-week period in January 1954, WBOE experimented with a five-hour evening program block aimed at adults; such fare already aired over WBOE during semester breaks. [25], At the same time the 41.0243.98 MHz Apex band was established, the FCC noted that research would begin on the technical requirements of frequency modulation as a possible alternative to the ultra high frequency broadcasts that Apex utilitzed. [47], Saul Carson, writing for The New Republic, called WBOE "a model for the country" and "the most exciting broadcasting job being done". [93] and The Plain Dealer Green Thumb Club[94][95] among the offerings. Amanda Rabinowitz will move to hosting All Things Considered on weeknights, a move that interests her personally and professionally. Enjoy free WiFi, free parking, and breakfast. Six months ago, Ideastream Public Media and WKSU public radio announced their intent to create one of Northeast Ohios largest news organizations. Kerwin D. Sims Membership Director. [162] WGAR (1220 AM), by then a country outlet, donated its entire jazz record collection to the station. Early life [ edit] John Perry, WKSU general manager, on teaming up with WCPN to book a 1985 Garrison Keillor appearance[160]. WCPN decided to adopt a jazz music format after studies commissioned by the board of trustees found that no station in the market programmed contemporary jazz,[161] along with a need for increased local news coverage after the Cleveland Press folded in 1982. Also on Monday, Ideastream Public Media's classical service, WCLV, has moved from 104.9 FM to 90.3 FM, reaching an additional 1 million listeners. Many of you may find your favorite programming has moved or is now airing at a slightly different time. Former radio personality Doug Allen is a jingle archivist and now maintains Jinglefreaks.com, where his growing collection of radio jingles is available online. "[194] Most notably, both stations were almost entirely debt-free, a rarity among mergers in the industry following the Telecommunications Act of 1996. [125][126], Lee C. Howley, Jr., board president of the Cleveland Public Library (CPL), revealed at the end of 1978 that the system had been negotiating with the school board over the past several months to buy WBOE, prompting WVIZ to withdraw their interest in the station. [150] The school board approved the proposal on September 9, 1982, also allowing CPR to assume a 1972 CPB grant awarded to WBOE for any technical upgrades. [86] WBOE ended regular programming at midnight on October 7, with station manager Jay Robert Klein and Cleveland journalist Dick Feagler providing a pre-recorded eulogy; in his syndicated newspaper column, Feagler wrote, "cause of deatha stroke of the pen". Organized radio broadcasting was introduced in the United States in the early 1920s, and by the mid-1930s, the standard amplitude modulation (AM) broadcast band was considered to be too full to allow any meaningful increase in the number of stations. [211], By 2005, WCPN experienced some staff turnover attributed to the merger, with news director Dave Pignanelli leaving for WKSU in the same capacity and the news department shrinking from 18 staffers to nine; WCPN only employed four news staffers when Pignanelli joined in 1996. [225], Kent State University's board of trustees and Ideastream Public Media entered into a public service operating agreement with the university's WKSU on September 15, 2021. [166] WCPN added an evening news program Evening Edition, hosted by reporter Zina Vishnevsky, in November 1986[171] and mid-morning news program After Nine the following October. [15] Assigned the WBOE call sign, the station became fully licensed on November 21, 1938, as the first authorized educational broadcasting station[19][20] with facilities and transmitter located at Lafayette School on Abell Avenue. [67] During a keynote speech at the NAEB's 1953 Lincoln Lodge Seminar, Levenson reflected on WBOE's effectiveness as a learning tool, seeing television as a step forward and a way for students to learn by being emotionally involved in the course material. [81], Ultimately, educational radio had a mixed legacy: even with WBOE's relative success, the concept failed to materialize on a national level. Shed Jackson Communications and Marketing Director. [k] Former WERE operations manager Leonard Will was hired as general manager, promising extensive local news coverage to augment NPR offerings. WCLV, 104.9 FM, Cleveland, OH | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn WCLV 16.1K Favorites Favorite Location: Cleveland, OH Genres: Classical Language: English Contact: 1375 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 916-6100 Website: https://wclv.ideastream.org Email: comments@ideastream.org Stations WCLV Dinner Classics UP NEXT: 7pm Symphony at Seven (WCLV) [79] One 1964 series directed toward junior high students centered around communism and life in Soviet Russia in both an economic and historical context. Phone: 216-916-6100. Of Note is Ideastream Public Medias classical music newsletter curated for you by WCLVhosts. [57], Owing to educational radio's effectiveness being reduced by television, work slowly began in the early 1970s to revamp WBOE. [96] Several announcers joined the station as a result of the programming expansion, including onetime WJMO announcer Karl Johnson, who had already been working for the school district as public relations director. [104] WBOE's visibility in the market remained imperceptible, however, failing to attract more than one percent of listeners in area Arbitron ratings.[86]. Owned by Ideastream, the station serves Greater Cleveland and parts of surrounding Northeast Ohio. But this much can be said: WCPN intends to offer a measure of public-affairs programming and news that has been little in evidence in commercial radio here because it is relatively well insulated from the ravages of a ratings-dominated marketplace. Vintage airchecks from the 1950s to the 1990s is a directory of other sites. But I'm getting bitter and there is no place in an obit for bitterness. 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[14], On July 22, 1937, the Cleveland Board of Education filed paperwork to establish an experimental radio station on 26.4 MHz[15] but the FCC reallocated the Apex frequencies after discovering ionospheric strengthening from high solar activity resulted in strong and undesirable skywave, with two existing stations being heard as far away as Australia. [196] WCLV's successor station at 104.9 FM, which was launched in 2001,[l] moved to the Idea Center in 2010[197][198] and was donated to ideastream in 2011. Fans of The Takeaway, On Being, Sound Opinions, and the 2-hour Folk Alley Sunday shows can also find those programs and more on the HD4 channel. We are your source for trusted. Classical programming has been a beloved part of the traditions of WKSU and Ideastream Public Media. Longtime WCLV jazz-and-classical host John Simna will continue to present his always-engaging insights and eclectic jazz mix on the weekends, along with offerings from Jazz Network. [78] In 1963, Leetonia High School in Leetonia, Ohio, began playing programs taped from both WBOE and Kent State University's WKSU-FM, showing tangible results among the student body. A transmitter and FM exciter[32] were donated to the station by FM's inventor, Major Edwin Howard Armstrong, who was impressed with the station's educational work during a tour of their facilities.